Delay pedal with presets?

Hattigol

I'm after a delay pedal which I can programme presets into for easy changes, rather than tweaking on the fly. I know the TC Electronic does this. Any other recommendations?

May sell/trade my Keeley Caverns V2 for the right one.

Thanks.

Fuengi

Well, the Timeline does this in spades but it will cost close to £300 used. 

smudge_lad

I love my DD500

UnclePsychosis

There are loads and many of them are very spendy.

How many presets / what sort of sounds? 

WiresDreamDisasters

Gotta throw a vote out there for the DD500. It's brilliant. As is the Timeline.

You could get a TC Electronic Nova Delay which has presets too. Depends on your budget really.

hubobulous

Source Audio Nemesis - just as good as Timeline, far cheaper than it second hand. H9 with a couple of extra paid algorithms for same as Timeline second hand.

JohnPerry

Yep, Nemesis. Great value used 

not_the_dj

The Boss DD500 is great for this.

preston61

On the cheaper end, Boss DD20. 4 Saveable presets plus the setting you're currently on, not bad for less than £100. Not as flashy as the others, but if you're preset needs are minimal then it's a great starting place. If you need all the bells and whistles, then the Timeline and Nemesis are excellent pedals. Timeline for sheer volume of options and the Nemesis for the simplicity of the user interface plus Neuro App options

builttospill

My Line 6 DL-4 

Hattigol

Thanks all. I don't need too many presets - three or four would probably suffice. The TC Alter Ego X4 hasn't been mentioned. Any love for that? Looks to have a cracking spec.

Hattigol

Seems to have dropped in price too - circa £150 brand new. Bargain?

thomasw88

Would go for the Boss DD500.  I've had both the TC nova delays (normal, IB and the repeater).   They are good, but the Boss nails it for me.

You could also consider line 6 m5, which is an excellent pedal in its own right, and does have the advantage of being able to use other effects instead of the delays.

JezWynd

Hattigol said:

Thanks all. I don't need too many presets - three or four would probably suffice.

Boss DD-20. Sounds good, easy to program.

WiresDreamDisasters

Hattigol said:

Thanks all. I don't need too many presets - three or four would probably suffice. The TC Alter Ego X4 hasn't been mentioned. Any love for that? Looks to have a cracking spec.

To be honest, I've never used one. But I've always wanted one. I *LOVE* the sounds of the TC Flashback series, I just don't like their ... for lack of a better term, their workflow. Particularly the TC Triple Delay which should've been an absolute knock-the-ball-out-of-the-park moment. But they dropped the ball on the tap tempo implementation and I honestly believe that it didn't do very well because of that.

Also the DL-4 suggestion by @builttospill is not a bad one. It's the best selling delay pedal in history for a reason!

WiresDreamDisasters

thomasw88 said:

Would go for the Boss DD500.  I've had both the TC nova delays (normal, IB and the repeater).   They are good, but the Boss nails it for me.

You could also consider line 6 m5, which is an excellent pedal in its own right, and does have the advantage of being able to use other effects instead of the delays.

Got any opinions on the differences between the TC Nova and the iB Modified one?? I always fancied the iB one but could never find one at the time. That ship has probably sailed now though.

Hattigol

@MajorDude has an iB one for sale, which was tempting me but the Alter Ego X4 is swinging it for me at the moment....

thomasw88

WiresDreamDisasters said:

thomasw88 said:

Would go for the Boss DD500.  I've had both the TC nova delays (normal, IB and the repeater).   They are good, but the Boss nails it for me.

You could also consider line 6 m5, which is an excellent pedal in its own right, and does have the advantage of being able to use other effects instead of the delays.

Got any opinions on the differences between the TC Nova and the iB Modified one?? I always fancied the iB one but could never find one at the time. That ship has probably sailed now though.

to be honest I didn't really notice much difference.

I prefferred the sounds of the nova repeater actually although it did have this really irratating kill switch which would kill the entire signal and I remember hitting it a few times by mistake at gigs.

MattBanshee

Line 6 M5, you can find them used for <60 quid.

not_the_dj

I had the iB modified Nova Delay. It was nice but the process for going from one pre-set to the other was a real pain live.

I sold that and had the TC Alter Ego x4, which was really nice but I missed having an LED screen with BPM or tempo, so eventually went for the Boss DD-500 which suits me really well.

Hattigol

Just looking at the size of the Alter Ego - it's a whopper, isn't it...