DOD DFX94 Digital Delay/Sampler

How hard can pedals ever be? Yet this is one of the tougher ones, but not at all challenging if you read the manual. The sampling/triggering effect is tricky, and the thing I don't like is that you have to bend down and switch from sample mode to trigger mode after you've entered your line, but hey you can't have it all. I mostly use it on infinite repeat, and again I'll complain that there's no way to ever turn that off once you've soloed your heart out over the endless loop. You just have to let the loop play in recording position without touching a note. But otherwise, those are my gripes- this thing is easy to use if you're looking for delay, infinite delay, and if you read the book sampling.

I play a Washburn strat (don't remember the name) with a nice big humbucker in the back. This is last in my line of effects after an Ibanez Echomachine into a Crybaby. The EM5 is around primarily because the digital delay sounds just don't cut it for the psychedelic hippie delay sound we all love. But I use this for the infinite delay, and it rawk rawk rawks! at that. There's no complaints from me whatsoever other than if you turn the delay all the way down to fastest it will shriek like a banshee on my amp. But it's not that noticeable- it's nowhere near what my guitar feeds back from just my fingers on the strings. Not a problem! The loops stay clear forever too, or at least for as long as you'd ever possibly want to leave one in there. It takes a little bit of time to get the hang of putting a loop in without a click or scratchy noise, but those noises are coming from the pedal. The delay sounds are good too, but if you're looking for true delay try analog. This is what you would expect from a good digital delay- sharp and shrill and cold. But who could complain with 4 seconds of delay???

Yeah, it's reliable. Use an adapter!! As does any pedal I've ever seen, it starts to sound like a whole herd of dental drills when the battery gets low. I even put in a fresh battery when i first got it and there was still noise present. But as the manual exhorts, don't throw it from the moving vehicle yet- get an adapter!!!! Otherwise, this thing is only below the crybaby in its similarity to a tank. You can jump on it or drop it and it's fine. The knobs wiggled loose on mine, but that's ok.

Never dealt with them.

This is good stuff. I bought it off here, so I didn't get to preview, but it has definitely enhanced my playing. Endless loops can be fun!! I wouldn't recommend this for the delay features- spend half as much money and get an analog if you want warm delay. But this thing is great for enhancing any kind of jam. You can become many many guitarists all at once, subtly or loudly. And four seconds of delay is more than anyone will ever need!!

Pretty easy to use as far as delays go. 4 nobs which control level, repeats, delay time, and mode. Easy even though you have 4 seconds of delay and sampling in this box. With sampling, you select the sample mode and how much time you want the sample to be for, hit the switch, and then either put it one infinte repeat or trigger mode. Trigger is great, you can simulate record stop/starts with i- it- i- it- i-- i- it. (he, he) Just a little trouble with getting a new sample up without the old one starting again, but you get used to it and it gets pretty easy. FUN!

Great delay. Only problem is that you can just braely hear the delay cycle when the pedal if off (if you twist the delay nob you can here the pitch shift), but that might be fixed by using an adapter, I think it is from the battery being low. I use customized strat copies or an Eko semi-hollow body into a DOD Fx40b Eq, Boss AW-2 (sometimes), Small Stone, Big Muff, Digitech Xp300, then this into a Fender Bandmaster Reverb. I am sure that the gate on the Xp300 would clear up that bleed, through I rather have it after to delay the ring modulator.

DOD has always been good to me

Never needed it

This is a great delay, so many options, so cool. I tried out teh BOSS delays and I didn't like them, I don't know why, probably the price tag! I have also owned a DFX9, FX96 and a FX9 in the past, so I knew what I was in for. I like the DOD delays, just a great pedal! I play Sonic Youth-ish/Mudhoney music and it works good for both styles. It can really get ambiant when I want it to.

This pedal is very easy to learn how to use. It takes a couple trys to get the delays and samples perfect, but once you do its great.

The electronics are smooth and the sound is great, I use an Ibenez RX60 with a Digitech Xp-100 whammy/wah pedal, Boss HM2 distorion, Boss AW2 Auto-wah and the DFX94 through a Fender Ultimate Chorus Combo. With this setup I can get endless combinations of sounds from Bluesy Metal to Pink Floyd.

The pedal is only reliable with an AC adapter, because the batteries only last about 30 minutes before the sound quality starts to drop. With an adapter I would say its very reliable and a backup is not needed. I gave it an 8 because of the batteries.

It came with a 3 year warranty, but I havent had a problems yet.

I play all different styles of music, rock, blues, jazz, classical, etc. I can always find a use for it, from enhancing the music to working on timing. The pedal has up to 4 seconds of infinite delay, so you can play a short chord progession or bass line and play over it, which is very helpful for practicing alone or when you need an extra musician. This is the best delay pedal I know of, and the only thing I wish it had is a way to make the delay notes louder than the ones being played.

Pretty easy to get a good sound out of this pedal. Sampling and looping as sort of hard to get the hang of for me but after consulting the manual I promptly mastered. That's why they sell so many stomp boxes anyway, ease of use and not being hampered by presets

I'm using a 78 Les Paul Custom and a Marshall JTM312 combo. The delay is very quiet, although the sound quality does degrade somewhat on longer delay settings and on sample or loop mode. I mainly use it for slapback and it works well for the application. One very big complaint on this unit however. When used in the effects loop of my amplifier, if the preamp volume is set full up, the input of the delay will overload and create a horrible distortion. Not the musical kind, I mean the blowing up, farty, "I'm gonna cough a transistor" type of distortion. This occurs whether the effect is engaged or not. It's just an equipment imcompatability problem, really not the fault of the effect.

It's never broken and I do use it without a backup(I could do without it if it quit anyway). As usual the battery cover sucks and the knobs on all DOD stuff tend to become seperated from the stomp boxes.

Never had to use it.

I play a variety of rock and punk stuff, and I pretty much collect stomp boxes. This is usually the only thing other than the guitar, cord, and amp that I use. I've used it on gigs for 2 years now. I like the thing in general, but that farty overload really annoys me.

The delay functions are easy enough to use, but the sampling wasn't exactly intuitive. Still, not too difficult to use after a few tries.

Excellent digital sound quality. Each repeat sounds every bit as good as the original sound. Eventually the sound quality degrades a little bit, but it's still very good.

Don't try to run this thing off batteries. You'll only get about 4 hours out of it, but I'm of the opinion that you should have an AC power supply for all effects pedals anyway.

Never dealed with DOD.

I play a lot of hard rock and metal, and I primarily use it as a slap back delay to get the effect of a whole wall of amps going. It really thickens up your sound, and I'd buy it again.

Good sound; fairly easy to get used to... Sampling is a little more difficult, but still no problem... Manual not as informative as Boss manuals, but this pedal can be figured out with no trouble...

Makes some weird little hummy noises, but still pretty quiet... The biggest problem is that when you click it off, there still seems to be a very quiet delay with the same repeat, delay, and range settings... I like the sampling capabilities a lot, as they make it a very versatile pedal. You can even record feedback with it and modify the pitch using the delay knob...

Pretty reliable...

I would probably buy this pedal again just because it is the most versatile delay pedal on the market due to its 4-second time and sampling capabilities. Overall a very good pedal, but it would be nice if they reduced the noise...

The straight delay modes are pretty easy to use. Just set the knobs until you get the sound you want. The sampling mode took a little while to figure out, but once you get the hang of it, the pedal is pretty easy to use. The manual is pretty handy, but you'll get the most out of it by just playing around with it.

The sound quality is decent. It uses 12-bit sampling, which produces pretty decent sound. The sample and infinite repeat feature sound kay, but you'll notice that the shorter delay settings give you even better sound quality. It is absolutely quiet. No buzzing, pops, or other problems. The sound does not degrade with longer repeats. It sounds good.

Can definatly rely on this unit. Like all DOD pedals, it is built in a die-cast box. I would use it on a gig without backup, but I need to practice the timing of the infinite repeat before I do, though. The manaul states that batteries will last about 4 hours. I don't care. I use rechargable 9-volts with no problems.

Never had to deal with them.

I think it's a great pedal and would recommend it to anyone looking either for a delay effect or infinite repeat. I bought it mainly to help me practice playing lead guitar. I sample a short rythm and play to it. The pedal samples for 4 seconds, the most I've seen so far in a delay pedal. This is my fourth pedal I bought from DOD. For the money and functionalily, I don't think you can do better anywhere else. This unit was compared to BOSS pedals, but BOSS only samples for 2 seconds and costs a lot more. Zoom makes a sound processor that also samples 4 up to seconds, but has presets, not knobs. I like knobs because I find that presets limit me. Besides, you can really STOMP on a DOD pedal and not worry about it falling apart, especially on stage. If you're thinking about a delay pedal, go for the DOD!

Excellent sound; very clean and quiet No editing involved Easy to understand manual

The only noise problem that I have found with the DFX94 is an annoying click at the end of creating an infinte loop. This is most noticeable when layering parts over one another(usually if you don't click out on the "one" beat of the "sample)

I would only use it live if I was ABSOLUTELY sure about the time settings.

Never had to deal with customer support

I looked EVERYWHERE for some sort of delay/sampling/looping pedal with more than 2 seconds of sampling time. This has 4 seconds sampling/looping time! Ithink it's the next best thing to a Jam-Man (Much cheaper too!)