Are fancy delays worth the effort?

spirit7

It depends.  For basic delay for leads, I’ve gone back to an old ‘80s DD-2.  I love the slightly grainy character of the repeats. 

For “character” delays, paying more is worth it. Currently sporting a DMM, Cicognani Echoltd 2 and the DD-2 on one board, and that covers everything I need without any menus

Tia_Project

I think delays are incredibly versatile and allow you to reach your sonic palette, in particular when used in stereo.

I tend to use two of them at the same time usually. One set up as either a doubler, chorus, flanger, or phaser and the second one for longer, rhythmic, stereo spread delays.

I tend to prefer the tc electronic 2290 as doubler while I alternate between a Korg dl 8000, lexicon pcm 80 and a roland sde 330 for rhythmic/circular/panned delays. While I love the eventide eclipse for the full stereo spread and diffusion.

Now, I am a rack guy however the latest pedal release from tc electronic and boss can really provide you all the delay functionality you might think of

This book (despite being quite old) is very helpful in discovering/trying new delay lines applications

https://archive.org/details/TheDigitalDelayHandbookByCraigAnderton600dpi/mode/1up

swiller

Yes, Ye,ye,y,y,y,y,y,y,YES!

BintyTwanger77

Yes.

Thank you for your time.

Zoolooter

Strymon Brigadier is all you need, particularly for what you describe. Definitely my favourite and  I’ve tried plenty.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne2eyPrf64M&pp=ygURc3RyeW1vbiBicmlnYWRpZXI%3D