There have been a number of new Analog Delay Pedals released this year and with the most recent release of the Bondi Effects Art Van Delay - I thought it opportune to do a round-up. When I last featured 12 of the Best Analog Delays - I covered pedals of all sizes - while here I’m just focusing on the compact enclosure ones. In fact I’ve made a slight concession towards the Stone Deaf Syncopy which is slightly over-sized - or the same size as its tremendous Tremotron Tremolo sibling which I already have - and which sits quite nicely in amongst the other compacts - it is a little larger in all dimensions but not uncomfortably so.
All these pedals are of the Bucket Brigade Devices chip type and depending on how many of those chips they use - range from capabilities of longest delay time being 300ms (Way Huge Smalls Aqua-Puss) to longest delay time of 1200ms (Bondi Effects Art Van Delay). Typically each chip can carry approximately 300ms of time delay - these are quite pricey chips, and therefore the price is in direct correlation with the number of chips used typically - I’ve included the Millisecond delay time after the pricing of each.
I see these as roughly fitting into 3 sub-categories - basic, tap-tempo and feature rich - with the Art Van Delay, Thermae, Fluid Time MKII and Syncopy all offering quite a bit more than the basic delay + modulation. There’s obviously still a big demand for these, while I could not be without my Empress EchoSystem Delay Workstation.
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I think the perennial big-sellers here are the Boss DM-2w and MXR Carbon Copy, and based on the price-points I don’t see that changing any day soon. Players who want something a touch more than those two might look to the new Art Van Delay, but it’s a good twice the price - so there won’t be quite as many takers. I also watched the That Pedal Show review of the recent JHS Panther Cub V2 - where they were a touch disappointed by the lack of a Modulation Depth Control - which the Art Van Delay and Sycnopy for instance do have.
I think what you get here depends on how deep your wallet is, and how ’talented’ or feature-rich you want your delay to be - a lot of people seem to be just looking for something basic - while I find tap-tempo is kind of essential for these type of pedals. I’ve sort of cheekily included the Chase Bliss Audio Thermae here in place of its slightly plainer Tonal Recall RKM brother. The Thermae departs a little from the norm by being a Pitch-Shifting Delay - with lots of clever wobbly modulation to add to its more standard tap-tempo delay - It is also considerably the most expensive on offer here.
I personally don’t have a particular need for one of these specific analog delays, but if I were looking to get one - I would want tap-tempo, and therefore I would consider the Art Van Delay, Thermae, Panther Cub V2, Fluid Time MKII and Syncopy. I’m a sucker for Chase Bliss Audio - so if money was no object then I would no doubt go for that, the Panther Cub’s lack of Modulation Depth may count against it, so beside the Thermae I would take my pick from the remaining three which all offer something distinct and individual. Recalling how much I love my Stone Deaf Tremotron, I would probably go for the Syncopy as being the best mix of features for the price.
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OK - so this one is finally out and up for sale at a rather princely $399 / £316 on Reverb.com. When I previewed this I thought it might threaten the Boss DM-2w and MXR Carbon copy - but it's priced at twice the level those are, and with its tap-tempo and USB-updateable firmware offers significant advantages over those bestsellers. The Art Van also does a cool oscillation feedback thing by holding down the tap-tempo footswitch, while if you hold down the Bypass footswitch you can select between two presets - which is not quite as good as the Syncopy's 4 but will be plenty enough for most. I find this a really smart pedal with just the right overlap between simplicity and features. I do reckon though that the Syncopy may just pip it overall on a head-to-head though.
Boss's classic analog delay is still enduringly popular - and I feel still sharing the spoils with the MXR Carbon Copy as the most popular of the analog delays. It used to be go with the MXR if you want modulation, but now there are quite a few more alternatives in the market - with all the slightly more clever pedals a little bit more expensive. So it depends really how simple you want things, and how much you like the core tone of the delay. Lots of people like the 'darkness' of analog delays and want them as dark as possible - and plenty of these have no tone control either to adjust. There's legions of fans that love the tone and simplicity of the Boss, and no doubt Boss will continue to sell a reasonable chunk of these.
I originally had the Tonal Recall RKM on this slot - which has recently come down in price a tiny touch. But I thought if you're going to go for a Chase Bliss style analog delay - you may as well go with the pitch-shifting-delay-wonder that is the Thermae. This is obviously the most leftfield choice here, but actually also the only one that properly makes sense for me really as I already have an amazing Empress EchoSystem Delay Workstation that handles every single delay I would ever want. The Thermae is the only one here that gives me something genuinely different. It is of course not for everyone, and requires some due diligence and a patient approach - but as with all Chase Bliss pedals can be extremely rewarding if you are prepared to give it the right amount of time. I'm a big fan of Joel Korte, and pretty much like all of his pedals, although the delay ones make the least amount of sense for my stereo rig. This is quite a different flavour though and I could make use of it as primarily a really interesting modulation with added time-based-effects - really cool in any case, but pricey!
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EHX's legendary Memory Man pedals are still the benchmark for many for that kind of early analog delay - and this is the smallest format for that. There's an ongoing dialogue about which are the best Memory Man BBD Chips - with Xvive having recently taken up chip-making duties for this line of pedals. Many are of the opinion that vintage is best, but a growing number is also professing love for the new chips, and the core Memory Man tone is still there - whether it's exactly your chosen version is up to higher levels of science than I care to offer here. The Memory Man / Boy / Toy nonetheless has a very distinctive delay voicing which is still much copied. This is the lowest cost option available here and definitely worth a look-in.
I've mentioned this Baroni Lab / Gurus Amps collaboration a few times, and there's no doubt that these are pretty cool pedals at a reasonable price. Even thought it says Echosex Baby it really has very little to do with the multi-head tape delay of the original inspiration - it is however though a very pleasant modulated delay. I still feel they should have included tap-tempo really - I feel all new delay pedals at £100 or over should consider using tap-tempo it's such an essential feature of using delays vs tweaking a speed/rate dial to match bpm. In fact one thing I feel all these are lacking is a simple 6 character LED indicating milliseconds or bpm - no sure why no one is doing that at this level. In any case the Echosex Baby is a good looking and good sounding delay at the right sort of price for most.
I really liked the look of this pedal when it was first introduced - a really smart piece of miniaturisation from the previous enclosure size. However, after watching the recent That Pedal Show I wonder if Scott did not miss a trick by leaving out a Modulation Depth control or at the very least having a 3-way toggle - a little | quite a bit | lots ! Modulation is very much a personal taste thing - and there are different usage scenarios where sometimes you want a lot, and other times just a faint touch for effect. So having the modulation component as a somewhat binary option on an otherwise pretty feature-rich pedal may definitely put some off - while there are other pedals which do largely the same thing. There's no doubt that this is a
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EHX's legendary Memory Man pedals are still the benchmark for many for that kind of early analog delay - and this is the smallest format for that. There's an ongoing dialogue about which are the best Memory Man BBD Chips - with Xvive having recently taken up chip-making duties for this line of pedals. Many are of the opinion that vintage is best, but a growing number is also professing love for the new chips, and the core Memory Man tone is still there - whether it's exactly your chosen version is up to higher levels of science than I care to offer here. The Memory Man / Boy / Toy nonetheless has a very distinctive delay voicing which is still much copied. This is the lowest cost option available here and definitely worth a look-in.
I've mentioned this Baroni Lab / Gurus Amps collaboration a few times, and there's no doubt that these are pretty cool pedals at a reasonable price. Even thought it says Echosex Baby it really has very little to do with the multi-head tape delay of the original inspiration - it is however though a very pleasant modulated delay. I still feel they should have included tap-tempo really - I feel all new delay pedals at £100 or over should consider using tap-tempo it's such an essential feature of using delays vs tweaking a speed/rate dial to match bpm. In fact one thing I feel all these are lacking is a simple 6 character LED indicating milliseconds or bpm - no sure why no one is doing that at this level. In any case the Echosex Baby is a good looking and good sounding delay at the right sort of price for most.
I really liked the look of this pedal when it was first introduced - a really smart piece of miniaturisation from the previous enclosure size. However, after watching the recent That Pedal Show I wonder if Scott did not miss a trick by leaving out a Modulation Depth control or at the very least having a 3-way toggle - a little | quite a bit | lots ! Modulation is very much a personal taste thing - and there are different usage scenarios where sometimes you want a lot, and other times just a faint touch for effect. So having the modulation component as a somewhat binary option on an otherwise pretty feature-rich pedal may definitely put some off - while there are other pedals which do largely the same thing. There's no doubt that this is a
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