| I've had the 1 second Digitech for a while now and have been quite
happy with it. My one complaint is that the regen doesn't go as
long as I would like, not bad just not enough to suit my taste.
Sound quality is good to my ears, but that's very subjective. I
use it on a guitar not as a recording effect. Good value for the
cost. AC power is a must, batteries last about 2 hours.
My friend recently got the Multiplay you mentioned, but had to return
it because the input levels were much too sensitive. Very bad
distortion when he tried to use it on his old ARP piano. It wasn't
too bad on guitar or his ESQ-1, but still a little sensitive. Unlike
the 1 second delay it had no level controls for in and out. Too
bad, because we really liked the sound and capabilities overall.
Rob
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| I *used* to own the 1-second Digitech Delay. I guess it's okay for
the reasonable price, but I had a lot of problems with it. I found
it to be extremely noisy, and the quality of the delayed signal
in comparison to the source signal was somewhere between fair and
poor. I found myself wishing that I had spent the extra money and
bought a higher-quality rackmount unit.
Oh, yeah, and I'd recommend AC power, also. Otherwise, the unit
lasts about one gig.
-Dan
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| I've owned both the one-second and two-second editions of the Digitech
delay/sampler pedals. When the one-second pedal gave up the ghost due to
faulty internal wiring, I used the full credit towards the two-second delay
with sampler. Both were very clean for a foot pedal, and bandwidth was better
than for the BOSS series, but I ultimately felt I needed better sonic quality
and went for the Korg SDD-2000 rackmount.
In some ways, I regret the decision, since the Digitech was very easy to use
in real-time, but mostly I've just been too busy to really program ideal
settings for the Korg, which only has one incremental knob for all settings
and functions and therefore requires much up-front time to program.
For the money, I feel that rackmounts have gone down in price enough that foot
pedals are no longer a good buy, except for specialty items like Wah-Wahs,
distortion, volume pedals, etc.
You should be able to find the one-second delay for around $100 and the
two-second delay for around $150, ballpark figures, at LaSalle or maybe one of
the other stores. List price is much higher.
Mark
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