The Timefactor is the brains of my operation currently. I'd use it on every track. I don't use any other delay pedal with it. I have a Digitech Digiverb set to reverse before it, a chorus after it, and 2 reverb pedals at the end of the chain, 1 with a general enough reverb sound, and the other a Walrus Audio Slo, so a modulated reverb where I also use the hold function.
Going into this modulated chain is an OD/Fuzz/Distortion.
I don't use amp sims live. The Timefactor is a cracking pedal, so why consider getting rid? At times, I think of additional effects I would use very sparingly such as tremolo, vibrato, octave effects, flanger, chorus, etc but don't really fancy tap dancing and having a massive pedalboard just for the sake of it.
Has anyone every compared the HX Effects for example to the Timefactor. Could I easily replicate the delay sounds? I use the repeat function on the Timefactor a lot. It's similar to a hold or freeze type effect. I don't know if the HX effects has a reverse reverb type thing.
I do think a Timefactor and a HX Effects together would be overkill.
What say ye?
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The HX stomp CAN do everything it does - "hold" would require some setting up in the patch with snapshots. But everything's accessed through a small amount of buttons, and I found it doesn't lend itself nearly as much to quickly trying stuff or altering parameters on the fly. Every time I tried, the flow of the band practice or jam would be interrupted while I went into left brain mode.
I also (and I accept this is controversial) just don't like the sound as much. Balancing wet/dry on delays and reverbs in the HX stomp and not having things sound small or over processed is a struggle for me.
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