First of all, at some point I should make a dedicated page to the Delay Daddy. Afterall, I do work for a webdesign/consulting company…
But there have been some real updates. An electronics designer/consultant contacted me after my initial post on here that I made, in which I asked for a consultant to help me out on the Delay Daddy. I won’t say who it is yet, in case something falls through, but he’s been a party to some awesome equipment, including a line of very nice microphones and a rather cool (ok, simply amazing) analogue mixing console that’s getting a lot of positive attention.
I spoke with him at AES and we are working on getting stuff together. Hopefully we will have a working product by Q1 of 2008.
In other developments, I got some great feedback from Harmony Central and Gearslutz. I’m refining a few things and thinking of how to simplify operation (and not increase cost too much). My biggest fear is that the pedal will be a porcupine of knobs, and I am thinking of balancing the number of knobs vs instant access by using digital pots to control some stuff with a PIC.
I’m working on some case developments as well. I’m talking to a friend who is a jeweler about some ideas for using something ‘different’ for the standard (as opposed to the painted) case. I’m kicking around the idea of having them made of copper or trying to copper plate a Hammond 1590DD case (which might be a problem as I’m not sure if coppehttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifr bonds to aluminum and there might need to be an inner layer to make them bond). Other ideas include titanium, as well as timascus (which is really only used in knives).
Just a lot of thoughts of how I can make this the best pedal ever. I also picked up a lot of stuff at AES on higher quality parts, analysis, testing, etc.
As for knob covers, I was rather inspired by ones from Elysia Audio’s Alpha compressor as well as the massive ones from Shadow Hill Industries (still gotta try out that unit at the studio).
Maybe I’m jumping the gun in putting this out there, but I think it will help hold my feet to the fire and get it done quicker. I was waiting a bit to have it a little more done to hope that others wouldn’t clone it, but if Behringer is going to steal it then they are going to do so no matter what patents are in place. Everyone else is a little more respectable.
Apologies for not having a ‘real’ website for this product yet. I will have one soon. This is even lamer since I work for a web consulting company as my day-job.
I will be releasing an Analog Multiband delay guitar pedal shortly, hopefully before 2008.
The pedal will be (tentative to change):
-100% analog BBD design -Have three delay bands (high, mid and low) -Have individually controllable delay times, and feedback -Have 3 LFOs to modulate either the delay/feedback of each band -True Bypass switching -No cost spared in making this sound great. -Designed around the Cool Audio 3205 BBD chips. MN3005 mod possible if you can provide 4-6 MN3005 chips. -No tap tempo, no battery power -Still working on figuring out the best max delay time per band. Low band will have more delay time than high/mid -In case you haven’t figured out, this is at least 12 knobs. I am working to make sure that the pedal is not confusing however. Likely in a Hammond 1590-DD case. Maybe something just a little bigger -Sound clips coming soon. -All hand made, assembled in the USA. -Through hole construction.
There are still a few surprises around the corner. There will be options eventually (working on details) for hand painted cases, vs standard cases.
The price will be more than a Line 6 DL-4 and less than a Toneczar. Somewhere likely towards the middle of that range.
If you have any wishes/wants/desires for such a pedal email me at tibbon AtNoSpam gmail.com or leave comments below.
I have no name for this pedal yet. I am open to suggestions. I will be at AES and if you are lucky (that meaning if I am done) and ask nicely, I may have a prototype with me to show.
