Boss has announced the DM-101 Delay Machine.
The analogue delay uses eight BBDs (bucket-brigade devices) under CPU control, offering 12 modes, stereo operation and a wide array of tonal colours, while maintaining fully analogue signal processing throughout. With 127 user memories, tap tempo, carryover and Midi, the DM-101 offers the features and versatility of an advanced digital pedal with the vibrant, characterful sound of authentic analogue BBD circuitry.
Analogue delays based around BBD microchips emerged in the 1970s as a compact and cost-effective alternative to the tape delays of the era. Their warm, saturated, and highly musical sound established a distinctive style of delay that remains favoured by musicians and audio engineers. With its modern CPU control approach, the DM-101 combines classic effect with enhanced capabilities for today’s music makers.
The DM-101 flows between gritty vintage echoes and modern analogue delay tones with extended high-frequency clarity. Multiple internal circuit elements are switched to define each of the 12 modes, including the number of active BBDs and their connection order, low-pass filter settings and clocking rates. The Variation knob cycles through parameters unique to the various modes. As with a traditional analogue delay, the effect can be pushed into saturated self-oscillation with the Intensity control.
A major benefit of the DM-101’s CPU control is the availability of sophisticated stereo sounds unavailable from other BBD analogue delays. For example, Pan mode routes each BBD and its feedback loop to alternate points in the stereo field, while Dual Mod shifts the modulation phase for each output to generate a wide, spacious delay. Six of the 12 modes support stereo operation, providing everything from short reverb-like sounds and expansive modulated delays to pattern delays for intense rhythmic effects.
Tap tempo and note subdivisions are available with most modes, and there’s carryover for maintaining repeats when the effect is bypassed. Users can store and recall favourite set-ups with four onboard memories and connect up to two footswitches or an expression pedal for extended real-time control. Midi I/O provides remote access to 127 user memories and Midi sync. The stereo audio outputs are set for blended operation by default, but they can be easily reconfigured for wet/dry rigs and wet-only parallel set-ups.
The Boss DM-101 will be available in the US in July for US$499.99.
More: www.boss.info
