DigiTech X-Series Digital Delay

Tape delay only !!! Use it in the effect loop !!!
In a Band and live setting, its allright.
You play alone, than you will notice that the tone gets smaller sometimes...nothing dangerous...but dont compare it to a t rex or maxon...but for the price im pleased.

5 years of trusty work.

I change to a hardwire delay now, I use it only at gigs, because when some beer is washing my pedals I get a new harwire delay, but when the same would happen to my Trex or fulltone i go crazy... because they are expensive....

Very straigh-forward. Effect Level, Repeat, and Time knobs. The tap tempo feature is a little cumbersome as you have to hold for three seconds and then tap (while the effect is engaged). This compared to the Line 6 Echo Park where you can simply tap and do it while the delay is bypassed. I have not had a chance to play around with the loop feature as I am not a loop sort of guy, but it's there and it's probably pretty intuitive based on how easy the rest of it is to use. Put it this way, I didn't look at the manual at all. I considered it after a while, but when I glanced at it it didn't tell me anything I didn't already know from using it for 15 minutes.

This thing is clean and noise free. I does not color the signal. It is surprisingly warm for a Digitech and considering it is not an analogue delay. Before purchasing, I comped it next to the Boss DD-3, Line 6 Echo Park, Ibanez AD9, and MXR Carbon Copy. I knew that the last two were out of my price range, but I really wanted to compare a "warm" digital to a true analogue. As has been pointed out, analogue delay is a totally different animal from digital delay. That being said, the Digidelay was far and away the most warm out of the three digital delays I played. This held true over all of the settings on the pedal.

The only tonal complaint I would have is that there is a high pitched tone when the tap is engaged. It didn't occur when I tried it at the store, but when I got it home it happened. This is a problem for those who use tap tempo a lot. I don't mind dialing in things by ear so I'm willing to use that feature sparingly to retain the benefits of the rest of the pedal. I may return it for another one to see if it's just this particular pedal, but I'm not too concerned about it.

I've only had it overnight. I very much plan to gig out with it, starting this Friday night and I do not have a backup delay. I'm not too worried about it. It seems very ruggedly constructed. The knobs are particularly sturdy, especially compared to the teeny flimsy little things on the Line 6 Echo Park that I was afraid I'd break off just while I ws trying it out.

This would be a near perfect digital delay pedal for the price if it had a less cumbersome tap tempo function. In a perfect world I'd put the tap feature from the Echo Park on the Digidelay and it would be a 10.

Try out one cool set up and play !
For me :
level - 3 oclock
repeats - 9 oclock
time - 2 oclock
mode - 9 cklock

in the loop of my Amp. NOT IN FRONT INPUT !!

I use US Strats, Teles and Paulas.
Marshall Plexi, Fender Pro Twin, Engl Screamer Amps.
I use the Digidelay only in the effect loop of the Screamer ( 9-oklock ) and only at live gigs... because it has a good sound with my live setup, it works since 4 years without any problem and its everywhere to get and "cheap" to replace when something will happen !! My Setting is shown above. And never use this delay in front of youre Amp the clean sound can work when you like to play with the setting of youre amp but overdrived its the noizyest **** **** I ever must listend at.
In the studio i use other Stuff ( Fulltone, TC Electronics, T Rex ).

4 years, 100 of gigs, works ! perfect.

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I play Blues, Jazz, Roots, Hippie, Hard, Grunge, Alternative, Metal.
And this works for that.
Somebody would steal it ? I buy it again.
I like the easy simple little box because is set it once up and never must care of anything depent on it.
Play, its all in youre Hands and mind, not in the effects you use.

Just read my first Digidelay review I did 3 years ago here on HC. I must say, after 4 years of continued use, the digidelay is still going strong and I still dig the tones it provides. It has become an indespensible part of my tone chain. These days, it's mostly set for a slight, modulated delay that fattens things up so well. I also use the tape and solo settings, but the mod delay is so lush and beautiful.....with two amps, kind of a poor mans ( very poor! ) TTE. Well, that may be quite a stretch, but I can get some heavenly tones running stereo with two amps. It sounds killer with overdrive and distortion, but I find myself playing much cleaner as the sweet, fat sound is so addicting. All in all, a great pedal and one of the great bargains for all the tone and features they packed in. I still don't use half of the features, but it's nice to know they are there if needed. Still keeping my original 9 rating on this bad boy.

It has lots of options, which is great, but it does make it more complicated. having said that, it shouldn't be beyond the intelligence of most musicians.
the basic models are easy to get a good sound out of, the multitap and reverse take a bit more time, and some may need to practice the tap tempo feature, although i was impressed with how easy it was.

All things considered, not too hard really.

Sound quality is good, no lack of tone. nice and crisp, but also warm on the tape mode and mod delay.
it does a great range of delay sounds, from slapback to ridiculously long.
the reverse is funky and weird, although i'm not sure how useful it will be for most.

one slight problem is that with my Telecaster, engaging the tap tempo feature brings a bit of a high pitched squealing sound, not loud but annoying... don't know if this is because of excess noise from the tele pickups, plus it's at the end of a fair length chain(??)

(incidentally, my setup is Tokai 335--> Rocktron wah--> Seymour Duncan pickup booster--> Belcat Chorus--> Danelectro Wasabi Tremolo--> BOss BF-2 flanger--> Digitech Delay.

i've only had it 2 weeks, but i'd say it seems very sturdy - would be surprised if it let me down. i'd take a chance without a backup.

don't know. you'd hope a big company like Digitech would be ok, but you never know....

i've been play 16 years.
i gig in a cover band, i use this for Dave Gilmour style atmospheric delay and some short stuff, even slapback sutff.
overall i think it's a good buy.
if you're looking at this it's probably for it's versatility and the different modes. in tha regard it's great.
sound quality is solid.

good alround pedal.

Muy usable, intuitivo y facil de sacar un sonido convincente, no hace falta leerse muy por encima el manual, s??lo para enterarse de las funciones que no son evidentes, como la activaci??n del emulador de recinto y la habilitaci??n del looper y del tap tempo.

Muy buen sonido sin colorear la se??al en exceso, no creo que lleve true bypass pero es limpito. Lo estoy usando en el loop de fx de un fender hot rod deluxe junto a un CF7 y un PS5 de boss y da un delay bastante neutro. El pedal da los registros que se esperan hasta los 4 segundos (creo) y viene dividido en tres secciones (hasta 250ms?) (hasta 2) y hasta 4. Estos delays digitales dan un sonido estandar que se puede equiparar f??cilmente a los boss m??s caros, pero a partir de aqu?? empiezan los extras. Lo m??s musical y utilizable del pedal es el emulador de echo tape, que es muy org??nico, si bien pierde cierto volumen con relaci??n al resto de setups y conviene ser generoso con el volumen de delay en este caso. Existen otras rarezas como el delay + chorus del selector 5 que une al sonido seco unas repeticiones moduladas que evitan en ciertos casos prescindir del chorus sin sustituirlo. El delay inverso del selector 6 esta bien pero no lo veo muy ??til. El looper con poco tiempo (creo que 8 segundos) se lo pod??an haber ahorrado y meterle otras prestaciones adicionales que har??an del pedal el m??s potente del mercado econ??mico (abstenerse de comparar con los TC), como un on off independiente para cuando se usa el tap tempo ya que hay pasajes de algunas ejecuciones que exigen el silencio de delay y luego no es posible memorizarlo. Ser??a tambien muy bien recibido un display digital para controlar los tiempos de delay, pero ya es pedirle mucho por ese precio.

Parece muy robusto.

No ha hecho falta, espero que nunca la haga, en cualquier caso si se rompe igual pruebo ya solo con un emulador de echo tape, que es realmente lo que mas me mola.

Es por supuesto una elecci??n muy interesante para gastarse poco, y en su nivel de precios es la elecci??n m??s potente comparable de igual a igual con el m??s caro boss dd6, (que no s?? que le ve la gente en gastarse el doble por lo mismo), se adapta bien a todos los estilos que requieren de delays.
Llevo tocando (??a ver cuantos eran?) 28 a??os y ya vengo un poco quemado de los rack de efectos as?? que despues de una peque??a crisis musical he vuelto a los origenes de los pedalitos (stomps) y amplis de valvulas, para sacrificarlo todo en favor del tono.
Si se perdiera o rompiese igual me tiraba a por un TC (algo carillo) o un danelectro dan echo (muy baratillo)que aunque es solo emulador de echo tape va m??s por mis preferencias actuales que pasan a rayar el integrismo vintage

Using a delay pedal in general can be a pain in ass if you're new to it, but I've found it has the relatively same learning curve as most Delay pedals do. Once you figure out exactly what you need to hear, it should become a cinch in no time as the captions are completely self-explanatory. "Repeat." "Time." There's no real mystery there, but it takes some time to feel the increase and decrease of each out.

The sampler itself is a good necessity, but it's going to take some getting used to an timing if the use of a sampler is new to you. The reverse function is.. well.. pretty worthless, but it's a good addition to have if you're like me and the last five minutes of jamming is pulling all the noise you can out of your guitar, like Sonic Youth.

And, like what's been said, the first time my battery blew out in a Digitech pedal, I thought my amp ate itself. Turns out this thing goes through batteries like Adema go through labels. Save yourself a lot of trouble and pain and buy an adapter, it even tells you what kind you need on the back of the device.

Sound quality is where this effect pedal excels. I've played a few other delay pedals, and outside of spending more than $120, this is hands-down the best sound you're going to get.

Everything about it is clean and shimmering; the tape delay sounds extremely glassy and smoothe, while you can even bring your pedal into complete psychadelic overdrive in Mod Delay and create a wall of pentatonic waves. There is really absolutely nothing the setting won't let you voice, if you take the time to get the feel.

One thing I've noticed about this pedal, and it's something David Gilmour used for Pink Floyd: Using a small bit of delay or reverb on a guitar played through a distorted or overdriven channel can really smoothe out the raw frequencies and provide a much more bright and smoothe notes on the high-end, or even beef up some low-end crunching.

The sampler is another selling aspect of the stompbox. First of all, when I bought this, I didn't want a sampler. I didn't want a sampler, because I didn't think I needed a sampler. After playing around with it, I not only realized how much of an asset it is for writing things like dual-guitar harmonies, or intricate dueling riffs, but it completely reshaped what kind of music I wanted to write, which now is Psychadelic metal. The only real complaint here, which should be standard, is that after overlapping four different layers, certain ones start to become muddy, but let's be real, it's a small problem, and there's no real way around it. There's definitely some worth, though. It makes you feel like you're Tripton and Downing, but you don't need someone else.

Battery life is absolutely artocious, like I mentioned before. It would barely survive an hour-long jam session, so using an adapter is key.

However, the only problem I have had with my pedal is a local band I lent it to somehow managed to lose the rubber piece that connects the pedal to the hardware. It's easily mended by anything. Paper, a pencil eraser, anything.

Other than that, this thing is built like a fortress. I have the feeling I could throw it out the window and I'd still have a pedal afterwards.

Never dealt with Customer support, mainly because I didn't need to.

I play a concoction of Pink Floyd, Atheist, Meshuggah, Neurosis, The Clash, Cave-In and Cynic, and I just call it Psychadelic Metal. This pedal is key, because if you're able to set the controls accurately, you can play with time and create layers to use as rhythmic subdivisions, or create extremely melodic and stellar walls of sound that feel all-encompassing. You can pretty much shift the mood of your music from extremely beautiful, calm, and placid, to something nightmarish just by changing your picking speed.

I've been playing guitar for about three and a half years now, and I run it using either an Ibanez GRG 170DX or an ESP Ltd. M-207 through a Peavey Transtube Bandit 112, with an Ibanez Weeping Demon Wah. It can handle a chain of effects extremely well, though, and if it were stolen, it'd be replaced immediately, I feel it's essential.

Another one of the small downsides is the reverse sampler. At times, it's cumbersome and annoying to operate and time. Though, it's a nice feature, it doesn't really make a difference stacked up against the rest of the features.

Essentially, this pedal is a must for an single-effect stompbox user. The customization is top-tier and well-worth the relatively decent pricing.

when you dont have any idea about a delay, you need maybe 2 houres to have youre good sound.
When you know about delays, 5 minutes.

Great, I have two of this !! The first is in tab mode, with a decent delay to give all of my sounds ( clean,chrunch,lead, whatever )
a littel extra dimension. I use it for nearly every song.
Its warm sounding, the repeats are soft and nice.
But attention !! you must use the mono input ( ther is a second input for left - right sounds, but for that you need two cabinets !! ).
Also, when you use the reverb or overdrive of youre amp, you MUST have it in the FX loop of the amp, becouse of overloaded noize !! The mono input has also a very great speaker simulation, that let any of my amps sounds a littel bit "bigger", when I turn the delay in.
I want for my effectboard a chorus, so I decide to buy a second digidelay and have it at mode 5, because this is a chorus + delay,
realy great for clean playing and also OK for Zakk Wylde Lead lines.
I have compare this against the Boss, Line 6 and Ibanez Stombboxes and
the sound was the first thing that let my buy it, the second reason was the price and the 3th the build quality...Its a buffered bypass and it makes no noize and dont influences the MAIN sound when its off.
I use them with a Visual one spot, no problems.
The other modes are ok but unuseless for me.

My Guitars; Fender pimpt US Strat, Gibson pimt Studio Paula.
Crafter Accustic.
My Amps; Marshall Jtm 60, London City Plexi,
Hughes & Kettner Trany at Home,
Engl screamer ( 4 chanels ) as my main amp.
2x12 or 4x12 cabs.
Standart effects ; Digidelay ( tab mode ),
Digidelay ( chorus Mode ),
Maxon TS9, Morley Tremonti Wah.
Korg Tuner.

Other "toying" effects; Mxr phase 90, Boss DS1, SD1, HM3, EHX big muff, small clone ( sick and deep chorus and no level dailing ). Fulltone 69 Fuzz, Deja Vibe. Reu??enzehn Black Face preamp, Nobels odr1....

The first one I have buy for about 4 years, giged it the whole time.
No problems.
The second one is 1 year old, also no problems.

I dont know.

I play since 16 years, now Im 30... Bluesy, jazzy and fusion stuff, but my main sound is "seattle" grunge orientated music ( Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Pumpkins etc. ). Im a semi pro and gig with my Band 2-6 gigs a month. The Digidelays are becoming a important, main part of my style and sound. If something happen with it, I would buy another one.
For me its perfect and I dont need anything else. Maybe if i had the money, I would check this Trex, Tc Electronics delays for about 400 euros...well.

There are a number of functions on this pedal, and despite what others might say ("its got knobs, you turn them around, duhh easy") it does take some getting used to get your head around the looping feature. Plus there are major volume differences between (say) the Tape emulation and the Mod delay settings, which can take you off guard if you want to switch settings on the fly.

NOTE: You MUST buy an AC Adapter to get the full potential out of this pedal. I took one of these home, after just minutes the delay sound just decayed off and then this nasty fizzing sound started building up... I heard a popping noise and the pedal no longer worked at all. I honestly thought I had been sold a dud pedal. But when the same problem happened to the replacement pedal I figured it must be a battery problem (we all know delay pedals eat batteries). Buying an AC adapter completely solved the problem, and the sound quality (bitrate?) seems better too. This thing sounds fantastic, especially the Tape emulation and Mod delay settings. The other guitarist in my band has a far more expensive Boss-DD and even he has remarked about the sounds this one pumps out. Digitech should really be proud of this puppy.

Infact, there is one distinct feature that this pedal completely trumps my bandmate's Boss delay pedal: trailing. After a delayed section of a song, I can step on this pedal and deactivate the delay. However, the current delay signal just smoothly fades off underneath as per your "Repeat" setting. So you can make the transition from all out shimmer to a gentle strum so beautifully. I'm not sure if the newer Boss DD pedals do that, but certainly the DD-3 doesn't.

There is one minor annoyance however - the Reverse setting. It's fantastic that they squeezed all of this into a single pedal, however the sound quality of the reversed 'sample' is fairly low-ish quality (kinda like comparing a 96k bitrate MP3 song to the real CD). Plus it does have some popping sounds when the reversed sample pings back... but this is probably the sound of the guitar picking being repeated, but it just seems so pronounced. Still, an excellent pedal.

As mentioned above. Reliability with a battery is zilch. It wouldn't last a rehearsal, let alone a gig. This thing sucks mA multiple times faster than a regular distortion pedal. Save yourself a headache and get an AC adapter (ask at your guitar shop, or find one at your local electronics shop). With an adapter, this thing has yet to let me down. I haven't blamed the pedal for anything!

I'm into the sprawling instrumental rock (ala Mogwai / Explosions in the Sky) stuff, and this pedal is an excellent alternative to Boss' range... excluding the DD-20 which is pretty much the ultimate! I love the features on this thing, like flicking the Repeats all the way up and while the delay repeats forever, being able to mess with the Time knob to get some bizzare electro-pitch shifted sounds. I don't use the Loop function and the Reverse setting is a nice touch though fairly average. The delays are what this thing is made for and it delivers on every level. Most people love the Tape emulation (which rolls off the high end with each decay, leaving a warm bassy tone looping off to nothingness) but the Mod and standard delays sound sweet too. Combined with my nice Fender amp reverb, you can do everything off Explosions in the Sky 'The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place' and then some!

4 knops ? how difficult can it go ??

I have it since 3 years in my chain and its still great.
I use only the tabe mod. Volumen at 12 oclock, repeats at 9, time at 14 ... so this is a setting that, I can use for nearly everything.
Mod 5 ads a chorus wich is a nice " toy " when I get tired or want play some extreme psychedelic stuff.
The other mods are not important for me. Becouse when I play life, I want just put in some extra dimension to my sound with only one step to switch it on and off.
I test it against the boss dd3 dd5, Ehx deluxe memory man, Ibaneze and Maxon AD 9 and this is the winner.
Maybe when I have the money I will checkout this TC Electronic vintage delay or T Rex Replica.
The digidelay works fine at life gigs and in the studio.
A delay is a great but sensetive effect, that you can not use everytime with youre Band ( mudd sound ).
But Its also a "open minder".
Try one out, for the money good pice of gear.

My Life set up ; Fender Strat, Gibson LP, ESP MII in the Digidelay,
Fulltone 69 Fuzz, Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde red and a Crybaby GCB 535 in a Mesa Lonestar 2x 12er. ( Korg DT 10 Tuner ).

Studio; + Line 6 pro pod, Tc Electronic g mayor. Engl souveraign 1x12.

First I think its going down fast but I have it 3 years with out any problem.

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I play since 20 years the last 10 as session, party cover and private teacher and earn a bit of money with that, as my main job.
The sound, technick and "musician soul" that makes you to a great player is only in your fingers mind and soul. A great guitar player
makes magic with shit gear...a bad player is also bad with professional gear. Dont forget this.
If you want a good sounding delay try this one.

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.

I had a quick scan trough the manual on my way home with the pedal. Got home, plugged it up and away I went. No problems and easy to use straight out of the box. I was getting great sounds in minutes....very warm sounding, not clinical like a lot of digital delay pedals. The tape delay is fantastic.

I am using this pedal with a Fender Tele 62 custom reissue and on my pedal board a Boss OS2 overdrive and a nice old Boss CE2 chorus. The effect sounds great to me. I used to have a Boss DD3, but this pedal sounds much more natural. I am using a Laney LC2 30 watt valve amp and it is not at all noisy. make sure you use a good regulate power supply and it will be as quiet as a mouse!! It works well in my existing setup.

I have had no problems so far. I know some other people seem to have had problems further down the list, but it seems to be fine so far. I would use it without a backup....how many people carry spare pedals to a gig? I would just manage without it for the rest of the gig!! It's built like a tank.....as solid as a Boss if not more so...

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I play Rock/Pop covers and this pedal covers all my needs. I have been playing for 30 years and own a few electrics and an acoustic. If it were lost or stolen I would replace it with the same quite happily. What I love most is the ease of use and the natural warm sound....but most useful to me is the tap tempo. You can sync the repeats to the drums/tempo in no time. Nothing to hate about it personally. I did try the boss DD5 but prefered the sound of the Digitech. I find it inspires me....which is important!! all I would say is use it with a good power supply. I have a power block on my pedal board and it worked with it straight away, no noise. I think some of the people who have complained about this pedal may have been unlucky or not used a good power supply. I am happy with it and would recommend it to anyone. Especially at the price.

Delay settings are easy to use, the loop mode can get tricky.

modes 1-3 are pretty nice, you get the typical sharp digital delay sound.
mode 4 is the one i use most, great tape sim sound, lofi and doesnt interfere with what you're playing
mode 5 is a chorused delay, it can be used as a chorus if u set the time really low, pretty good i guess
mode 6 is a reverse delay, really whacky and hard to use!
mode 7 is the loop mode, after a couple of tries it gets easy to use.

Its sounds really good with my Small clone(chorus) and my distortion pedals(mt2 and shredmaster)

The switch is getting abit funny but its still working!

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I play alot of styles, from Tool to led zeppelin, and mode 4 is just great with the music i play. Sounds great with my other gear.
I tried out my friends DD3 and he played my digidelay, next day he changed his dd3 for a digidelay!
I wish the reverse mode could be 100% wet, that would rock!

In conclusion, its a great pedal and specially reccomended for people who are just starting to get in the world of delay, like me!

Right out of the box it seemed straight forward. I tried to figure out the loop and got lost. Ended up looking at the manual and amazingly, everything made sense. Not too hard to understand for a delay though.

Gear: I play in the youth band for my church and for some strang reason, they discourage me to use an amp, so I plug straight into the direct box. I mainly play a Samick electric-acoustic and use the chorus setting for a more stereo sound. I have though, played several gigs with my Fender Tele and crate(crap) combo amp. I use this delay pedal at the end of the chain along with a Digitech metal master and tone driver.

When played by itself, the delay is reasonably quiet.

I dislike the short loop time and if I turn my "time" all the way around, the pedal stops working all together. The reverse feature is sad too. Well more like useless.

I do however, get some great sounds out of this thing. Setting 1-5 are great for any kind of genre.

How well can I depend on it? Well, I don't think it's gonna last forever. Little things like the battery connector wires breaking(happened on my Metal master too) and the time setting turned all the way up making it stop working, makes me think it's gonna fall apart.

I might go into a gig without back up but my sound would be lost. I think for the time being the pedal can stand up for itself.

I've been playing guitar for nearly 6 years. I play all kinds of music and this pedal helps me do that. If something ever happened to this pedal I would probably get something else unless I found this one at a great price.

I love the clean repeats/echos/delays. I hate the possible failure. I like the morph idea that digitech uses.

I compared this pedal to the boss dd-3 and thought the value was better with this pedal. Now I wish I would have sprung for the Boss.

Thre are some nice sounds. The manual is clear and the website helps. It is best, with digital delays, to get the newest stuff cause the software is most up to date. Sometimes the digital sound would come through, however. The loop wa useless, just started feeding back all the time and just too short for good loops; that was disappointing.

A korina carruthers' tele with voodoo pickups. a totem delta with jason lollars (the best!), through a silverface champ and a heavily modded peavey classic 30. I pay roots music. The slap back setting was nice, the delays were precise. The lopp was useless, fed back all the time, like a sine wave.

Well, here's the thing: it began to die on me! This is most unusual, I don't ride pedals that hard, but between the loop being so crappy and the very pedal beginning to not work, I lost faith in this pedal.

They may be fine for all I know; I didn't try to get it fixed, just dumped it.

Between the bad loop and the bad manufacture, a disappointment.

Very straightforward to use - I took it straight to a gig before I'd even tested it and my "best guess" settings were almost spot on. Sign of a good purchasem (I ain't clever).

Noisy? Seriously? I bought this to try and emulate a WEM Copicat I had in my youth and, be honest, nothing was noisier than one of those. The tape delay setting was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Loads of background noise and delay deterioration. If you want quiet stick to digital delays. Noise is what gives FX pedals soul!!!!!!

I've only had it a couple of weeks but it's built like a tank and I can't see it letting me down so I'll take a flyer on the score.........

Here's hoping I never need to use them

I love this pedal. Seriously. Anyone with noise problems - just send it to me - I'll give it a good home. I play anything - rock, pop, blues, country (poor), reggae (really bad). This pedal just does it. No questions. Everybody listen - NOISE IS GOOD. NOISE IS SOUL.

PS I love harmony-central - God bless you guys. I value all the reviews and read them all (yes I'm that sad person). I only post a review when I feel moved (see Tokai Metaldriver!!!!!!!! apologies for accidentally staying anonymous - old man versus technology)