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Behringer DD100

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Similar Products Behringer ULTRA-DI DI100 Direct Box @ Musician's Friend
Manufacturer URL http://www.behringer.com/
Ease of Use 8.2 (9 responses)
Sound Quality 8.2 (9 responses)
Reliability 6.9 (7 responses)
Customer Support 8.0 (1 response)
Overall Rating 8.0 (6 responses)
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Product: Behringer DD100
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 06/13/2008 at 08:03pm by James
Email: e_minor_pentatonic at yahoo<dot>com

Ease of Use : 7
This thing is a no brainer if you have used effects before.
It is easy to edit, just turn he knobs.
I wish it were more programable as to delay time.

Sound Quality : 7
I got this for use with a little ctare palomino that has no reverb.
I didn't want to pay a lot and this was cheep ($20.00).
It sounds Ok not great. I wanted a slapback echo sound and it does that well (Johny Cash, Beach Boys). I use it in various ways as I play blues.
It can get that U2 sound as well.
great for lead if you set it right.

Reliability : 9
It works well, and has held up in the small gigs (playing with friends) that I bring the palomino to. It keeps me from having to get out the rack unit and the big speakers.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Never used them.

Overall Rating : 7
It does what it does. The boss unit is better sounding, but not much.
The ability to progrm it is par for a foot pedal.
Damn good for the price.
In the price range it's a 10
against everything in the market, it's a 7.
Well worth the $$$ you give for it.
If your on a budget tis is the one.


Product: Behringer DD100
Price Paid: USD 32
Submitted 02/14/2008 at 10:55am by Canaan Perry
Email: perryc05 at fastmail<dot>com<dot>au

Ease of Use : 10
If you're used to Boss delay pedals - then this is set out the same way. Level knob, Feedback knob, a fine-tune Time adjustment knob and a knob which goes through preset marked times up to 1.3 seconds. Dead easy.

Manual is fine but doesn't tell you that this pedal has a tap tempo function. I found out by looking on Youtube. Just hold down the pedal for 2 seconds and the light will begin to flash. Step on the pedal fast twice and you'll get a short delay. Step twice at a slower rate and you'll get a slower delay. Turn the pedal off and on again and you'll get back to your preset delay time. A very convenient secret feature. Too easy to use!!

Sound Quality : 9
This pedal sounds pretty darn good for the price. I paid $32 AU brand new on eBay + $6 postage. I used to own a Boss Delay Pitchshifter pedal and have played through many Boss delay (stompbox and rack) units , and I think you'd struggle to tell the difference in sound quality between this and a Boss unit. It's digital, of course, so the repeats are pretty hi-fi sounding, which is fine for a lot of different stuff. I can't stop myself playing the Police's "Walking on the Moon" with this pedal and some Danelectro Fab chorus engaged. I also have a Moen Pretty Dolly lo-fi delay in my board which I used for more untimed, shorter (200-500ms), 70's style fatness and echo, so this DD100 is a good addition for more modern tones, particularly 80s type sounds.

One thing to point out though is that the feedback and level knobs need to be kept low if your just playing into one amp, as the volume of the repeats and the amount of feedback easily overpowers your original guitar signal. I keep my level & feedback knobs around the 20% mark and usually have the delay set around 600 - 900ms and just put in a slower or faster tap tempo when I want to change the sound.

Awesome sound, although it's probably a buffered bypass, it doesn't seem to suck any of my guitar tone at all. This is extraordinary for such a cheap pedal. I'm running it last in my effects loop chain which has 4 other delay and modulation effects in it. This thing sounds a lot better than I expected for the price. Does everything I want it to do and sounds like any regular priced digital delay I've played through. High Marks.

Reliability : 7
This pedal doesn't last long on battery power. I'm using a 1200ma 9V adapter with Boss-style connections to power about 8 other effects on top of this one and it runs beautifully off my powerpack. Get an adapter with the right milliamp rating, as this thing will chew through batteries.

It's plastic and most of its construction doesn't totally inspire confidence - the battery access took me a while to figure out. There is also a bit of resistance when you step on the pedal that doesn't make it feel smooth - though it's seems to be wearing in okay and this is diminishing. But it's what's inside that really counts and if you look after it and dont jump on it - it should last IMO.

Customer Support : No Opinion
No idea - just buy another at these prices

Overall Rating : 9
I like to have a digital delay in my board for longer, clearer delays than my Pretty Dolly can generate, and this pedal does the trick. I don't need anything more than this and to be honest I don't think I would be able to tell the difference between this and a more expensive Boss unit if I was blindfolded and someone played through each unit seperately.

The secret tap tempo feature makes this sonically as good as a Boss DD-3, and other similar products. Obviously, the Boss DD-6 has a reverse delay function which the Behringer unit doesn't have - so it may be out that unit's league of functionality/features!!

Physically it has some limitations, because of the plastic construction and the battery access, but if you have a light foot like me, then things'll be fine. High marks - considering the sound you get for the price!!!


Product: Behringer DD100
Price Paid: USD 30
Submitted 02/07/2008 at 09:39am by mike

Ease of Use : 9
Couldnt be simpler. Just toy with the knobs and achieve the sound you need. Very easy to get all kind of great delay sounds. Dont be fooled by the price, this thing is a very good sounding pedal.

Sound Quality : 9
Sound quality is top notch for a 30 dollar pedal. Ive been playing for 25 years and have owned dozens and dozens of pedals, I play strats, les pauls and ibanez guitars, sounds great with them all. Ive used this with some line 6 amps and some clean fender and roland amps and it never fails me.

Reliability : 9
Well it is plastic, so use with special care. for an extra delay pedal, you just cant beat the price, I would gig with it if I needed too...

Customer Support : 8
never dealt with them...

Overall Rating : 9
I play mostly hard rock and blues, a little jazz, this thing is a really good pedal for the money, dont be fooled by the price, it works fantastic and gets great delay sounds, it even has a quick hold and loop feature. Just buy one for 30 bux, its worth it, trust me. If you like to play at home and get cool delay sounds, there is no better bang for your buck...


Product: Behringer DD100
Price Paid: $AUS 35
Submitted 10/31/2007 at 04:46am by ketahuan

Ease of Use : 6
More complicated than a standalone overdrive unit, but still quite simple. Minimal effort needed to work out how to use it, particularly if you've used other delay pedals before. I found it more difficult to get the delay sound I wanted with this pedal than with others.

Sound Quality : 6
This pedal does rival some more expensive pedals when it comes to tone quality. That said, if you are playing decent gear and take some pride in your sound, you will notice that this pedal changes your tone for the worse. That's the case with more expensive delay pedals as well - they make your tone sound more processed.

Reliability : 3
This is the reason I'm bothering to review the pedal. I have owned two Behringer pedals before this one, although I have since replaced them with higher end stuff - I view Behringer pedals as the first step on your way to something better. The first two pedals worked just fine. In my first sitting with this pedal it worked well for 30 minutes, then began cutting out every few seconds, then died completely. Later I worked out that it was some sort of problem with the battery power supply, as it worked just fine when powered by an adapter.

Basically, I just wanted to say that there is a higher possibility that your new pedal won't work properly with low-end products such as these. Be aware of that when deciding what to buy.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : No Opinion


Product: Behringer DD100
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 06/30/2007 at 11:22pm by Bruno

Ease of Use : 8
It's easy to use if you are into using delays, I'm not so for me was difficult, but it has 4 knobs: level, feedback, time and mode, by the time you are used to the knobs, it becomes easy to tweak the sounds you want.

Sound Quality : 9
Very cool sound, I use it through a Yamaha Pacific strat -> Meteoro(brazilian amp) Thor Plus 30w -> Dunlop Crybaby GCB95 -> Marshall
Bluesbreaker II -> Oliver SD10 Super Overdrive -> Boss GE7 Equalizer and the Behringer Delay. I can get a lot of cool sounds out of this box, since rockabilly and 50's delay style to U2 and Pink Floyd, and even those Brian May's harmonized delay sounds, it has a Hold function, but I didn't use this a lot to talk about it, but it seems nice too.

Reliability : 8
Well here's where the problem might lie, the box is made of plastic, but doesn't look like a bad one, I must use it for a long time to know what happens.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 9
I'm very happy with this pedal, for the price it's really good ofr what it does, I paly a lot of different sounds, but mainly I use the delay for solos, to give a reverb-like sound, and it does it in a very nice way.


Product: Behringer DD100
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 06/28/2007 at 04:45pm by norrenebel slim
Email: poucemoussu<at>freesurf dot ch

Ease of Use : 10
Just some explanations: mine only works good with ibanez ac109 psu, with others I experienced strange phenomenons. Unit doesn't like strong current or not clean enough voltage. Hence the ac109...

Unit allows completely wet signal, so it may be the only solution for marshall amps users (who complains more often than not about delay issues in their loops), dsl-tsl series btw.

Last but not least, given the presets choosen only one output is wet (great for spaciousness), or one is wet w/direct signal while the other is only delayed signal, and so on. Very interesting indeed for those who play with two amps.
Note that no ping-pong are provided.

Sound Quality : 8
Before distorted amp it is a bit noisy but this is definitely the wrong way to proceed, no matter what delay you use.
In the loop it sounds good, not too digital, very very enjoyable.
In a parallel loop it rules.
I use it in front of clean bassman, after dirt box, very ok.
If I don't want my tone castrated by ADA conversion then I go straight in the bassman's channel one input, and from there with a jumper in the second input. Mix is then controlled with second channel volume, clever and sounds heavenly.

Reliability : No Opinion
Knock on wood... Mine is ok one year later...

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : No Opinion
I own an analog delay too, and frankly both have their pros/cons. Don't count on me to tell you one is better.
However, most delays on the affordable market don't allow wet mix only so parallel fx loop amps won't work satisfyingly.
I just love the versatility of this unit, and its quality.


Product: Behringer DD100
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted 05/10/2007 at 11:09am by Bill Gary

Ease of Use : 9
It was very easy for me. Then again if you never had an echo before you need to play with it. It has a level Control which is a balance between direct and 100% echo. 1/4 to 1/3 is a good setting. Feedback is for number of repeats before it fades out. Time and mode work in tandem. Mode is like a corse delay time adjust and the Time knob is a fine adjust for the same. The mode is also split for mono and stereo. It can be adjusted from zero ms to 1.3 seconds which is as long as you can possibly need. this unit has extremely versital settings.

Sound Quality : 10
Sound quality is great. I get no noise whatsoever. and the stereo echo is great for recording or using 2 amps like I do to record. Some of the reviews said the unit was noisy. I'll bet you they dont have it last in their pedal chain. Echo must always be last before the amp and you must have all distortion and Compressors before it. If you use the overdrive built into your amp you have to put this in your effects loop after the preamp to prevent noise and beat frequencies.
If you run a clean amp setting you're good to go before the input channel. If I had any complaint it would be the unit sounds too good and its hard to tell the difference betreen the direct and delayed signal. A stacked pot in future units with a tone control for the echo would fix that. Make it sound like a vintage unit.

Reliability : 9
I got 4 of their foot pedals. None of them give me any problems.
Plastic yes but all the negatives here are speculation not reality for the most case. I use dan electro zero hum power adapters which you can buy for $10. Behringer also sells their own now. Check their site. Batteries cost 2 or 3 dollars now so its cheaper to buy and adaptor. Also these pedals suck your batteries dry in minuites.
And No your old no name radio shack multi purpose adaptor wont work. It will hum like a bitch and maybe even blow the unit.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Hear theyre good but I dont need them.

Overall Rating : 9
For $22 you cant touch it. I have 8 or 10 different echos including analogue units and Tape echos. Except for the Multivox tape unit, Analogue units are noisy as hell. Rack units are good if you want to haul them around. Most floor boxes have a fast slapback echo only. Like I said 1.3 seconds is real slow


Product: Behringer DD100
Price Paid: USD 19
Submitted 03/26/2007 at 12:38am by Wulf Blue
Email: agermain<at>becon dot org

Ease of Use : 10
Anybody can figure it out in seconds.

Sound Quality : 10
If you like digital delay, you can dial in the sound you want with this pedal.

Reliability : No Opinion
Plastic body but seems solid enough. Treat it right and it will probably treat you right.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : No Opinion
I've been playing forever. Back in the early 80's, Boss DD3's were going for about $259. I had one back then and loved it. Now you have all these amps with all this stuff built in so why would anybody want to pay that kind of money for one pedal? But still, when you're playing onstage, individual pedals are much easier to manage than those "multi effects" units or "modeling" amps. So, individual pedals... For what these Behringer pedals cost, buy 2 of each (keep one as a spare "just in case") for less than the Boss DD3 will set you back and you're money ahead and covered to boot. Oh yeah, and apparently they're a pain to change batteries so just get a good fully-regulated 9V power supply for 'em and forget the batteries!


Product: Behringer DD100
Price Paid: USD 30.00
Submitted 11/12/2006 at 11:25pm by Jim M
Email: badmusician123456 at yahooc<dot>om

Ease of Use : 5
Took some real tweaking to get a decent delay but the quality is acceptable for a $30 delay pedal. I couldn't afford a 'boutique' delay so I thought I'd check it out.

Sound Quality : 6
Sound is decent. The delays are pretty good without effecting the overall signal. It's a $30 delay pedal, so don't expect much. This pedal is NOISY if you use it via the guitar input so make sure you run it through your effects loop.

Reliability : 3
Seems cheesy. Accessing the battery is an abysmal operation. Little push clips on either side of the pedal retain it as a battery cover. You have to have a pen handy and coorce the cover off a side at time. Putting it back on is another story in futility. Seems easily broken. I would definitely not trust it for a live show and would not go out w/o another one. I liked the Danelectro Danecho better. Never let me down but you can't touch those now for under $90-$100. Wish I didn't part with mine. After using it 5-10 minutes or so, it started emitting on loud pop in rhythm to the delay and cut the signal to my amp off. I thought I had a new battery but discovered it quickly ate it. Don't use this pedal without an AC adapter. Also, the red on/off LED pulses very quickly all the time. It's annoying and distracting.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Never dealt with them.

Overall Rating : 5
If it were broken (I expect that's going to happen sooner than later because of the overall quality) I wouldn't buy another one. I'd save my money for a Boss or Danelectro Danecho. Wish it didn't have that god awful battery access but I'm using an AC adapter so I guess it doesn't matter. The frantically flashing LED is distracting (I guess I could tape something over it...) and it just seems 'cheap' and unreliable. Save another $30 and look into a Boss or Danelectro Danecho. I suspect the place I bought it at (a little mom 'n popper) has no return policy so I have to eat the $30 and deal with it. Otherwise, I'd return it and save up for a better one.

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