Top 5 DDL

[Exo-metal]

If I want the best rackmount delay with true stereo in/outs and a multi quad tap that I'm able to configure the taps at random, what is the top 5 delays made? My old G-force had a quad type delay like i described but it sucked tone so it's long gone.

 

[Purpleibby]

All of them are Eventide lol ...but seriously, you can get an Eclipse and you'll have a keeper and no matter how transparent any fx unit is it will benefit from being run 100% wet with a mixer so your dry tone stays intact....The Eclipse will do what you want(has a whopping 31 dedicated delay algorithms!) with a fx block left over for you to add whatever else you want(even more delays if you want), say a gorgeous reverb or some pitch shifting or whatever, the unit is loaded with different algorithms!....ECLIPSE! Being that it's still current production has obvious benefits as well.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/com.eventide.d ... grithm.pdf

 

[Dave L]

Most any great unit you´ll find will probably suck tone just as much as the G-Force, but for a different reason; they are all made for studio aux use where preserving the dry tone isn´t a thing. From a live guitar perspective this also means they´ll all have long preset changes with drop-outs. So getting a mixer is more or less a must.

But anyhoo, if price isn´t a concern I´d recommend any modular Eventide (4000, 4500, 7000, 7500, Orville, 7600, 8000) and after that I´d go to the Kurzweil KSP8, Lexicon PCM80, Eventide Eclipse, Ensoniq DP/Pro and Korg DL8000R. All of them have capabilities and sound way, way beyond that basic four-tap in the TC.

 

[kdmay]

Korg DL8000r

I have an H3000 and 2 x SDE3000 and I still think the Korg is better. I have the Italo presets, which definitely help, as it's a bitch to dial in. Didn't care much for his 2290 presets, but the PCM42s presets are bloody amazing.

That said, I agree with the above. I run a full WDW setup, so can't comment on the "tone suck" and it doesn't affect me.

 

[psychodave]

Korg DL8000r

I have an H3000 and 2 x SDE3000 and I still think the Korg is better. I have the Italo presets, which definitely help, as it's a bitch to dial in. Didn't care much for his 2290 presets, but the PCM42s presets are bloody amazing.

That said, I agree with the above. I run a full WDW setup, so can't comment on the "tone suck" and it doesn't affect me.

Yup. And I’m selling my spare DL8000R in the classifieds.

 

[Exo-metal]

The Korg has pcm 42 presets?

 

[kdmay]

The Korg has pcm 42 presets?

If you buy the Italo presets

http://www.italodeangelis.com/it/eventi ... l8000r.asp

 

[Exo-metal]

Is that all five? C'mon I know there's least 5 to talk about.