DigiTech X-Series Digital Delay

Very easy to use...although I'm somewhat embarressed to admit I have not learned the looping function yet! I read with great jealousy about others who loop to their little hearts content. You would think after 30 years of playing, I could figure this one out. Anywa, other than my idiocy, this thing get's a 10 for it's bone simple operation. You set the knob to the appropriate delay function, twirl a few knobs and yer off!

I'm very happy with the sound this little gem creates. The vintage tape echo is wonderful....the solos dealy setting ( run stero with two amps ) is stunning and the chorused delay is very lush. Those are the three settings I tend to use the most and I'd be happy if the pedal only did one of them. There are quite a few more delay types on board, but these are what fit my needs. I'm sure there are much better delays out there, but for my needs and the pittence I paid for it, ( $55 new ) I'm very happy.

The battery problem others have mentioned is a bitch! A brand new Energizer of Duracell will alst about 10 minutes in this sucker. Don't even try a battery that is not alkaline or better. They just won't work. With the proper power supply however, everything is hunky dorey. I did not get upset as others have....I just popped for a power supply and went on my merry way. The foot pedal has become a bit microphonic...that is a bit of a worry. I emailed digitech support and the offered to fix or replace, but I don't want to be without it, so I live with it. It's not life threatening or detrimental to my tone....just a bit annoying! I've had it for over a year or so now and it continues to work well ( other that the above ) for me. I had read horror stories of digitechs reliability, but pooh-pooh'd them until I had the opportunity to try it for myself. It suits my needs and style of play very well.

They set up a web site forum for the X series pedals...but it kinda went by the way side ( I have not been there for a while, so I could be talking out my ass ) after many complaints regarding the power supply, etc. I figure they are cheap enough, if I get a year or two out of em and they die, no biggie. I'll just buy a new one or some new kid on the block. It's not like buying a new Les Paul and having it fall apart...it's a freaking pedal!

I am first and foremost a blues player. It seems these day's though, I am called to do more U2ish, ambient, atmospheric, type stuff. I love to do it too! While I would prefer to just play da blooz, doing the other stuff is fun. Using the delay in conjunction with my volume pedal, ebow, various fuzz pedals and overdrives really creates some beautiful textures. I'd like to try some ugly, noise type stuff, but it's the pretty stuff that seems to flow from my soul. I also play with the worship team at our church. We have a total of three guitar players, so I try to do something different than the other two and not contribute to the midrage moras that three guitars create. The solo setting and the chorus delay setting work wonders in this context creating space, ambience and distance from the other gutiar players. The digidelay really helps my guitar sit better in the mix. One of my favorite pedal purchases over the past few years. You know, I hate to give ratings as a 9 or 10 are thrown out so flippantly. For me..and for waht this pedal is..a stomp box, cheap delay.....it get's a 9. It does waht I need it to do.

Like any effect, it takes a little fooling around with to learn its palette of sounds, but this pedal is remarkably easy to use, and sounds great. However, Digitech should not claim that this pedal can be used with a nine-volt battery. In my experience, if the unit functions at all when under battery power--no matter how fresh the battery--it does so erratically, so I'd have to say that the pedal is literally unusable unless you have the correct plug-in poower supply, which'll likely run you twelve to fifteen bucks. With the plug-in, though, this pedal is as easy as pie--and, despite what some other reviewers claim, you can get some psychadelic, warp-like sounds out of this thing worthy of a trip through a wormhole that spits you ten miles north of the stratosphere. This thing sounds good.

Good, though knob-tweekers like me should be careful not to let this thing get too out of control--I've processed some digitally jacked runaway trains that could give even the hardiest amp or PA a run for its money.

All's well here, too, as long as you have the plug-in adaptor power supply. Becase of the faulty operation of this unit when under battery power (described above), I'm taking off some points here.

I emailed about the battery shortcoming, and recieved a prompt reply, though nothing th guy said could explain away the pedal's inability to operate with a battery. He sugested litium batteries, and/or the AC adaptor. Well, that's not what their ads or the unit specifications say.

Overall, I love this pedal, but I can't give it a perfect rating because it delivers optimum performance only when used with an AC adaptor, which is not how it is marketed. If you want a good delay pedal, though, and you don't mind this issue, the Digidelay sounds awesome, and it's become a cornerstone of my sound. I'd pit it against any delay unit I've heard or played.

It takes little effort to pull out good sounds out of this piece of work. At first, I wondered how it sounded so crude and basically, crap, but then I remembered that time based effects should only be used in the FX loop. Far enough, and I plop it in. Voila! Sounds incredible! With vigor, I started tweaking the knobs and immediately got some very nice sounds out of it.
Tweaking is easy enough, just dial a sound style with one knob, and set the repeats and time to appropriate values and you're good to go.
The manual is pretty good with some initial settings to test out and get a feeling for the pedal and the effect itself.

I've used the pedal on both my previous Peavey Studio Pro 112 65W and my current ENGL Powerball 100W and it sounds very good on both. My guitar is the Jackson DX7 7-stringer, and the sound is good with all combos.

After adding the pedal, the noise levels stayed pretty much identical, so props to Digitech for that, especially since I've heard that delay pedals in particular are very prone to adding unwanted noise. Not this one.

As I mentioned earlier, I can get a Satriani sound pretty easily from it. Not all of his, though, as he uses two or more delays to make a kind of reverb style delay sound.

Still, it wasn't an immediate mindblow, but then again, I don't have other delay pedals to compare it to and I figure most studio delays are post-recording effects added to a dry guitar sound, so it's not a good compare point. But it is still very nice, especially for Satriani style stuff.

These new Digitech X-series pedals seem to follow the path that Boss took with the majority of their pedals. Very sturdy that is. The knobs are also firm and well built. I don't see how this pedal would break under normal circumstances.

Haven't needed to deal with them yet.

Most of my stuff is metal combined with Satriani style leads. I also use it when jamming along to Satriani, Dream Theater and similar bands. As for my playing time, I've been playing electric guitar since January 2000 and acoustic since Fall 1997.

If this pedal would be stolen, I'd first file a theft report and then buy a new one. Once the original is returned, I'll first use it to maul the thief and then promptly put it behind my new one and get that Satriani-style reverby delay.

When I was considering upon delay pedals, I also checked the Boss DD-3, DD-5 and Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man. I finally ended up getting this one and haven't regretted it to date.

One annoying thing in it is the reverse delay, which is effectively unusable as it first plays the note that you first played in delay, and *then* reverses it, effectively making 3 sounds, which spoils the idea. Without it repeating the original note first, I think the reverse delay would be very interesting.

As for creating new, I think it helps me give some new ideas, but I can't help but think of Satriani on whatever leads I play with it. Heh.

Definitely check this pedal out if you're looking for a delay pedal. Compare it to some others, like the Boss DD-3, DD-5 and Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man, since they are some other popular delay pedals. Pick the one which you like the most. I might predict it would most likely be this one.

Easy. If you're familiar with any other BOSS-type delay pedal you'll play in a second.
Manual is ok, could be a little more complete and clear

I'm using it in a pedal board, after oc-2, 535q wah, guyatone od, small stone, ibanez flanger; it goes straight in the input of my Mesa Formula Pre + Marshall 20/20 power amp into a H&K 2x12 cabinet.
I like the sound, I find it very warm for being digital (even too warm in "analog" mode). The BIG problem is that this pedal is a bit noisy, especially (as other comments here say) in tap tempo mode, which is almost not usable, even if you are recording direct after the pedal into a mixer.
Noisy, unfortunately, but the sound is pretty good.

It seems very sturdy, but it does something strange with your signal path. Again: it's noisy

I play everything, mostly alternative rock and pop/rock.
It's useful, complete and inspiring (loop, reverse function can make for interesting riffs)
It's good and I think it has all that you need in a delay (not a big difference compared even to a Line6 modeler). The thing that makes it not useful for a "pro" quality/use is definitely the background noise...
That's why I'll keep it but i will use it to record demoes mostly for it's "cabinet simulator" mode and together with my old BOSS DSD2 that I'll keep on "fixed" to the pedalboard for live and rehersal...
Really bad: I'll probably will need to buy a Line6 as a definitive choice because I didn't like the new BOSS delay pedals.

For a fairly cheap digital delay, it sounds pretty good. It was somewhat noisy on my overdrive channel (even when switched off) but I have been using it in the fx loop where it makes some noise but not enough to make me care. I like the tape echo mode best. I use this pedal mainly for spacy guitar solos, and for an echo effect when playing clean.

Seems sturdy, rugged, like it won't break. Hasn't yet in the three months I've owned it.

Responded to some questions I had with decent answers.

Pretty good delay pedal although I doubt any professional would use this. Eventually I will probably get something better (i.e. more expensive). Until then, this pedal is pretty fun and I like it better than the Boss pedals (I've owned RV-3, DD-3, and DD-6 and sold them all) and other delay pedal I've owned (Rocktron Short Timer - annoying whistling sound whenever switched on, and Ibanez DE-7 - probably the best-sounding one but the switch on it would stop working all the time). In summary, buy it if you want a digital delay but if you want something super good and professional then you will have to spend more money.

Sound,Sound,Sound je generalno dobar,veoma upotrebljiv dok crvena dioda svetluca.Kad crvena dioda prestane da .....Zamerka:Ova pedala u "BP" menja originalni sound u totalno novi.Ako vam taj tek rodjeni zvuk ne prija - cela prica o dileju nema smisla.

Jos se prilagodjavam novom zvuku,sto znaci da nije los (definitivno nije bolji od originalnog).A|B svicer je jedno od resenja kako povratiti stari isprobani sound a pritom zadrzati DIGI u svom arsenalu.Gitara koju volim je Telecaster + Handmade vrat(Kiki hvala).Zatim Wah-wah Dunlop Cry Baby,Boss super OD 1,pojacalo Fender 30 - tube amp.

I just wanted to add to what the last guy said ... I had two of these pedals (I bought mine when they had the buy 2 get a third three), in an attempt to capture that my bloody valentine sound. anyway, they were pretty good pedals and tape mode sounded good, but that low level noise was present on both of them! it wasn't awful, but did irritate the shit out of me after a while. it wasn't battery related (by the way, these pedals consume batteries at an amazing rate) and i tried several different adaptors, all with the same result. who knows what the problem was, but i sold both of them after 6-7 months - still looking for a good replacement - probably go the guyatone micro delay route ...

not trying to slam this pedal - i did like it, but that noise was present on both of mine (and i don't remember it when i demoed it in the store or i most certainly wouldn't have bought it), so it probably isn't just a fluke that other people notice it. anyway, not a bad pedal.

if you are familliar with pedal delays this is no more difficult to use...

the tape mode is mostly what i use but the mod delay mode is nice also-overall i like the vibe better than the Boss DD5 and DD6 i had but recently noticed some low level but ugly clock/DSP noise(not hiss) when pedal is on(a little more when in tap tempo mode)...most of the time it's not noticeable even for recording but it's there and if you are picky it may bug you.

don't even think of using without an adaptor! it is still working fine after a few months and there is no reason it shouldn't be working for a long time.

took a chance on this after being a Boss pedal user for a long time-the sounds are more preferable to me but the weird noise is a drag...it just shouldn't do that. i don't know if i'd get another one-maybe i'd spring for a Boss with the high cut mod or look into something else altogether.

It's not the easiest to get good settings out of but given a little time with the unit and it gets easier and easier.

It's not noisy at all and the effects are very acurately tuned with the level knob. You can go from a little echo to an exact replica of what you just played. I use it with my bass amp, but you can hook it up to 2 amps and have the delay repeat back and forth between the 2 for an extremely long time. Granted only 4 seconds gets saved but you can keep adding and over dubbing.

The loop feature really helps with my bass because I can create a small drum beat/tempo then just add and save when I think of something. I haven't tried that slow drop off method, but it sounds good.

Tape delay is excellent and I've kept mainly to that so far. Reverse is shady at best. I'm not sure what exact it does but playing to it is hard.

The lower bass notes don't sound incredible or anything but it recreates your notes almost exactly so whatever.

This is my first Digitech pedal. Almost all my friends have some version of a multiple effects pedal. All their pedals have had some sort of problem so I'm a little scared for the future. This one feels solid, though.

Haven't dealt with them.

I have a very humble rack of floor effects and this one fits nicely between my bass overdrive and bass wah. I'd rather have it than not have it and I'm sure I'll find many uses for it.

This is a reveiw for my second one.The first one wasn't broke its just they don't tell you that the thing takes a loud crackling dump when the battery dies.And the manual says average battery life is 4 whole whoopping hrs.More like 2 in mine. USE A POWER SUPPLY!!!!!!!!!!!!THIS THING ATE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY AND ASKED FOR SECONDS!!Anyway,its pretty easy but the destructions need to be read for trhe looper and tap tempo,if you choose to use them,which I do not.

Excelent!!! The tape echo is great I use it solely on tape with a slap back delay setting.Sounds awsome.The delays are nice to but I prefer tape siml.The chourus delay is beutiful on clean arpegios and chords.The only faults here are the looper is only 4 seconds,but I don't get into that crap anyhow.And the reverse plays your origanal notes befor the reversed ones which makes it pretty useless.

DO NOT USE BATTERIES FOR THIS THING GET A POWER SUPPLY!!!I use a Visual sound one spot adapter to ower all my FX,this is a great DC supply for $25 it powers 5 pedals.Anyway,I've had it 6mo and no problems with a power supply hooked up instead of batteries.You'll think it has a short when the batteries die though,cause it nakes a crackling fart noise,thst why I say use a supply.

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I like it it sounds about as good as a pedal delay can sound.I think it tops Boss.GET A POWER SUPPLY!!

its easy enough, like most things......just give it a little time to get used to it

the sound is very good. actually i cannot get a bad sound, i may have the wrong setting for the tempo/tone, but it is still a great sound. you just have to find the right settings for the song. i use a les paul studio into a marshall plexi or twin reverb (clean), this pedal sounds great on it all.

they did a great job with this one

looks very sturdy, so far it has help up 3 months just fine.
i try to give it time before submiting reviews, so i can give you the real low-down

i dont have a problem but if i do these guys will hear about it, and respond with the quickness they shall.........no - they better

i really like all the sounds this little box can produce. it can do so many things, so there is no need to say anymore, it would probably work in most situations.

my only complaint is the small knobs. well, they arent real small, but you know. my wife says my peepee is too small, but she still enjoys it, so i can learn to live with this flaw. she should be glad its not any bigger, because i smack her with it all the time......oh yeah, the pedal.
IF YOU NEED A GOOD DIGITAL DELAY WITH MANY TRIX....GO GET IT!

One great feature about this pedal is you can take like the four second delay,set it at maybe three O'clock (7-8).
Now play something and it repeats at four second intervals and slowly
fades away right
After you got a good groove happening, TURN THE KNOB ALL THE WAY TO TEN.THIS WILL SAVE YOUR SOUND AS A LOOP.Back it off to seven, add more to the loop and turnit up to capture the new additions to the loop, and so on.
This is NOT the loop setting #7, it's 1-4 second delay #3.
This is a great feature. It pretty much means the pedal needs to be
raised to hand level, and for me this is ok because the tap tempo is way to stiff. I've thought about changing the tension spring to something lighter.
I have a two level pedalboard.The bottom is for my foot controled gear
(Line6 DDL delay pedal, Pedalracks true bypass looping strip-this switches my gear in and out of my signal chain, and a korg volume pedal).
On the top level I have my great PODxt,the MagicStomp,and three
X-Series pedals, the reverb,synth wah,and the delay.
I also have two rack space processers(LexiconMPX100,DigitechTSR12)sitting piggie back on an angle in the back top area.

Here's my chain
G&L ASAT > Pedalracks True Bypass Strip (T/B)> out to Rack gear > (T/B)> MagicStomp,Synthwah,Delay,Reverb > (T/B)> PODxt > (T/B) >
Line6 delay pedal stereo out > Two Power Engine 60's (speaker cab and power amps designed to be as tranparent as can be)
All my gear is as clean and as transparent and unaffected as I can make it. Of course, when combining fx together, to much and it can get
noisy. I use as little gating as I can.
The Digidelay is clean sounding and the delays are musical.
As I said earlier, capturing loops and playing and layering and evolving the loop is some thing I love to do. Bill Frisell plays with loops in real time and he has an old eight second digitech delay that
does the same thing as this new pedal.
The sound is argueably better than that old Frisell delay, but in his hands that old delay simply sings. This is the new generation of that
pedal.
I dig it.

Pretty standard fare for a cheap delay, you don?t have to be a quantum physicist to operate it.
I?m not a fan of the knob placement choice? not too friendly for edge of shoe tweaking.

Settings 1, 2, and 3?(10Msec. to 4 sec.) sound pretty good. Doesn?t degrade too much, but isn?t quite warm enough.. its digital, go fig..
Setting 4 (tape) mediocre [at best] in tape delay emulation.
Setting 5 (mod) is decent, but the chorus can get old really quick.
Setting 6 (reverse) no? no? no?. ?how many times do people have to point out that original signal over reverse sounds like crap? Bad, bad Digitech! Shame on you!
Setting 7 (loop) meh? If you want looping, buy something dedicated to looping.

If you are thinking of buying this pedal or are dead set on it:
Take it out of the box at the store, sit down w/ it for more than a half hour and if it still works, buy THAT one. You?ll have to go through a battery or two, but that?s the clerk?s problem, not yours.
It eats batteries faster than a fat kid at a buffet, beware, or buy a power supply.
The chassis is sound, but I can?t get over the crappy little switch nestled ON the circuit board which pressure is applied to. Not very sound design IMHO.

Same as with any megalocorporation, register for the warranty ASAP. And cross your fingers if it breaks.

Okay, say you don?t have the extra 30 ? 60 bucks to buy a Boss DD-3 or DD-6 or even a DD-5 second hand right now? just wait till you have the extra money. Or if you're not a Boss fan, check out the Guyatone Micro delay.

very easy especially if you are familliar with multi mode delays-if you are not the manual would make it clear enough(mine was used so didn't come with one).

great sounding delay-i especially like the modulation and tape modes...like the Boss DD-6 i also have the delay trails out when you switch it off(instead of cutting out abruptly)which is a nice feature if you have a lot of repeats going. also,the cab simulation is pretty neat to have on there-it's not stellar but it gets the job done...i think mine is updated as the cab sim sound works thru the mix output even when the pedal is off.

i hope it doesn't do what some others have complained about below-another X series model i tried had a problem but i m going to be optimistic that it was a fluke...i have used the RP-1,RP-10 and 2101 preamps with no troubles and don't consider their stuff to be crappy-the digidelay for the most part stays on my board all plugged in and doesn't get knocked around,so there is really no excuse for it to not continue working properly,right?

n/a

the cool thing about this is that all the 'extra' modes aside from the straight delays are for me very useable('warp' mode on the boss DD-6 anyone?)...hopefully i won't have to replace this but i most likely would if need be.

Plugged it in and started getting killer sounds right away. I'm a bit of tech weenie so I didn't bother to read the manual but you may want to glance at it just to know how to work the loop and tap modes. Otherwise, it's pretty self explanatory. If you've used a Boss DD series pedal, you'll feel at home with this pedal.

Excellent sound quality. I recently sold my line 6 flextone 3 and went back to good old fender tube amps. I was looking for a delay with tap tempo as well as smooth and not brittle tone. This pedal fits the bill nicely. Very analogish sounding delays, even more so in "tape delay" mode. I did a ton of research before commiting to this pedal. I tried the Boss DD 6 on two different occasions but just couldn't justify spending the extra $40 for a pedal that isn't any better than the digitech. The boss actually sounded more digital to me and the tap tempo didn't seem to nail the tempo everytime like the digitech does. OK, so here's my setup - Fender USA strat > Boss Vari-wah > dano tremelo > old ass washburn analog delay > weird old washburn stereo chorus > digitech x-series delay > to either a Fender Blues Jr. or Fender SF Twin Reverb (depending on size of venue). If I ever need distortion (which is very very rarely) I use the dirt on the variwah. I play LIVE HOUSE music. jazzy/tech/deep house with a full band. this delay is perfect for what I do. The tap tempo is a godsend. I use it constantly. I never really use the reverse delay as it's a bit of a gimmick. it would be cooler if you didn't hear the source note and just the reverse delay, but it doesn't do this.

built like a tank. looks like they took a tip from Boss in this category.

haven't needed support

Like I said, I play live deep and tech house. Yep, DJ music but with a band. This pedal is perfect. I can easily tap in the tempo the band is at (usually 128+ bpm) for spaced out leads and pseudo-synth dance lines. The long delay times are superb for floating chords over grooves. Very warm sounding pedal. If you are looking at the Boss DD's try this one as well it's a better deal IMHO. I'd definitely buy it again if lost or stolen.

How come you can not figure out that your units are not shorting out. The scenarios you described are symptoms of the battery dying, or the power supply receptacle coming loose. I have had the same problems multiple times, and changing the battery always works. By the way you should always use a battery, even when the power supply is plugged in, the supply does come loose. Not to mention that there is always an internal memory in units like this, and it remembers how long a battery normally powers the unit so you should wait to change the batteries.

It took me about a week to find out how to open the place for the battery (I'll let you go through that learning experience too). It has 4 knobs which can be rather confusing, but you'll get the hang of it. When you put the "Repeats" knob past 3 o'clock, it does weird things.

Great. I only wish it had something to change the original signal's level, especially for reverse. I feel that the looping needs to be about 2 seconds longer which makes me regret getting a Boss delay. I can really nail a Van Halen tapping sound from this pedal.

Great so far. Not one problem.

No need.

Great delay pedal. A bit pricey. Something still makes me think that a Boss DD-5 would've been better, but I can live without looping

Like most pedals you gotta play around with it.

I'm happy with the soud quality. I tried the Boss DD-6 and brought it back to exchange it for this one and I'm glad I did. Any digital delay will mess with your tone but this isn't nearly as bad as the
DD-6. I bought it mostly for the slapback sound. I really give it an 8+. I like it.

It eats batteries and will let you know instantly when it needs a new one. Get an AC adapter. I've only had it for a week but it seems reliable, solid constuction. Knobs seem to be a little weak but don't let that prevent you from buying it.

I like it. I would buy it again. I give it an 9 overall because I'm picky about sound quality but like I said befor any digital delay will alter tone. Try it.

Fairly easy to use. It can be difficult to get a good sound with the way the sections are divided. It would have been nicer if it would have had one knob for going between 10ms - 4sec. And then have another knob for going between digital, reverse, tape delay and looping. The way that it's set up, you have to turn the main knob to find the delay you want, then fine tune your repeat & time levels. And if it's not the level you're listening for, then you have do it all over. It's just tedious work. And it makes it especially difficult when you're playing and trying to get different delay sounds out of it during a song.

I. Setup: '99 Ibanez RG570 or Mexican Fender Strat or Epiphone Fat 210 -> Boss MT-2 -> Boss FL-2 -> DigiTech X-Series DigiDelay -> Peavey Blazer 158

II. Off/On Noise:

As far as noises go, I was really pleased with the way that it handles when you engage & disengage the unit. There's a slight noise when the box is first engaged. However, when you turn it off, it has a nice fadeout that doesn't seem to make any noise.

III. Inactive/Bypassing:

When inactive, it does diminish the original tone a little bit, making it sound a bit damp. But it actually doesn't affect the sound too much.

IV. Active:

A. Delay Settings:

When active, the original sound is muddy, almost as if you're listening to the echoes through the other side of a wall. I tinkered with it when I got it for a long time to try to get a nice, smooth slapback type sound that seems to go on while each echo can individually be heard. But it was just this thick, muted type of delay where its own echoes seemed to interfere with one another. This type of problem was most prevalent when using Mod-Delay (5) or the digital delay settings (1-3). The tape delay was the only one that didn't devestate the original tone too badly. It does still have the muddled sound, but it is a bit crisper than the other settings.

B. Reverse

The reverse is sluggish and maybe it's just my pedal, but it often won't even reverse all the notes played. It will just skip, giving you a gap.

C. Looping

The looping wasn't bad. There's not much to it, except that you're looping the awful sound that was previous created by the pedal.

V. Combined with other effects

I did combine this with my other pedals. When mixed in with distortion, you can get a decent sound as long as the echoes are short and the distortion is somewhat thick. If you try it with only a slight overdrive, then you'll run into the same muted, muddy tones as before. However, it does interact well in the chain by not creating too much noise.

VI. Other

I couldn't really get any artist's sound that I enjoy. Even when I boosted the Flanger and tried to get mid-range, tape delays for The Cure's "A Forest", it failed miserably. It just muted every aspect of it and the flanger ended up sounded flat.

After playing this for less than a week, it shorted out. It wouldn't make a noise or anything; the light would stay on and I would get nothing. I had to unplug the input jack and then plug it back in several times just to have it intermittently cut out again.

As far as the exterior portion of the pedal, it's extremely solid.

I wouldn't gig with it because I'm scared that any time I stomp on it, it will die on me. I wouldn't even use this pedal as a backup.

N/A (returned it to retailer instead of dealing with manufacturer)

I've been playing for 5 years. I mainly play jazz (a lot of downtempo, lounge-type jazz) and spaced-out music, but I also like to play some blues and some rock/metal and other things that just sound good (even techno).

I did a lot of research before I went with this product. I had an ART multi-effects pedal and also an Alesis GuitarFx. But I've decided to develop a collection of pedals that I can route and have more control over. And delay is essential to my playing so I didn't want to skimp out on it (without spending lots of cash). So I read the reviews here and thought a lot about it before I went with this one. It came down to either this or a boss DD-3 or a Guyatone MD-3. I had played on the dd-3 before and it was pretty nice. But I will be getting a guyatone md-3 in exchange for this, which answers the question: would I purchase this again? Never.

I was used to delay sounds from the boss me30 and me50 and changing over to this pedal was both a breeze and a relief. Digi delay was very easy to learn the ins and outs of; the manual answered all my questions and didn?t leave any loose ends and within a little while of playing I had it sussed out.

I?ve found the sound quality to be close to excellent most of the time. The ?cit? modelling is okay for direct in recording and the like, but it isn?t fantastic. My setup -> fender usa strat into peavey bandit, sometimes home made amp or line in to computer (sblive).
There has been almost no noise output with this pedal (only in the ?cit? mode) which I find brilliant. Very nice clean sounds and the tape delay was fantastic.
I?ve been able to create some crazy sounds by playing in bypass then cutting halfway in on a chord with the repeats know and using it in reverse mode. It creates some strange drone and beat noises that way.

so far it's been through 5 gigs and been knocked around a lot and there's been NO problems.
there is one warning -> you'll NEED a high miliamp dc adaptor for this thing... it chews through 9v cels like junk food. you'll be lucky to get 3 hours out of a duracel cel.
the tap tempo function deserves a special mention... it works in most of the different modes (i use it frequently in reverse and tape delay). just brilliant.

i write ambient / noise / indie / jazz and prog. rock. the other gear i use is boss me30 and me6, digitech hotrod distortion, dunlop wah and ed marshall compressor.
i tried instore a boss equliviant and there seemed no comparison at the time. it's behaved itsef even with quite rough use. i find it brilliant when my friends come over for some improv noise jams... run a mic through a compressor and into that and we're set.

It's a delay pedal, so its a little harder to use than your regular Overdrive, but it's sitll pretty easy. You have to read the manual to figure out how to use the tap tempo and the loop abilities, but hey, a little reading wont hurt you. Level, Repeat, Time, and Mode knobs.

This thing sounds great. I'm a huge fan of the Tape Delay mode. Really nice dark warm delays. It adds a little more Gilmour to my life. I mess with the Mod Delay setting sometimes...it adds a spacey chorus effect to your delays. To tell you the truth I'd be set with just these two modes. The regular delay settings give you some more versitality as far as Time settings go, but they don't have that extra oomph the tape and mod have.

I don't use the reverse delay mode too much either...I've tried but I haven't really found a good application for it in my sound. Loop mode works, don't really have a need for that either.

Looks alright, I doubt it'll last as long as a Boss though. 6 year warranty, so it should at least last that long!

I play anything from metalcore to ambient funk and blues. I mainly bought this pedal for the Tade Delay mode...you can get that classic delay sound without spending hundreds of dollars. Instant Pink Floyd or Tool sounds. For the money this kicks the ass of any delay pedal out there, no question about it.

I think its ok to use,...

I've no noise with it. I think the AD/DA Changers are good quality.
The Delays sounds for me professional, like some 19" units...
Go to the digitech site to have some examples...
U have the option to use the built in speaker simulator...
As i know it dont't have true bypass, but thats ok for me cause the changers seems to have high resolution (i dont hear a difference with/without pedal in bypass mode and true bypass isn't here the real thing if u want that the delay sounds out if ya schange to bypass,...

i'm sorry that the build in microswitch or what it is, sucked up after 4 month...i have to repair it now...:(

Good sounding Delay. Its a pitty that the Foottip damaged!

Hi,I'm the guy who still had one on layaway.Well got it home today and it was the best delay I ever heard,you know for the first 12 minutes it was designed to last then the POS shorted out and stuck on!!Well the led stuck on the effect just made this cute little fizzle noise through my speakers.So I unplugged it and tried it latter it came on fine then half way through a lead it stopped delaying and the led stuck on.I unplugged the guitar cable and plugged it back in now it won't turn on.I thought maybe I screwed up some kind of tap tempo thing or a loop or something(wishfull thinking as it was on tape dealay)but no such stupidity.Its just broken.

Real nice for the first 12 minutes.

At $79 for 12 minutes worth of play.I'll give it a 1 being as there is no 0.

I don't know or care its going back tomarrow to exchange for a Boss DD-3.I also have a X-series multi chorus on layaway which I'll replace with a CH-1 Boss chorus

I hate to be blunt but don't buy this thing.Its very unreliable I was sceptical after reading several bad reviews here and should have listened.This thing is garbage,I think they tried to stuf to many bells and whistles in this box and the chips can't handle it.Get a Boss,MXR etc...But I don't trust this thing.My only other expieriance with Digitech was not good either,my band had a vocal effect that was a headache to operate and once I borrowed an RP3 and was to say the least unimpressed.DONT BUY THIS,you be sorry!!

If you're an experienced delay user then it should be dead simple to get a good sound out of this delay; if you're a newbie then the learning and discovery curve is no different from that of any other delay. The manual is decent, and absolutely essential for figuring out how to use the looper and tap tempo functions, as well as to activate the amp modeling function.

Its pretty sad to read all the negative reviews about this product, I suppose they've all gotten bum products. I guess I'm pretty lucky to get a unit which is relatively bug-free. I am currently playing a Gibson SG and LesPaul Std, and my effects chain goes like this: Morley A/B box (one channel goes to a Seiko Tuner, the other goes to the effects chain proper) > two modded TS9s > Dunlop Mr Crybaby Volume/Wah > Ibanez Phase Modulator PM-7 > George Dennis Tremolo > Small Clone > X-Series Delay > amp (Laney TF-700 head & Marshall Cab, or various Marshall stacks, depending on gig).

The delays sound totally awesome, no doubt about it, very wet and thick. I walked into the shop fully intending to get a BOSS DD-6, played around with it for about 30 minutes before deciding to committ to it. Before I paid the store assistant asked if I wanted to try to X-series delay, and I thought, what the heck just give it a shot. I flipped to the reverse delay patch, fiddled with the settings a bit and gingerly plucked a few notes... settled on the X-series about 30 seconds after that. This delay fully fully blows the Boss delays clean out of the water in terms of usability, affordability and sound quality & variety (pity there's no EQ function though).

Its possible to get all sorts of delay sounds, from rockabilly slapbacks to U2-Edge-ish delays. The models are all great, the analog model is pretty convincing (and i'm a memory man user), the reverse delay is great for turning heads, though the loop function is a bit hard to use, i've got little use for it right now. There is no noticeable noise or humming when the pedal is engaged, or maybe I'm not playing loud enough! But anyway this pedal is fairly quiet, at least from what I'm hearing. Two fellow guitar geeks whom I jam with regularly bought the same delay after hearing mine, and they're enjoying it as much as I am. The tap tempo function is a particular lifesaver, and really helps synch the repeats to the music, though its a bit of a challenge to get the timing exactly right.

One feature I wish this pedal had was to emulate the "UFO taking off" sound you get when you crank the repeats on a tape delay (or on a memory man/Boss delay)... i love doing that onstage and not being able to do that on the X series (except on the analog model) kinda sucks.

I've been using this delay since early 2003, after replacing my BOSS DD-3 in a major gear-upgrade exercise and the pedal just takes all the abuse you can give it and throws it back at you. Its definitely built to last, though the plastic knobs aren't particularly reassuring. The knobs do get knocked out of place easily too, so be careful how you arrange the pedal, in case your foot brushes over one of the knobs... your epic 3-second delay might just turn into a 3 microsecond slapback if you're not careful! I've used it in many different gigging scenarios, from church gigs to open air festivals to small punkrock club gigs, I've taken it on tour overseas... this pedal just lasts and lasts. I'd use this pedal without backup anytime.

I live in Singapore. Customer Support is an alien concept.

I've been playing for about 8 years already, and I play a good variety of music, from churchy stuff to punkrock/hardcore and shoegazer-style indie rock. This pedal fit the bill perfectly for every gig I've played, no doubt about it. This pedal is gonna be on my pedalboard for a long long time. This may not be the perfect pedal, but then again, which pedal is anyway? I'd recommend this pedal to anyone.

Oh no, you may have to read! you may have to read the instructions to use the tap and the loop, but over all it doesn't take a brain surgeon.

Well, I went in with the intensions on buying a BOSS delay and walked out with the digitech. I compared all the current BOSS models to it and hands down it's a better sound. It's warmed, more flexible, seems to be built better, and best of all cheaper. Don't get me wrong I am a huge BOSS fan just like the rest of us, but hey would you rather have the gold or the platinum?

Seems to be reliable and built a little more tougher then a boss (and i'm convinced boss pedals can survie a nuclear war), but I've only had it for a couple weeks. hopefully the electronics are reliable and it last as long as my boss pedals.

Hopefully i'll never need it.

Overall it smokes. I would recommend you buy one, it might bring out a little more creativity it has for me. If it were lost I'd buy a new one if it proves it can take the abuse my boss pedals have taken, and like i said i've only had it for a couple weeks.