Boss DD-6 Digital Delay

Its easy to get a good sound out of the DD-6 from the start, but some of the more interesting modes (reverse and warp) require a quick read of the manual to get a good understanding of how they work. The manual is easy to understand, I didn't spend more than 5 minutes looking at it.

I use this with a Cort Mirage > crybaby wah > alesis rack compressor > mxr distortion > ibanez chorus/flange > boss ph-1r > boss DD-6 > peavey TKO 115 bass amp. the tone warms up a bit when the DD-6 is in use, makes it sound really good. all the guys who complain about pedals without true bypass coloring your tone don't know what they are talking about, i wish this pedal added the warmness it does when on when its off. a little color in the tone goes a long way when it sounds that good. granted, and analog delay such as the memory man would be much warmer sounding, this is good for a digital pedal. I have this on more than i have it off. The only reason I don't give it a 10 is because I think the analogs sound a lot warmer and I like that better, but this thing sounds amazing.

Its a Boss. Its a tank.

Haven't dealt with them.

I play mostly mellow stuff (think pink floyd, radiohead) with a fair amount of effects. this pedal fits perfect, its adds a lot to my sound. if it was stolen or lost, i'd get another one right away, unless i could get my hands on a memory man cheap. even then, i'd miss some of the more advanced features the boss offers.

easy. This is my first digital delay and I was pleased with the sounds I was able to get after spending about a half hour with the pedal.I'm not caring for the tap tempo. While I can get it to work, I'm not able to get it to play at the correct tempo that I want. I must be doing it wrong. I tried tapping quarter notes, eighth notes, etc and it still plays a different tempo...hum.

The reason I bought this is the sound ( ..or the lack there of). I had purchased a Line 6 Echo Park at Christmas time and I loved the sounds it could get...unfortunately, I hated the hiss that was always present. I started looking for an alternative pedal and I found the DD6. I exchanged pedals and I'm very happy with the Boss. It is quiet. I'm playing through a Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue.My set up is a Boss TU2-DD6-Zoom PD-01- Fulltone Full Drice 2- VOlume pedal.O use the TU-2 to power the other pedals and it's working great! This also cleaned my pedalboard up quite a bit. I was using a SKB powered pedalboard. Now, I just use the bag to carry my pedalboard in.

Built tough. I would gig without it because the delay is not a crucial part of my sound. If it crapped out, I'd just play around it.

I've been playing for 30 + years. I play mostly worship music in my church but I also play an occasional jazz gig with some friends. I don't know that I'd replace it if it were stolen. As I stated earlier, I really liked the sounds & the features of the Echo Park better. Unfortunately, it was too noisy. I wish it had the analog and tape sounds that the EP had...it did cost less however and it WORKS!!!

easy easy easy. takes no more than an hour to become comfortable with everything.

Exactly what goes into it comes out. Sounds much better than the DD-5 (you can hear the difference in clarity in sampling mode). There is NO NOISE whatso ever produced by this pedal. Someone wrote to save up and buy a Memory Man instead of this cause it is too hissy. That has got to be the funniest thing i've ever heard. I supposed he has never heard a Memory Man in person. Joke is on him when he gets hissed out of his mind after dropping $200+ on it. Memory man is probably one of the noisiest pedals ever made, along with all the other old analog chip delays.

I'm using a number of effects currently. American Telecaster Guitar>Boss Tu-2>Digitech Whammy 4>EH Small Stone Reissue (3pdt)>Crowther Hotcake>Boss SD-1 Japan>Boss TR-2>Homemade Envelope Filter (true bypass)>Boss DD-6>Twin Reverb 1970 Pre-CBS.

I know my amplifier is going to produced a certain amount of hiss naturally, due to the tubes. But when we practice, i plug my guitar direct into our mixer board, and NO HISS. When the DD-6 is removed, NO HISS. When it is in the chain , NO HISS.

If you're complaining of hiss, you need to do one of the following:

A - check your power supply. Make sure you're using a wallwart on the pedals that draw more than 40 mA or you're batteries will be toast. (Basically everything but distortion pedals). If you are using boss pedals, make sure one is at the beginning of the chain, and one at the end. If only 1 boss pedal, put it at the end. They act as signal buffers. Make sure your true bypassed pedals (if they really are TBP) are in the middle of the effects chain.
b - check your amp and cables, especially your patch cables. Make sure they are the sheilded kind.
c - try your setup in a different room. make sure there are no dimmer lights in the room.

Never ever had a problem with a Boss pedal.

Never had to deal with them.

I give it a 9 because there is always room for improvement in things. A high-cut switch stock would be nice to roll of the harshness if you wanted a warmer sound. But that can be done by analogman.com or yourself if you're up to the challenge. I personally like the digital delay sound. I've own a Memory man and a Roland Space Echo, and this pedal really works great as a small boxed substitute for them. The warp feature is a fun little add on. It almost reminds me of the super feedbacker pedal. Great for experimenting.

Pretty simple if you give the manual a 5min read. Stereo/mono jacks good variety. 10. Theres some issues with the warp function with the "effect" knob at full but this is discussed in the manual

i got Epiphone '56 going into a Vox Brain May 10W amp. brilliantly nice sound. Anyone complaining that its "too digital" will be shot. I'm not saying its not, im saying that its name is a DIGITAL delay. My pedal is brill. Not noisy crap like other reviewers. Of course a rack delay has more but ths does the job at under #400+

the only major problem with htis is that it needs like 100% battery to run. My ratt pedal works fine on this battery but putting it onto the delay will just not operate it. Transformer plug is nessacery

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Great. Bought it to mess about with Mogwai's Delay antics. Given some times I'll get it done to perfection

If you know what delay is, you'll be able to get the hang of this pedal in seconds. A lot of the modes on it (tap tempo, hold, warp, reverse) will take a bit of reading. The same goes for the connecting possibilities (stereo in/out, mono in/out, direct/effect out etc). Other than that this pedal is great.

I haven't noticed any noise through this pedal (remember that delay pedals usually go towards the end of an effects chain as well). I'm playing a Washburn Standard series through a Marshall AVT-100 and this thing sounds fine, even when using a power supply. One thing to note, if you set the feedback to full, the delay sound will keep repeating and eventually distort, but thats natural. The same goes for using the hold function for a long time.

My favourite setting is the tap tempo, because it has different delay settings for it. For instance, you can tap out a 4/4 beat on the pedal during a song, but the pedal will produce a delay using triplet beats (6/8 i think). This hits the U2 sound on the head. The Warp mode is a bit rubbish and impractical. And the reverse echo is good, but doesn't compare to actually reversing a guitar track. But hey, this is a delay pedal, and it does a very good job at delay.

Boss. I don't know what else to say. Oh yeah, it will eat your batteries for breakfast.

Boss. I don't know what else to say.

This thing is great if you need a bit of delay in your set up. If you're rich enough to own 2 amps, the stereo delay is good stuff. And if you feed a stereo signal into the pedal, even better.

I played around with it for about an hour or two and got the hang of all the different sounds I could make with it. Very intuitive, the tap tempo kind of takes some getting used to, but I just got the thing two days ago and I already used it on most of the clean tracks i did on a recording yesterday... its very easy.

I use a Fender 60's reissue strat, mexican made and strung thick and tuned down to drop A or sometimes G, through the DD-6, to an old Boss Heavy Metal 2 pedal, through the Boss Metal Zone, then through a danelectro cool cat chorus, then finally into my piece of crap KMD 100 watt tube amp that is falling apart but still sounds like money...

As for all the people saying their dd-6 pedals made a bunch of noise, they must have been using a shitty amp, cables, guitar, or a combination of those because the only noise I get is the usual quiet hum from my guitar, and I have the dd-6 going through 2 distortion pedals too...

The effects are amazing out of this thing! The fact that I can play something and then 5.2 seconds later it will be repeated is very cool, albeit completely useless. However, having a range of about 80ms-5.2 seconds of delay time is really really convenient. When you dial up the feedback and dial down the delay time, you can get a synthesizer sound and if you mess with these sounds, you can make some pretty messed up noise to use as ambience or semi-white or industrial sounds in intros or outros or anywhere in between. The reverse feature is a great one, possibly my favorite. You can sound very similar to jimi hendrix especially if you have a nice strat to work with. The hold feature is very cool, having 5.2 seconds is very convenient again. Plus, after you loop something, you can put more on top of it and more on top of that until you have an entire wall of noise or about 10 guitar tracks playing at once. The warp feature is not that useful like some people have said, but its cool to put on a note that you want to let ring out for a long time...I have yet to try out the panning or dry/wet split out features, but if you need those features, this has them...

I recommend putting this thing through a nice chorus pedal and/or a warm/crunchy distortion.

It's made by boss... i mean, come on...

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I play very slow, ambient, melodic metal... I guess you could call it sludge or stoner-metal (see also: Isis, Pelican, Mastodon, Sunn o))), etc). This pedal helps alot during our clean breakdowns to beef up the sound and add some more cool sounds during minimal parts. I've been playing for about 8 years and this is one of the best pedals i've played on so far. If I lost it, I'd most likely buy another one, although if I had the money, I'd like to try out an analog delay as well. It most definitely helps, not hinders, my writing process. Like alot of people have said, it's digital and a slightly warmer sound would be greatly appreciated (maybe the dd-7 will have some more warmth) but people, its a digital pedal, its not analog... I guess you have to make some trade-offs and if pure analog tone is what you're going for or if your guitar/amp setup is already lacking a nice warm tone, this is definitely not going to help. Don't let all the other people who say its a tone-killer scare you though, they're exaggerating... my guitar still sounds like my guitar, i just have more sounds to play with now...

Easy if you just want to plug in an get a delay! You need to read the manual for the Reverse and Hold Functions.

Why is everyone going after the Japan Made DD-2.? I have had 2 of those 2 of the DD-3's and 1 DD-5. The components in the new DD-6 are better than them all! Dont believe me ask analogman.com! Go to the Boss Delay page. All this thing needs is a high cut mod and you got the best sounding delay in a pedal PERIOD! Try it! The subsequent delays are warmer than fresh poo. Analog quality! If I wanted something better I would probably go buy the FULLTONE TTE Tube tape echo!

BOSS BUILT LIKE A TANK! Only if the knobs were made of teflon...it would be a 11. Then I would not feel guilt for throwing it at the neighbors dogs.

Dealt with Boss 2 times in the pass and they were fine. I give them A 9 since I was on hold for a while.

Dont look for Chandlers Digital studio echo! ( i had 2 of those too)
Dont pay out the arse for DD-2's from Japan. Get the DD-6.
I plan on buying another one and putting it in the loop. Like Satriani has 2 Chandlers In his effects loop ( he uses a switch pedal to control them) I plan on using 2 DD-6's in my effects loop.
(One short and one long delay)
I will use the G Force and Fireworx for Pitchshifting, reverse and crazy effect. ANd my Whammy Original WH-1 for ...well....whammy-ing.

Boss DD-6 digital delay... this is a effect that's easy to use if you want to plug in and play to get a basic delay or echo. If you want to learn how to get all the wacky effects using the hold or reverse functions it will take some time to understand how those functions will work. the manual is important for this effect , so either keep it or find a copy on the net...there's tons of options , and there is some compensation if you use it in the stereo mode (less time available for some functions)

this effects sounds very clean, and this is digital so there isn't a softing effect in EQ as the signal decays like in analog delay...it's very bright and clear, it will sound like the signal all the way down the decay

this is the first foot pedal in digital delay that's truely stereo. it has stereo in's and out's , so if you have a stereo chorus like I do run that into it and you'll have true stereo delay and chorus...also this effects is perfect for folks that bi-amp, you can get this pedal to pan left and right stereo delay, the effect is truely incredible, but it does take some time to understand all the functions on the effect

Boss, metal housing, good action on pedal, it should hold up, I don't care for the knobs seem a little weak compared to a MXR , but I've never seen Boss effects break down that easy

Boss is good company , I've called once on a different subject regarding footswitchs on a amp...but I'm sure they will get you through any problems

Great digital delay, this isn't for you , if you prefer a analog delay , this unit is very clean, lots of features and various ways to control the delay

Caveat: if you run this in stereo , you do decrease the amount of delay time

true digital stereo delay that will pan left and right, warp the signal, reverse the signal , lots of "trippy" effects inside this unit, it has alot of features in a rack unit probably

Easy. Lots of different things can happen depending on how you plug in your cables, which can be a source of mystery. For example, I was running it in mono, into a Boss RV-5, and for some reason I was only getting the left or right signal of a stereo signal. I had to correct this by putting a "dummy" cable in to the second input on the unit. But man, the features; stereo ins and outs-very rare on a delay unit.

Very versatile effect. If you aren't a tone snob, or don't feel like paying well over 150 bucks to get a good analog delay, this will work just fine. You will be pretty limited as far as delay times with an analog unit, too, and if you want a long delay, you have to spend a big load of money for a tape echo.

You can get almost any kind of delay with this pedal-it's digital. As far as tone, if you are playing clean, the delays become very "computer like" after the second repat. Dirty up your signal with some overdrive and this helps "muddy" up the signal, which is how I like it. It's best if you put your overdrive AFTER the delay too, otherwise you get the same cold and sterile delays. But mind you, this is all just preference. If you like that cold sound, then you can easily get it.

Oh yes.

This is a great unit. It's perfect for anyone who runs a stereo rig. If you don't, and just want a good delay, you might want to look at a cheaper used version, like a DD-3 or something. But if you want stereo ins and outs, this is the only thing that will work. It also has the feature of holding the delays after you shut the pedal off, which makes footpedal tapping easier onstage.

it's a boss. get a wheelchair and a helmet if you can't figure it out.

This unit is not noisy, period. If you are getting noise out of it, there is either something wrong with A) the quality (or lack thereof) of the other gear you are using B) it has low batteries (no one needs to be using batteries unless you are in the studio) C) you got it used from a crackhead or D) you are trying to get some kind of faux-quadrophonics by plugging it into multiple heads. Please, get a headrush for that kind of wankery. The effects overall are lush, if used correctly; they can also be very abrassive and tinny, if you so wish. The wide variety of different effects is inspiring- you can make ungodly horrific noise or you can make beautiful, ambience; you can play with this thing for hours. I am running it through a fender stage 100 head and a 412 fender cab. It brings out the famous clean fender tone wonderfully (little to no tone loss). You can get sounds out of it that range from pink floyd to merzbow. The newer editions such as total reverse, warp, and 5.2 second loop are all useful in their own right. You have to use a different approach (as well as timing) for each different effect. If you thought the pedal was superfluous, try taking an unusual approach to your timing regarding effect activation, delay time, feedback, and level. It lost a point because i found that using a DD-3 created much smoother and useful oscillation.

its boss.

never had a problem.

I play noise, folk, jazz, doom metal, and black metal. it works for each. like i said earlier, you have to be creative otherwise you will be disappointed, but then again, you have to be creative anyway, otherwise you won't be making good music. If you can't find a good use for this pedal then you either don't like to play with effects or you shouldn't be playing music. I've been playing for roughly 5 years, and i own multiple other delay units, pitch shifters, phasers, reverbs, wahs, compressors, as well as various modulators. I don't have a favorite feature- i use just about every setting on this pedal often and effectively. I was going to buy a dd-5 after hearing someone utilize brutal delay oscillation for the first time, but when i got to the guitar store they had a shipment of dd-6 that came in a few days before their official release or whatever, so i bought one. The most important thing i wish it had was a switch that turned the volume completely off; it would be nice to shut off a loop without losing it, and turning the volume knob all the way down is kind of impractical. Basically it's a great pedal, and i've never regretted buying it.