Boss DD-7 Digital Delay

Not to easy, but with some hours, you'll be a pro.

PERFEECT!! I love it! Does exactly what it promises

You can trust with your eyes closed!

Never needed

Great pedal.. you need it!

Like all multi feature delay pedals, this will require a little experimenting before you get the hang of it. Once that happens, it's pretty easy to use. Read the manual to get a good once over.

I can honestly say that I'm not too experienced when it comes to delay units, but this one seems great. Lot's of bells and whistles, but they all seem to be quite useful. This unit offers a wide array of delay times and even a reverse echo and an analog mode. I basically just use the regular digital delay mode at 800 ms and just teak it here and there. Nice delay sounds. I don't like that switching the pedal off does NOT cut off the delay sounds immediately, it instead allows the delay effect to fade away naturally. Maybe this pedal should have included the option to have both? I'm sure you could buy better units, but this one seems great for the money.

The first one I bought broke after 3 days and I exchanged it for another one and that one seems fine. I don't think the first one was broken, I think the battery just died really fast. Which brings me to my official complaint about this pedal: IT EATS BATTERIES!! So plug it into the wall or a powered pedal board, or go to price club and buy 9volts in bulk.

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I bought it and I'm not unhappy that I did. It does the job I need it to do and it does it well. It eats batteries though. Other than that, I have no real complaints.

In my opinion, delay pedals have allways been hard to get the perfect delay. But when you do find a good setting, you better right it down becuase you'll probably never find it again. I bought this new, so it came with a manual, which described how to use the pedal.

I use the following setup:

Ibanez Art 300<Crybaby GCB-95<MT-2<DD-7<small peavey Amp.

It sounds very good overall. The hold function is very, VERY, usefull to me. As I don't have lots of money to go out and buy a looper.I found this to be a better then average sounding delay. in the analog function, The tones of the delay come out much warmer. but in the normal mode, the delay comes out identical or pretty darn close to it.

Its boss, This is tougher then a Tank

Never Had to deal With, But the company Is a little sneaky I think. If you use a third party adaptor(I.e.Visual One spot) then your warranty is no longer valid.

I play Metal. Metallica,buckethead, that kind of stuff. This pedal is a good match for what I play. I've been playing for 3 years or just about. And if this were stolen, i'd definatly get another. I'd say the most usefull function thats on the pedal would be the Hold function, Its basicly a looper with only a 40 second or so range.The only thing I wish it had was a Better paintjob. Boss's picture of it on their website is barley a similarity. The paint is too pale and thin in my opinion. This does help inspire my creative side, So i'm glad I own This Pedal. But having 2 outputs was a very clever idea so that there can be a pan feature, if you plug one cable into each amp, if you own 2. But having 3 inputs just seems pointless to me. one is for using the pedal, one is for an expression pedal, And I beleive( I could be wrong, but i'm pretty sure) the third input is just a bypass which allows you not to access the pedals functions, but just straight through the pedal

As simple as it gets really. No need to even read the manual except perhaps for the HOLD recording function or if you want to use tap tempo but you'll catch on fairly quick regardless of what you're trying to do.

I play a telecaster through a variety of pedals and into a Laney 212 VC30. I generally play post rock/ ambient/ shoegazing stuff although I don't like labeling music! At all!!

Excellent delays. Boss have made a huge improvement on the mediocre DD6 by adding more digital delay time, more loop recording time (40 seconds), modulation (chorus-like delays) and a very warm analog delay.
The unusable warp function on the DD6 is gone.

Digital delays on this are pretty nice (if they're your thing). A wide variety of sounds can be created by using the digital delay alone. The delay time does from slap-back stuff to almost ridiculously long which is good and will satisfy most players tastes. Being a Boss pedal , however, you are guaranteed bright digital dealys which in my opinion are little too manufactured-sounding... but the Analog makes up for this.

The Hold function is very useful. Great for putting ideas down and hearing them back and then playing along until greater ideas unfold! However, if you are really into looping, the DD7 will only go so far. A looper pedal such as the RC series would be what you're looking for. Still great though!

I was a little uncertain of the Modulate function before purchasing this (I'm not a huge chorus fan) but I soon found it quite nice as it adds a bit of flavor to the delays. I use it every once and a while for a bit of variety.

The Analog delays are what makes this pedal! So rich and thick sounding, way more organic sounding than the digital (obviously). It allows you to move away from the typical digital sound and make a more natural delay sound that doesn't sound as sharp and sterile as the digital delay. I think Boss listened to what the customers wanted from a delay pedal and I'm sure Analog delay was up high on the wish list.Because of this function I almost never use the digital delay! But I don't mind that, I'm very happy with the analog.

The Reverse function was the one which took me the longest to get a good sound out of due to its sensitive nature, you have to tweak it for a while to ensure the delays don't sound like the are crashing into each other which makes playing over them a bit difficult. I find that setting the delay time to zero and effect level + feedback both to 1 o'clockish gives a surprisingly nice sound!

Tap Tempo... there is an input jack for an external tempo footswitch which allows you to create your own delay times by tapping your foot along to the beat of the song you are playing. I don't do it as I am not that fussy about it! If you are, this will be handy.

I hear some say its a noisey pedal but i only found this for a very short period at the beginning... don't know what fixed it! Just use good quality cables and all that and it should sound fine.

I have to say, a lot of functions are to be found in this little box! Some ok, some good, some great!

I'm giving it an 8 because 10 doesn't exist in terms of sound quality and the digital delays are a little to robotic and dull.

Very well-built. Can't see it breaking from me dropping it or anything! Maybe driving over it with a car, MAYBE.

Use a power supply! Using batteries on a delay pedal is madness. If you have many pedals, invest in a single DC power block for all of them, don't buy a load of PSAs! If not, just get yourself a nice PSA.

It gets a 10 I believe...

Can't say much here... haven't had any problems in the year I've had it.

If you take care of it, you won't run into many problems.

The DD7 will work for all kinds of genres. It works great for me and I can usually get the sound I'm after. If you are looking to get a similar sound to your favorite band or something you are very likely to find it in the DD7!

However, someday I might go looking for another delay pedal with a more concentrated funtion, eg. just analog and reverse or something... Until then I am very happy with the DD7.

If you are looking to buy a delay pedal... shop around! The DD7 is great but there are other great delays out there!

good day...

even the looper is a complete no brainer.

SO GOOD. I've had or do have them all except the dd-2. dd-3, dsd-2, dsd-3, dd-5, dd-6. this is the QUIETEST and most transparent. I use is with a Boss psa-120t on a mutitap running 2 other pedals and there is NO NOISE. I think some people are using off-brand supplies to getting hiss like they claim. I put this in a bypass loop and could here no difference in sound.

Big secret of this box is that the analog simulation is beyond authentic. It sounds better than the dm-1 and dm-3. more depth, more fluidity, better musicality. I'm not going back to analog after this. in fact i'm selling them off because of this. There is no advantage to an analog delay now that Boss has released this pedal. Use your ears. Do a double blind test w/ some friends. The analog setting rules all.

if anyone cares i did a little demo of this pedal w/ my electric kazoo. check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuqpzDh5e70

no hiss.

Boss knocked it out of the park with this pedal.

It's not a no brainer, but it may still involve having to check out the manual.

I am honestly not a good judge of delay pedals. I haven't owned too many and until recently I have not really been a big fan of delay. It seems pretty good though. It has a lot of options in addition to the digital delay itself. It has an analog delay setting, a reverse delay and a modulating delay as well. I did notice that I have to turn up the effect level when using the analog mode? I don't know if this is normal or not?

This is my second DD7, as the first one crapped out after only 2 weeks. Thats not a good sign. It may be a question of cramming too many featutes into one box? Boss pedals are indestructable from the outside, but from what I've read, the quality of the internal components has dropped significantly. I saw a DD3 from the late 80's on craigslist, selling for more than a new DD7. When I asked the guy why, he explained about the loss of quality in the present units. I did some research and it turns out he was right. So, like Fender, B.C Rich, ProCo, etc., Boss has gone cheap too. What a shame.

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I like this pedal. I only use the dealy and analog modes and other than the issue with the drop in effect level with the analog(it may be a non issue), I think this pedal is great. I'm sure you can find better units for more money, but this one is excatly what I need and more.

Not too complicated. It has a lot of features, but it was not difficult to figure out. The manual helps, but I merely gave it a once over and played around with the sample settings, which by the way is a good place to start.

I've read reviews bashing this unit, saying it was lifeless and noisy. I don't know what they're talking about? Maybe they got a bad unit, because mine is great. Not noisy at all, no hiss, nothing. As for lifeless, again, I don't know what they're talking about? It reproduces exactly what goes into it. Crystal clean repeats. I like the analog mode, it sounds a lot like an old Boss anolog delay I once had. The reverse is cool, but I don't know when I'll ever use it? It has a mode that adds a chorus effect, but I don't really use it either. It also has a built in looper that is limited, but stil pretty cool. I had a DD3 that died on me and this replaced it. I'm glad I bought it. It's a great pedal, great quality all around.

Boss pedals are built really well. But like I said, this pedal is replacing a DD3 that died. I've owned quite a few boss pedals over the years and that DD3 was the only one that ever died. This pedal has a lot of features and I wonder if cramming all that into a compact pedal makes it more vulnerable to breakdowns?

I never spoke to them, but they're website is really good.

I really like this pedal. I think it sounds great. It's not noisy at all, its very versatile and its not difficult to master. I'm generally not a big fan off Boss pedals, but outside of boutique pedals and even compared to some of those, this pedal is a standout. The Boss analog delay I had once upon a time made me really happy and I never found a delay pedal that made me happy the way that one did, until now. This pedal is all I need as far as delay goes.

This pedal is has more features then i personally need but i got exactly what i needed out of it pretty easely. i took a point off becuase you still need to read the manual

Great! i was afraid it might change my precious tone but i could not hear a difference. the DD 3 does but in a good way making this pedal a superior. Although the hold function does have a flatter sound when it repeats

BOSS. enough said

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Overall it deserves the highest rating. the tap tempo gets the most out of this pedal. It takes the double stomp feature when cancalling the hold funtion out of the way. and makes real time changes posible. the analog feature is cool but useless since its not really analog. the reverse function is sweet an able to get violin sounds if you mess with it long enough. So i'm in love with it but i am still keeping my dd3. There is something with the dd3 that makes it timeless

Delay pedals take some tinkering to get the sound you want, and there's a lot of room to create unusable sounds, but that's the nature of the beast. 3 knobs to control the delay, and a 4th to set the type of delay. It's pretty easy.

I don't have the tap-tempo foot pedal, so I can't comment on that. I can generally get close enough just by twiddling knobs.

The hold function took some practice to use - I kept screwing up the tempo so it wouldn't repeat in rhythym. But once you get the hang of it, it's a really great feature for creating ideas or just jamming away by yourself. It isn't as robust as boxes for which looping is the primary function, but as a bonus fucntion on an already good delay pedal, it's unbeatable.

I'm writing this review mostly to say that I don't notice the 'hiss' other reviewers are talking about. As far a I can hear, the pedal doesn't drain tone or generate hiss when it's in your loop and turned either on or off. When you're actually playing, there is some slight background hiss that's audible while the note sustains, but it's much less than I've heard in other delays, most notably the MXR carbon copy that everyone's peeing their pants over. The carbon copy creates some fairly loud hiss while a note is being played, but it stops when the note is cut off or stops sustaining. Same with the DD-7, but the hiss is a lot quieter.

The digital delay settings are VERY bright on the DD-7, but if that's what you're looking for it works just fine. The analog setting actually sounds very good. It isn't quite as warm or saturated as the carbon copy, but it definitely sounds analog. I admittedly use the analog setting more often than the others.

The modulate and reverse settings both sound good, though it isn't something you're gonna wanna bust out all the time.

I've never had a boss pedal break. They're really tough.

Never dealt with them.

I've been playing various types of rock for 17 or so years. Nowadays I mostly I jam with friends and record songs at home.

If this pedal got ganked, I'd likely get it again. The features+quality more than make up for the price (which isn't outrageous as far as delays go).

I love the versatility and the overall sound quality. Again, the digital delay is too bright, but that's just how digital delay sounds. The analog setting sounds great.

very simple just chose what you want and you have it!

here is the point!
this pedal is awesome!
i don??t realy know how people just say that this pedal is bad!
it??s very versatile and sound??s great, the analog mode is like a realy analog delay!
i??m a delay fanatic (60??s and 70??s pink floyd adict and more psicadelic bands like earthless) i have a carbon copy mxr to, and they sound great together.
i strong advise this baby to any kind of guitar player.
dd7 don??t make noise, at least mine.i??m really very hapy whith mine!
i use it with my fender stratocaster usa 2005 and gibson sg special,my amp is a tiny terror, and my pedals are jimi dunlop cry baby, big muff pi EHX, line boster EHX,boss dd7 and mxr carbon copy.

i play guitar since 2004 and i??ve bought a lot of boss pedals(distorcions) but i dont use them i just like boss pedals like delays,tremolos,flanger(modelation)and so on,i think that boss pedals are very solid and they dont break up.

amazing pedal!
highly recommended!!!
i love it!