Happy New Year folks.
As I’m trying to make the most out of my Boss IR-2 for kid-friendly headphone jams, I’m wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a stereo delay pedal that also has some reverbs or other neat tricks?
I’m primarily looking for a basic stereo delay pedal, but the El Cap caught my eye because of the external spring reverb control.
What I’m not looking for is anything too complex or that 80s digital reverb thing.
Anything else I should be considering?
Cheers
Pete
(bonus points for any non-Boss stereo looper recommendations)
Comments
Good delays and reverbs.
They effects are good. I've not compared the tape delays to the El Cap however. If I wanted nothing but great tape delay and reverb with hands on control, perhaps I'd go for the El Cap, but the HX One does a hell of a lot more for quite a bit less.
Honestly the inclusion of a stereo looper is very convenient. I'm trying to find demos now. Cheers!
El Cap has more variations however and gets way more washed out, dirty and 'lo fi'. The HX delays are definitely on the cleaner and more 'hifi' end of the spectrum that the El Capistan can accomplish.
Just FYI, the Helix 'Cosmo Echo' is a Roland Space Echo model and covers the 'Fixed' and 'Multi' modes in the El Capistan while 'Tape Echo' is the Echoplex EP-3 model that covers the 'Single' head mode in the El Cap.
El Cap has some things going for it - the reverb, which is awesome, the sound-on-sound mode which is really unique, and the ability to go to infinite repeats by holding the tap switch down.
I have both a HX FX and and El Capistan on my board but could live without the El Cap if I needed to. It's nice having a dedicated pedal for something I'd throw at the end of 90% of my Helix Patched anyway.