DigiTech X-Series Digital Delay

Very ease to use if you understand delay. Nice and easy tone setting configuration.

Without any doubt this is the perfect digital delay.
The tape simulation mode is incredible... this is my choice and the tone I was looking for. Ok, if you got a lot of money to spend, you would surely find a greatest analog delay... but I am sure that the audience will not notice the difference IMHO! The BOSS DD-3 was nice but digital tone with a "click" earring sound if you listen carefully. Nothing like that with the DigiDelay: very pure, warm, beautiful tone in the tape mode. I am so happy I did the move...

Look very sturdy (like BOSS)... wil see at use but I'm not anxious.

No settings sample in the manual!

Without any doubt this is the perfect digital delay.

You need some time to dail in, THE delay you want have, but......

.......when you have find it, its just a great ad to your sound.
I like the tape mode the most with only to repeats, volumen and a time, I can turn it on at any song Im playing.
The 5th mode is also great; a delay with a smooth chorus, good for solos and spacy stuff ( from u2 to In Flames ), but dont turn the volumen here to high, Because it should make your sound richer and not be just only youre sound IMO...!
I like it and maybe I buy a second one for a easy stombing at live concerts.

My set up ; Strat, Paula, Petrucci Sig., - Holier Grail - Digidelay - Fulltone 69 - Jekyll & Hyde Red - Tremonti Wah, Plexi Top & 4x12 or Mesa Lonestar 2x12

Have it 3 years and never have any problems.

Dont need them.

I play since 15 years, from Aerosmith to GunsNroses, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, RHCP, Metallica, In Flames, Dream Theater, Van Halen, Paco de Luca, BB King Stuff.
Play concerts, Studio Stuff with it and, as I say..I like it,
Yes, and some times its an inspiration.

Check it !

Easy to use, just mueve las perillas n you'll find lo que estabas buscando. The manual is very short, solo te explica the basics, you dont need more que eso.

If you know how to use delay units, this is lo mismo.

Fender Strato Plus -> EHX Phaser -> Digitech Delay , running stereo to JCM 900 + JCM 2000 DSL + 1960 cabs.

This unit is INCEIBLE en su funcion stereo.

Not very noyse, Runned con un adaptador chino de dudosa procedencia.
I`m not looking for someone elses sound, with this pedal u can try your own sonidos. Solo debes experimentar.


Importante, when u desactivas el pedal, the last notes will decay slowly. Other units just CUT the sound.

reliable, build like a tank (of feathers jajaja). En verdad qu me gusta su firmeza. Como todos los Digitech.

En Chile estamos muy far from its origins. We only can deal with our local stores (that sometimes suck)

Absolutly recomiendo esta stompbox. Nice sound. Great posibilidades. Facil to use, n so.
Recomended.

I've been tocando guitarra for 12 a?os. Play live also. Digitech DELAY is a must if u don't want to buy those expensive unidades

One switch, four knobs, like all digitech stompboxes. Just stomp and turn the knobs, not that hard... You can't use all the features live, when the knobs are small (to small to be tweaked by your toes...) and you can't save any settings. E.g the mod setting has a higher repeat level than the tape (which I use when playing Live) so when I swich between these two, I have to change the Level. The loop setting requiers some timing but can be useable after some practise. As mentioned above I use the Tape setting the most. If you are pleased with one sound, then it's allright, but if you want several, you might get frustrated when having to turn all the knobs when you want to use another setting. The tap tempo is ok, makes a little noise in the 'tap mode', but the noise disappears when I return to 'playing mode'.

My setup: Homemade strat with Texas special pickups -> CryBaby -> Digitech Sreamin' blues -> Rocktron Vertigo Vibe -> DigiTech DigiDelay -> Peavey Classic 30. Some times I use the other output on the Delay to feed a Roland DAC-15D, for some Chorus sounds and some more treble. The Delay sounds ok for my needs, and that's what I bought it for! I didn't buy it to replace any Boss unit or anything else, just wanted a decent delay, and I got one. (For those who haven't realised it yet: this is not a Boss delay, should not be tretaed as one...) I use the tape with level set quite high (about Three o'clock), use the delay as an effect, not to improve my overall sound. Like the way Dave Gilmour uses delays (another brick in the wall, part 1), perfect sync to song bpm, and delay level set high. It's also nice to set the delay time to triplets, or just some random time that will make the repeats come in when you least expect... The mod sounded cool at first, can be used for short fills, but in the end, quite boring, get a chorus... Digital delays are ok at lower levels, a little too bright for my taste. reverse delay is totally freaked-out, may be used just to confuse people. The loop is Cool! I've found a way to make sweet pads for some psaecadelic stuff with it: press the pedal and fade in a single note, keep it pressed down, the note will be looped without any attack. When the pedal is released, the note will ring until you give the switch a fast kick. Now press the pedal again (slowly, not to erase the loop)and add another note, release and you have to notes ringing, play some solos over this. Repeat this process to add as many notes as you want, there's no tecnincal limit in the pedal. Totally useless function if playing commercial music, but I don't do that... The pedal gives me the sound i want and need, and some sounds that I don't need but gives me a lot of fun.

Had it for sixteen months now, no poblem, i handle my equipment with care. Switch may be the weakest point, seems fragile, don't stand on this pedal. Don't have any backup (I don't have any other delay stomps), there's a decent delay in my Roland amp, which I used before buying this pedal, could live with that too. Heard of some breaking down in twelve minutes, but I don't care, mine works fine. Have another digitech pedal as well, inga problem...

Haven't dealt with them. No need so far.

Play some sort of rock, with influences from progressive bands like Rush, Yes and Pink Floyd, but with a modern sound. (I know that Rush sounds modern today...) Been playing for about five years, not professional, just for my own pleasure. If i breaks down or is stolen, I would propably not get another one. It's not a bad pedal, but I think I would go for a DL4 or a DD20, just to be able to save presets. Chose this one for one reason: A lot of features for a low cost. Good for my needs, I understand professionals that don't want to use it as main delay.

My Digidelay sits on a pedalboard and that sits on a stool or chair so I can manipulate it with my hands, not my feet, my hands.

Why?

Because the greatest feature on this pedal must be worked by hand. What is it? Well gather around kids.

The magic is in the 4 sec delay (#3). The repeats knob goes from 1 to 10. Turn the knob to about 8 and then play something nice that fits well. THEN, turn the knob to 10 and it is captured in a loop.
You can play over it without adding any more notes. Back it of to 8 and it slowly fades, back off all the way and you get one delay.
This approach to looping is similar to what Bill Frisell does.
It's great for layering.

The 2 sec delay with mod also will do this but the mod will cause it to become cloudlike but that might be what your looking for. I love it. This particular delay (#4) is the only one that you can turn the time knob and get a beautiful pitch sweep with no glitching. Of course, your only working with 2 sec, but it's still totally cool.
The other patches don't do these tricks.They're just delays.

I've made 4 sec loops with #3 and let it go for hours and no degradation of sound. Unfortunatly, if you turn the time knob you'll get that glitching so don't turn it, unless you want to 'deconstruct'
your music as in a Nels Cline 'decostruction solo'. Otherwise, leave it alone. Just mess with the looping.

All this must be done with the hands.

Oh yea, 4 sec syncs with 120 bpm. So I'll use it with my sequencer.

I also use it with other delay pedals.
Here's my tone path,

G&L ASAT > Line6 PODXT Live > Yamaha MagicStomp >
Guyatone MD3 3 sec delay > Digitech Digidelay > Line6 DL4 delay
> one or two Tech21 PowerEngine60 poweramp/cabs.

The MagicStomp, MD3, and Digidelay are all connected to a
PedalRacks True Bypass Strip and is all hand operated. This pedalboard fits in a briefcase for transport. The PODXT Live and the DL4 are both on the ground so foot controled.

That is usually way too much for me to haul around so it's my 'special' rig. Normally I just take the PODXT and one cab and go.

Man, it's cool. The way I use it, for loops. I have no other pedal that works this way.

Everything sounds totally great and musical.

The on/off light blew. I have a friend that will fix it.

I talked to the engineer that designed this pedal, or one of them, He was helpful and told me about the hidden funtions that are not mentioned in the manual.

This is a must have pedal just like my Lexicon MXP100 or my Line6 DL4 Delay. It does things I've never found in any other pedal.

I would even use it like a normal delay.

But who wants to be normal?

Easy to get a decent sound out of it, a little difficult to get a great sound. Standard delay controls (Level, Time, Repeats) plus a Mode knob to change between 7 delay styles. The manual is a must when you first start using this pedal, but you memorize the different modes very quickly.

Using a 25.5" HH Ibanez with a floating trem into a Peavey Transtube for output 1 and an old Traynor SS for output 2. A series effects loop is a must; it's a little noisy in front of the amp, although it tends to sound warmer as well, and it tends to be too quiet in parallel effects loops. The reverse delay is shit, but the rest of the modes are pretty nice; chorused delay is beautiful in a stereo configuration. The tape simulation mode is surprisingly warm for a digital pedal. Mars Volta-style feedback loops are insanely easy with the loop setting. Someone said earlier that the pedal sounds a bit 'canned', and I agree to an extent. Unless you're using it in stereo mode, it will sound a bit compressed and squashy, but I don't suffer from that.

The casing is tough as hell, but the paint scratches easy. And the switch is mounted to the PCB! gah. If you don't actually STOMP on your stompboxes, it'll be fine. But be aware that this is NOT a Boss, and you can't treat it like one. I'd take it to a gig without a backup as long as I wasn't playing At The Drive-In covers.

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Everything from to At The Drive-In to Saetia to Mars Volta to Mogwai, this pedal will have no trouble covering it. Been playing about two years now, I think I know a decent delay pedal when I see it. Especially for the price.

I like the chorus, loop and tape settings especially, but the reverse mode is shit. The standard delay settings are just that; standard. Compared to a Boss DD-3 (much more durable, less settings, didn't sound as good to me) and Ibanez DE-7 (damn fine pedal, but not as versatile, and I don't trust Ibanez switches after busting up a Tubescreamer switch). The DigiDelay came out on top.

I'm going to pick up a Line6 DL4 when all's said and done with, but I'll be keeping this because I have 4 delay sounds in mind and this captures one of them PERFECTLY. If I lost it, I suppose I'd look around some more, since it is a bit noisy. If I could find a true-bypass delay that sounded like Mode 4 on this pedal, I'd buy that in a second, along with the Line6 DL4, and I'd be pretty much set for delay sounds. But for now, this will do nicely and give me some really cool sounds in addition. Thumbs up.

Good, easy.

OK. Listen. People. Disregard every other post about this pedal, and all bad comments they say about it. So it has a little noise at the beginning - but it's not too much of a nusiance (although nitpickers might have a field day), this delay is amazing for the price.

I bought a few other Digitech X-Series pedals, and they ended up sounding very horrible (see: phaser *shudder*).

My setup (if this is a measurement of tone or something) is Fender MIJ Jazzmaster with Seymore Duncan '59 pickups ---> Boss CS-2 ---> Ernie Ball Volume ---> EH Big Muff Pi ----> Boss CE-2 Chorus ----> Digitech Delay --(stereo)--> Fender Blackface Super Reverb + Fender Blackface Twin Reverb

(impressive, eh?)

anyways.

the delays are nice and crisp. go long, and only the slightest digitation. but, my friends. the tape delay mode is where it's at.

i've heard tape delays. you know that amazing sound that occurs when you put the repeats on high and turn the time knob? it's actually a mimiced tape head swirling, bending tone, speed, distorts, sound???

THIS DOES THAT.

and in stereo, it's overwhelming. it's the most amazing sound.

the analog is nice and deep, sounding fantastic (i've played with a Boss DM-2 at times, and this sounds EXACTLY like it!)

the chorus with delay is nice too, but not as good as a Boss CE-2 before it.

the looper is amazing. it's only 4 seconds long, but you can stack as many as you'd like with it. you'd never think you'd use one, but it's amazingly fun.

this is an amazing pedal. i just wish it had stereo inputs, too :(

but, i'd gladly pay $150 for this, and I got it on ebay for a mere $45.

Always works.

Great manual.

It's amazing for long , harmonic delays. If you wanted an amazing slap rockabilly delay, go for a DD-3 or DM-2.

This is the best delay i've ever heard.

Just like any other digital delay. The 3 main knobs (level, feedback, delay time) have markings making it easy to change or dial in settings. But, the tap tempo is annoying to use. You must hold the pedal down for a few seconds to enter tap tempo mode, and set the tempo with 4 taps! To exit, you must hold it down for a few seconds again. This is fine if you use delay for the whole song, but I don't for the songs I need it for. That's why it's getting a 7.

The delays sound very good. A great digital delay sound, the analog sound is very good, also. I really liked the delay+chorus combination. With a short delay time (slightly longer than a traditional slap-back) and clean or overdrive setting, you can get a nice sound. But...

The pedal is very noisy! It's not my gear b/c my other pedals don't cause the same level of noise. I use a Wolfgang and Line 6 DuoVerb. When you put it between your guitar and amp it's very noisy even when bypassed/off. This is unacceptable since I mostly play live gigs. With the effect turned on, there's even more noise! I tried it in my effects loop (this will eliminate the noise), but, as I assumed, the delayed signal is not strong enough.

It's a very solid pedal. I like the feeling of the knobs - very tight, not loose. Seems like it could withstand a beating.

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I was disappointed. I have the Whammy Pedal and love it - not noisy at all. The DigiDelay was way too noisy, both on and off, and the tap tempo is cumbersome to turn on and off and set. If you don't need the tap tempo, and can put up with the noise (I can't), then the delays actually sound pretty darn good.

To effectively use this pedal and not just make noises, you should read the manual and online resources about delays in general. There is no learning curve per se. As long as the user knows that delays, like other modulation effects are best used sparingly and in good taste then the power and versatility of the X Series DD comes out.

The detented knob acts like a mode selector. You get short/med/long delays with fine settings for each afforded by the time knob, a tape delay, mod delay, reverse and loop.

I have a Fender Jazz.

I use this delay mostly to repeat some bass lines once in a couple of songs I play. "Should I Stay or Should I Go" sounds good when there is a faint bass line closely following in the background. I set it to Tape (position 4), Time between 4:00 and 5:00, Repeat all the way CCW and Level 12:00. Don't forget to turn it off during the chorus :)

For just all around making noise:

It's very easy to replicate the surfer guitar sounds from the 60s.

The Loop function (pos 7) allows you to play a bass line, loop it and play over it. You can also do this with the Repeat knob fully CW and the selector @ 2 or 3 (med or long delay)

Position 1 gives you a pretty good reverb.

No problems

Never had to contact DT INRE to this pedal.

I think that this is a better buy than a Boss DD3 or Ibanez DE7. It is a stereo unit and it has more features and capabilities than anything in it's price range. IMHO it approaches DD6 performance for $50 to $60 less.

Battery life is awful Buy a power brick.

Couldn't get much easier? 7 modes and the ordinary three knobs (level, repeats and speed).

Use it in the FX-loop of my peavey classic 30 together w an elektro harmonix holy grail reverb. Use various guitars. The digital delays are a bit plastic-sounding. They don't sound warm like analog but i like to use the digital delay sound for solos. The tape delay is not too funny. I think it's a bit too muddy, does'nt sound real. It's OK on clean sounds, a bit more transparent than the digital. Mod delay is a cool effect for clean sounds, giving a lush, spacious atmosphere-like sound.

It has never failed me. I've also had other X-series pedals that worked fine.

Use this mainly for distorted rock solos. It sounds good. I play blues and jazz too and for this the tape delay setting is better (especially w clean sound) but there are better delays out there.