Time Maker Delay Pedal
Mariela Coxon
This was the first delay pedal that I bought. I was creating a big function board and wanted something super flexible. This pedal is the second pedal that VOX design with the help of Joe Satriani, and is very simple to use.
The pedal has a number of cool features on it, the main ones being the delay range and the Lo-Fi/Hi-Fi switch as well as a vintage and modern mode. The pedal has the usual knobs, Feedback, Time, Range and Level, as well as the lo/hi fi setting and the modern vintage mode, and a tap tempo.
Despite this though it is priced well, the LED are nice and bright, the buttons are good to tread on and the dials are super easy to use. It is also very easy to get good sounds from without really having to set anything up, just plug and play. If you are looking for an analogue sounding pedal look elsewhere. Have a look at my review of the MXR Carbon Copy if that is what you are after.
Features:
With 11 type of different delay effects.
Supports 3 modes: TAP TEMPOHOLD and MUTE.
Supports BYPASS and EFFECT conversion, and one group parameter storage.
With mono and stereo input & output.
With USB sound card function for convenient recording and accompaniment playing.
Allows adjusting delay time, feedback, ratio of original & effect tone and parameter of the effect.
With LED light showing the working status.
Caline goes above and beyond in their quest to give you more bang for your buck with the Caline CP-37 Drifter guitar effects pedal. The CP-37 packs seven different delay effects, each of which has delay times that range from 50ms to 838ms, into one sturdy stompbox. You get Digital and Analog modes, a tape echo simulator, a tube-driven echo machine effect, a Mod mode that combines delay and chorus, a Sweep mode that combines delay with a sweep filter, and a LoFi mode that tacks on a sample reducing feedback effect.
Product descriptionAfter several years of repeated researches and efforts, we finally make a powerful and charming pedal - Rowin Time Maker Guitar Effect Pedal.This pedal uses floating-point DSP chips, with new algorithm, therefore the tone is significantly improved. Ultimate Delay assembles 11 delay effects and with Tap Tempo function which makes adjusting the delay time much more easily. From clean digital delay to psychedelic Galaxy Delay, we provide different musical styles with different delays choices. Moreover, we have provided three additional effects which can be added to the delay effects. Ultimate Delay has separated dry and wet level control. It's also equipped with high cut and low cut control, Stereo input and stereo output, preset saving function. No matter you use it in practicing or professional performance, Time Maker will give you a much wider space for your playing.SpecificationsInput: Two 1/4 Jacks (Impedance: 470k Ohms)Output: Two 1/4 Jacks (Impedance: 100 Ohms)Sampling Rate: 44.1KSampling Accuracy: 24bit105 dB Dynamic RangeWorking current: 165 mAPower Supply: 9V AC adapter (positive Tip)Dimensions: 116mm (D)*90mm (W)*35mm (H)Weight: 522g (with box)Whole Aluminium-alloy classic, stable and strong.
The Rowin LTD-02 Time Maker Guitar Effects Pedal opens up a world of time-bending, delay-fuelled possibilities. The layout is delightfully simplistic and understated, yet the power within this unit is truly mind-blowing - and at this price every guitarist should have one in their rig. Whether you're seeking a little shimmer in your tone or a stark and bombastic long delay, everything you could desire is at your fingertips.
The LTD-02 Time Maker control layout is intuitive and easy to read. There are two true bypass footswitches: Left: Bypass/(Hold)Store, and Right: TAP/HOLD/MUTE. The left footswitch allows you to activate/deactivate the effect with a single press. By pressing twice in quick succession, the mode can be switched between Normal (Green LED) and Fixed (red LED). By pressing and holding the button, the effect's parameters can be stored for future use. The right footswitch gives you greater power. Each time you press and hold the button, different modes can be selected: Tap Tempo (Green LED); Hold (red LED); and Mute (yellow LED).
In Tap Tempo mode, pressing the button once initiates the timing counter, and another single press ends the time counter. This allows you to manually set the delay time to your exact requirement. In Hold mode, delay playback is recorded and looped until you deactivate it. In Mute mode, the recording is cleared and you can start afresh.
There are 11 types of delay effect at your disposal, including: Pure (digital); Analog; Tape; Modulation; Lo-Fi; Reverse; Reverse Tape; Pitch; Tremolo; Tube; and Ping-Pong. The Type knob allows you to quickly select the effect you desire. The delay time can be adjusted using the Time knob, taking your tone from a rapid, shimmering effect to a swelling, enveloping wall of sound. Feedback controls how much of the effect is looped back into the original signal, whilst Mix controls the ratio of your dry signal (input) against the effect's tone. The FX knob acts in response to the selected effect, i.e. tone/speed/sample rate/overdrive/pitch (detailed in "Specification" tab).
The Rowin LTD-02 Time Maker Guitar Effects Pedal enables you to shape and sculpt your tone's delay with incredible complexity, in a simple design that is very easy to use. The rugged housing makes it perfect for those on the road, but the richness of the delay tones on offer mean it is fantastic for recording with too.
The Black Sheep Time Maker Delay pedal opens up a world of time-bending, delay-fuelled possibilities. The layout is delightfully simplistic and understated, yet the power within this unit is truly mind-blowing - and at this price every guitarist should have one in their rig. Whether you're seeking a little shimmer in your tone or a stark and bombastic long delay, everything you could desire is at your fingertips.
The Time Maker control layout is intuitive and easy to read. There are two true bypass footswitches: Left: Bypass/(Hold)Store, and Right: TAP/HOLD/MUTE. The left footswitch allows you to activate/deactivate the effect with a single press. By pressing twice in quick succession, the mode can be switched between Normal (Green LED) and Fixed (red LED). By pressing and holding the button, the effect's parameters can be stored for future use. The right footswitch gives you greater power. Each time you press and hold the button, different modes can be selected: Tap Tempo (Green LED); Hold (red LED); and Mute (yellow LED).
There are 11 types of delay effects at your disposal, including: Pure (digital); Analog; Tape; Modulation; Lo-Fi; Reverse; Reverse Tape; Pitch; Tremolo; Tube; and Ping-Pong. The Type knob allows you to quickly select the effect you desire. The delay time can be adjusted using the Time knob, taking your tone from a rapid, shimmering effect to a swelling, enveloping wall of sound. Feedback controls how much of the effect is looped back into the original signal, whilst Mix controls the ratio of your dry signal (input) against the effect's tone. The FX knob acts in response to the selected effect, i.e. tone/speed/sample rate/overdrive/pitch, detailed below.
The Black Sheep Time Maker Guitar Effects Pedal enables you to shape and sculpt your tone's delay with incredible complexity, in a simple design that is very easy to use. The rugged housing makes it perfect for use on the road, but the richness of the delay tones on offer mean it is fantastic for recording with too.
Both pedals are similar in price (439 427), in fact I added the Strymon Looper Multiswitch (82) to my TimeLine which brings its price up somewhat. Considering what both these pedals offer, the quality of build, technology onboard etc. these are relatively fair prices for high-grade studio-quality hardware.
For Studio Technicians, the TimeLine is probably more closely matched to those needs - as all the settings can be finely calibrated via sub-menus - to whole integers, and midi etc. is fully onboard, while with the EchoSystem - control is fully analogue as such (dials), and you need an additional external midi box.
These two pedals are actually technically quite different approaches, as the TimeLine has 12 full-scale engines with lots of scope for sub-menu settings and refinements - different waveforms etc. while the EchoSystem effectively separates out specific sounding effects - as an example - for Tape/dTape delay - the TimeLine gives you a variety of settings to modulate age, crinkle, wow & flutter, - while the EchoSystem has separate New Tape and Old Tape engines etc. - with just a couple of parameter settings via the Thing 1 & Thing 2 dials.
I still have a few operational issues to get over while I am ongoingly learning about and living with the pedal - i.e. like how to switch back to manual panel mode once you are done with using presets? Otherwise my experience thus far has been enormously favourable. There are just a couple of things worth mentioning which the TimeLine handles better.
Firstly the volume on the EchoSystem seems to jump fairly significantly between Engines, and particularly when switching to dual modes - which require a little more tweaking of the Mix and Output Dials than I would like - the Strymon seems to equalise the effects much better for smoother sequencing between effects.
Lastly, the TimeLine also really benefits from assignable High Pass filter which cuts the low-end warble - meaning that effects are applied in a slightly more balanced fashion versus the EchoSystem which can suffer from distortion artefacts - particularly when ramping up through gain stages - seems that the TimeLine has a smoother curve.