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Low price, great sound, two storable channels
The main reason why i purchased this delay were the two storable channels.
The Harley Benton D-Seed has got four different modes:
Digital - This one sounds great. I couldn't hear any sound losses and it gets up to 6 seconds delay!
Analog - I don't use this one very much, because i already have a great sounding analog delay. But it also sounds great, compared to the (more expensive) one i've got.
Modulation - Hard to describe. Sounds very good and mixes in some kind of chrous to the delay. If you like more experimental sounds, this would be the one of your choice.
Reverse - The only channel i wouldn't recommend. Compared to other reverse delays it seems like the reversed delay-sound gets "cut off".
The controls are self-explaining:
Mix - Turn it to the left, to hear more clean-guitar-sound. Turn it right and you will hear more delay and less clean signal
Mode - With this one you switch between the four modes explained above.
Time - This knob controls the delay time. In digital mode it goes up to 6 seconds!
F.Back - It controls the feedback of the delayed signal.
All knobs are confortable to turn. Not to heavy and to too slight. The mode knob snaps in on the channel you choose.
You can even save two of your favourite sets. Great feature, which is hard to find in this price range. With the left footswitch you switch between channel A and B. With the right footswitch you turn the bypass on and off.
Finally it has got a tap tempo. This is why i only gave 4 stars to the handling. To tap, you have to press the two footswitches at the same time to tap in. I sometimes had some trouble with it, that i accidentally turned the pedal into bypass or changed the channel.
All in all i would strongly recommend it.
The Harley Benton D-Seed has got four different modes:
Digital - This one sounds great. I couldn't hear any sound losses and it gets up to 6 seconds delay!
Analog - I don't use this one very much, because i already have a great sounding analog delay. But it also sounds great, compared to the (more expensive) one i've got.
Modulation - Hard to describe. Sounds very good and mixes in some kind of chrous to the delay. If you like more experimental sounds, this would be the one of your choice.
Reverse - The only channel i wouldn't recommend. Compared to other reverse delays it seems like the reversed delay-sound gets "cut off".
The controls are self-explaining:
Mix - Turn it to the left, to hear more clean-guitar-sound. Turn it right and you will hear more delay and less clean signal
Mode - With this one you switch between the four modes explained above.
Time - This knob controls the delay time. In digital mode it goes up to 6 seconds!
F.Back - It controls the feedback of the delayed signal.
All knobs are confortable to turn. Not to heavy and to too slight. The mode knob snaps in on the channel you choose.
You can even save two of your favourite sets. Great feature, which is hard to find in this price range. With the left footswitch you switch between channel A and B. With the right footswitch you turn the bypass on and off.
Finally it has got a tap tempo. This is why i only gave 4 stars to the handling. To tap, you have to press the two footswitches at the same time to tap in. I sometimes had some trouble with it, that i accidentally turned the pedal into bypass or changed the channel.
All in all i would strongly recommend it.
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A great Product...Minor issues...
Let me start by saying I built an entire back up pedalboard from HB pedals for less than the cost of ONE pedal from my main pedalboard!
That said…
I love the D-Seed. The versatility is amazing, the sound quality is VERY good… there are just a couple of things I personally would change.
1. The switches… they are momentary switches rather than “click” switches. Almost every other pedal I use has some give to them, these have NONE! When you are trying to switch quickly and ALL the other pedal on your board have some “give” these things feel like stepping on a nail!
2. It’s a little annoying to have to click both buttons to get the tap tempo feature…
But these are personal pet peeves… They may not bother you at all!
You cannot find a more versatile or better sounding delay for this price!
That said…
I love the D-Seed. The versatility is amazing, the sound quality is VERY good… there are just a couple of things I personally would change.
1. The switches… they are momentary switches rather than “click” switches. Almost every other pedal I use has some give to them, these have NONE! When you are trying to switch quickly and ALL the other pedal on your board have some “give” these things feel like stepping on a nail!
2. It’s a little annoying to have to click both buttons to get the tap tempo feature…
But these are personal pet peeves… They may not bother you at all!
You cannot find a more versatile or better sounding delay for this price!
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First, let me say, this is a great sounding pedal, especially for the price! I have no complains about the sound at all.
The only thing I personally dislike much is the user experience. It basically force you to save your tweaks/settings into the memory (there are 2 preset memory slots). If you don't save it and try to use the pedal as other "normal" pedal meaning tweaking the knobs, then playing, then turning the pedal off, and later turning it on, you'll find out it actually loaded the current memory preset instead of honoring the knobs settings/positions. I understand that this was desired behavior by design, it's just I expected something else... And of course, if you get used to saving your settings to presets all the time before switching the pedal off, then you are good to go with no complaint.
But for me, if it didn't have those preset memories, I'd be happier :)
The only thing I personally dislike much is the user experience. It basically force you to save your tweaks/settings into the memory (there are 2 preset memory slots). If you don't save it and try to use the pedal as other "normal" pedal meaning tweaking the knobs, then playing, then turning the pedal off, and later turning it on, you'll find out it actually loaded the current memory preset instead of honoring the knobs settings/positions. I understand that this was desired behavior by design, it's just I expected something else... And of course, if you get used to saving your settings to presets all the time before switching the pedal off, then you are good to go with no complaint.
But for me, if it didn't have those preset memories, I'd be happier :)
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A budget friendly powerful digital delay
An amazing pedal for the price, build quality is great, sounds great and does a few tricks, it could use a tap/tempo switch instead of the channel switch and make channel switching by pressing the two switches together (currently it the other way around, a dedicated channel switch and tap/tempo using the two foot switches at the same time) but overall a great pedal!
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Great delay for a great price
Bought this pedal as my first delay, and I would suggest it for anyone looking to get into the delay world.
The digital delay sounds pretty standard and is plenty configurable with the knobs and the tap tempo function.
The analog is probably my favorite. It has a really nice warm quality to the repeats and they wash out a bit compared to the digital, it doesn't sound exactly like a mirror image of the original signal.
Modulation is very interesting but I don't use the effect a lot. It is useful for experimenting though as I don't have any other mod pedals on my board.
Reverse doesn't really seem usable, like others have said it has this weird cut-off and it just sounds too disconnected from everything you play.
The tap tempo is a bit of an annoyance to access, requiring both switches to be stomped at once, but I have large feet and the pedal is honestly surprisingly small (picture gave me the impression it was pretty big but it's less tall than a regular pedal and just a bit wider) so it's not that big of a hassle for me.
Overall great feature set for such a low price, definitely recommended for someone starting out or just needing a basic delay.
The digital delay sounds pretty standard and is plenty configurable with the knobs and the tap tempo function.
The analog is probably my favorite. It has a really nice warm quality to the repeats and they wash out a bit compared to the digital, it doesn't sound exactly like a mirror image of the original signal.
Modulation is very interesting but I don't use the effect a lot. It is useful for experimenting though as I don't have any other mod pedals on my board.
Reverse doesn't really seem usable, like others have said it has this weird cut-off and it just sounds too disconnected from everything you play.
The tap tempo is a bit of an annoyance to access, requiring both switches to be stomped at once, but I have large feet and the pedal is honestly surprisingly small (picture gave me the impression it was pretty big but it's less tall than a regular pedal and just a bit wider) so it's not that big of a hassle for me.
Overall great feature set for such a low price, definitely recommended for someone starting out or just needing a basic delay.
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A little Monster/Ein kleine Monster
It's absolutely brilliant for its price. It's small and rugged and produces everything exactly as it's claimed. I feel that the info sheet that comes with it a bit limited in instruction so I Googled D-SEED and found the manufacturer's video. This tells you exactly what you need to know. I'm a bit of a retro freak and this fits the bill perfectly with a crisp modern feel to it.
Now I'll try it in German.
Ein totale Schnäppchen für seinem preis. Ich fand das Infoblatt etwas limitiert so ich habe D-SEED gegoogled und der Hersteller Video gefunden (Joyo). Da werde alles in einfachsten Form geglärt. Er ist kompakt und stark gebaut und ich kann mich vorstellen dass er viel ab kann.
Hol es dir.
Now I'll try it in German.
Ein totale Schnäppchen für seinem preis. Ich fand das Infoblatt etwas limitiert so ich habe D-SEED gegoogled und der Hersteller Video gefunden (Joyo). Da werde alles in einfachsten Form geglärt. Er ist kompakt und stark gebaut und ich kann mich vorstellen dass er viel ab kann.
Hol es dir.
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this thing is the worst I have no clue why it has so many good reviews. I am taking it to the post office today. when you turn the time knob it doesnt do that SWOOSH thing it does some awkward skip jump thing and its just a poorly designed delay. I wanted so much to like it but i hate it. I got the tc electronic flashback 2 instead and for not much more you get a top of the line and delay
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nice pedal
very simple to use and good sounding. i like it a lot.
plus points: nice clean sounding delay. good to have a longer delay time to work with. does what i need and i like what it does.
min point: be careful how loud a signal you have going into the delay. i notice sometimes if the signal is too hot the echos will start to distort.
overal very pleased with my delay.
plus points: nice clean sounding delay. good to have a longer delay time to work with. does what i need and i like what it does.
min point: be careful how loud a signal you have going into the delay. i notice sometimes if the signal is too hot the echos will start to distort.
overal very pleased with my delay.
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Echo,echo,echo,echo.....
The positives:Cheap,well built,two delays in one and plenty of delay options.The manual isn't bad either.
The negative:The dc input at the side interferes with the jack input on my pedalboard,having it at the top of the pedal would have made more sense.
Overall an excellent little pedal with more than enough features and it doesn't sound too bad either.
Recommended.
The negative:The dc input at the side interferes with the jack input on my pedalboard,having it at the top of the pedal would have made more sense.
Overall an excellent little pedal with more than enough features and it doesn't sound too bad either.
Recommended.
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Cheap but very versatile and good quality delay pedal.
This delay pedal has quite a lot options for its money. The awesomeness of it is that for about 70 EUR you got two channel up to 6 seconds of delay pedal with tap tempo option and additional opportunity to add external switch.
It is surprisingly well built - shellcase is solid and smoothly printed. Switch knobs are tight and has tiny click when you press it. Probably same as for Darkglass Supersymmetry. Small thing but really pleasant.
It has four delay mods and all of them sounds great. Carbon Copy replicates played notes precisely even with high gain distortion pedal it does not become a huge sound mess.
Analog mode sounds really like analog delay pedal with a little cut of high frequencies. It really good for rhythm playing so repeats won?t jumps over your playing. Modulation adds modulation like effect to repeats and can make your solos or clean guitar a bit more thick and interesting and even sci-fi sounding. Fun to play some slides using this mode. Reversal mode is nice for non-standard effects. It might not be often usable, but sometimes it adds a little schizo to your tone.
Didn?t try external pedal, no need of that so can?t comment that option. Tap tempo feature adds more versatile to pedal, but anyways delay time has wide range and can cover all player?s needs. Pedal produce no additional noises that means it has good quality of built. It also can be used on bass if you want to and it will still sound great.
It is surprisingly well built - shellcase is solid and smoothly printed. Switch knobs are tight and has tiny click when you press it. Probably same as for Darkglass Supersymmetry. Small thing but really pleasant.
It has four delay mods and all of them sounds great. Carbon Copy replicates played notes precisely even with high gain distortion pedal it does not become a huge sound mess.
Analog mode sounds really like analog delay pedal with a little cut of high frequencies. It really good for rhythm playing so repeats won?t jumps over your playing. Modulation adds modulation like effect to repeats and can make your solos or clean guitar a bit more thick and interesting and even sci-fi sounding. Fun to play some slides using this mode. Reversal mode is nice for non-standard effects. It might not be often usable, but sometimes it adds a little schizo to your tone.
Didn?t try external pedal, no need of that so can?t comment that option. Tap tempo feature adds more versatile to pedal, but anyways delay time has wide range and can cover all player?s needs. Pedal produce no additional noises that means it has good quality of built. It also can be used on bass if you want to and it will still sound great.
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