DELAY...shall i call Time on my Timeline?

JonHosker

Two issues for me on the Timeline:
1. So many presets means I forget where I am on the TL. Thinking of going simple analog...
2. Sound is good but a wee bit sterile (controversial!)
Maybe moving to a DM2-W and a Belle Epoch or Echorec or....
Analoqman emailed me about a modulation equipped pedal was on its way.....no sign yet.
Ramble over......

BintyTwanger77

NO! 

I love mine anyway. It covers so much ground. I thought about offloading it a few months ago, but when I really dug into the different delay engines, I got so much out of it. If you find you don't like how it sounds, though, and find it sterile...I really don't but fair enough, one person's Timeline is another person's... erm, crap delay? Yes. That.

Jonathanthomas83

I don't get the "sterile" thing. Can anyone explain?

I personally don't like the Timeline but thats only because the digital didn't sound as good as my Nova at the time nor the Tape as good as the El Cap. But it certainly didnt sound bland or "sterile", to my ears.

mattdavis

Just been having a similar conversation with a fellow Fretboarder. Just realised my ideal would be a a DD3 with tap tempo and a couple of presets. Does this exist? Dd7 sounded too sterile for me and had the same feeling with the Timeline ..

meltedbuzzbox

mattdavis said:

Just been having a similar conversation with a fellow Fretboarder. Just realised my ideal would be a a DD3 with tap tempo and a couple of presets. Does this exist? Dd7 sounded too sterile for me and had the same feeling with the Timeline ..

dd-20 and the new boss multi delay thingy

mattdavis

Was thinking that 

hotpickups

Lose the timeline? That's a bit drastic . Get a midi switcher life is much easier. I use one of the Disaster Area switchers. 

Gassage

Chrono or Flight Time.

joeyowen

The grass is always greener on the other side

But if you are going to sell, replace with the nemesis, it's a beaut!

HoraceB

I had the same issues with the Timeline, amazing sounds loved it at home noodling and recording but gigging it was all lost so went back to a Chrono (my second) and I should have stayed there .But then I saw a Nemesis and thought I was missing out, so sold the Chrono bought the Nemesis which is great but I use just one setting, so now that's for sale and I'm back looking for a Chrono.

andyoz

Yes, buy a Supa Puss and stop worrying about delay.

Actually buy two for the sale price of the Timeline.

Does delay really have to be that complicated?

professorben

andyoz said:

Yes, buy a Supa Puss and stop worrying about delay.

Actually buy two for the sale price of the Timeline.

Does delay really have to be that complicated?

Not at all, my requirements are pretty simple.
 
Midi
presets
tap tempo
choice of tape, analog, digital or reverse

i play blues. 

DesVegas

Yep. I think you already know you're right to sell it.

RaymondLin

Sterile? is that another word for transparent?

Drew_TNBD

RaymondLin said:

Sterile? is that another word for transparent?

Yes.

JonHosker

The Timeline has left the village for a new home......Echoplex Dunlop pedal planned.....one delay and lots of tweaking.
Simples for me.....

velvetsky01

I look forward to it arriving ;-)

i can recomend the echoplex type pedal (have a belle epoch) and they are great! The analogman ardx20 is wonderful too 

BBBlues

I don't get the "timeline has so many pre-sets so I need to get rid of it" argument. Even just using 3 or 4 makes it worth more than having 2 non pre-set delays on your pedalboard. Saying that, since picking up the analogman delay with amazeo I haven't gassed for a delay since. The chrono sounded good, flight time better, but I didn't like the usability of either. I'd stick with the timeline as it sounds like you're just gassing for gassings sake.

Majorscale

Bought a chrono to a/b against my Replica. Replica for the win!

shaunm

I am a bit of a delay noob, I've tried the carbon copy (bought and sold several times because I seem to be the only person who doesn't like it so I thought I must be using it wrong) and a boss DD3. The DD3 to me seems to have a great tone where the pedal doesn't seem to alter my core tone. 

I am curious about the timeline and other pedals like it because I get how useful the banks of presets would be but on every demo I've heard of them they seem to add a sound (other than the delay that is). I'm not sure how best to describe it but i certainly don't mean transparent. 

digitalscream

JonHosker said:

1. So many presets means I forget where I am on the TL. Thinking of going simple analog...

This is why the whole front of my board is a MIDI controller, and under the board I have a cheap NUX MIDI relay unit which switches channels on my amp. Everything else is an on/off again effect within a song, but having one-button access to all the channel/delay preset combinations makes everything simpler.

Here's the thing: it's not difficult to do, nor is it expensive. My controller of choice is the ART X-11 which can be had for about £25 on eBay, and the NUX relay unit is about £20-£25 on Amazon.