Electric Druid Digital Delay

[cresconio]

It's been a while since my last post, haven't really spent a lot of time on building pedals anymore due to other hobby's, but I decided to give it another go. I'm in the process of creating a new pedalboard and of course I needed a delay. Having built multiple pt2399 based delays I decide to try out Electric Druid's Digital Delay

I must say it sounds really good, I have no noise issues whatsoever although I do have an issue with the high shelf control (chip seems to crash when the pot is at it's max position and I need to disconnect in order to use it again, need to investigate).

I always wanted to do a swirl paint and for a first attempt I'm quite happy with the result. I used humbrol enamel paint for the swirls. I first made a mask since I didn't want the entire pedal to have a swirl finish. After swirling I printed the labels etc on a decal and finished the enclosure with the wrong clear coat, resulting in a bit of a crackled finish on the sides (oops.... learnt something there ). Guess I got lucky that I noticed that after the first light coating.

[mjg]

Cool, nice paint job.

[jimilee]

That's very cool. Nicely executed.


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[Bio77]

That's cool!  Do you know how the bypass is working?  I don't see a relay. 

[Betty Wont]

That's cool!  Do you know how the bypass is working?  I don't see a relay.

It's a programed buffered bypass in the tap tempo firmware along with a splash feature.

[Bio77]

That's cool!  Do you know how the bypass is working?  I don't see a relay.

It's a programed buffered bypass in the tap tempo firmware along with a splash feature.

That sounds cool.  I'm going to check that out.

[jimilee]

Imma have to get one, it's in my cart now.


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[madbean]

Mine is noisey as balls, unfortunately. Keep meaning to get back to it...never even boxed it.

[Betty Wont]

Mine was dead quiet, but I didn't like the way it made aliasing noises when turning the time knob. It doesn't warp like regular delay and I don't think it can be modulated. A 100% wet mix would be nice too. But at least the repeats don't sound like 2399 hash. I'd liek to see more DIY delays designed around the M65831AP.

[jimilee]

We'll see, now I may not want one.


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[gordo]

This has been on my radar for ages but I've read a lot of complaints about noise.  The Flanger as well.

[Bio77]

This has been on my radar for ages but I've read a lot of complaints about noise.  The Flanger as well.

That's a bummer, I've got the Flanger PCB in my stash.  Kind of surprising, I thought one of the points to substituting all the LFO and clock circuits with a digital chip was to build a better mousetrap.   

[Betty Wont]

I think their FilterFx is amazing though. It has a rock solid (and quiet running) S/H mode that is worth is alone.

[dan.schumaker]

This has been on my radar for ages but I've read a lot of complaints about noise.  The Flanger as well.

I built this delay before, terrible amount of noise, pretty unusable.  I have also tried the Flanger, and there is a lot of noise being brought in by that LFO as well.  It was a cool idea, just not quite there.