Boss DD-500 Digital Delay Pedal
Boss DD-500 Digital Delay Pedal
Filled with newly developed Boss technology, the DD-500 is the most powerful and versatile stompbox delay ever created. This incredible sound-creation toolbox offers 12 distinctive delay modes with exceptional audio quality, plus deep editing controls, a graphic display, patch memories, MIDI, and much more. From basic echo to dead-on emulations of classic delays to incredibly lush spatial textures that take your breath away, the DD-500 will launch your music places you never thought possible.
The feature-packed Version 2 software update brings powerful new performance enhancements and unparalleled flexibility to the DD-500. Even more control has been added, with an improved A/B simultaneous mode for advanced routing as well as new Series and Parallel modes. Five new effect types have been added to the current delay algorithms, plus many updated parameters common to all modes. The update also offers lots of user-requested features, including additional MIDI controls, new modulation types, a feedback loop function for inserting external effects, adjustable input and output levels, selectable EQ position, and more.
Features:
- Studio-level sound with class-leading 32-bit AD/DA, 32-bit floating point processing, and 96 kHz sampling rate
- 12 versatile delay modes from vintage to modern deliver unlimited creative possibilities
- Unrivaled real-time expression with customizable control settings for onboard and external switches
- Graphic LCD for easy, intuitive operation while performing and editing
- Onboard patch memories and hands-on controls
- Equipped with a built-in Phrase Looper, MIDI, USB, and more
- Selectable buffered-bypass or true-bypass operation
- Runs on four AA-size batteries or PSA-series AC adapter
- Dedicated editor software available
- Improved A/B Simul mode with more flexible control and input/output options
- Five newly added effects, including vintage Binson Echorec 2, touch-responsive filter delay, and more
- Additional detailed tone-editing parameters such as feedback damp and modulation mode
- More flexible routing options with the new Insert Loop function, selectable EQ insertion position, expanded independent delay connection modes, and more
- Enhanced effects with extended parameters and sound quality refinements, including stereo pitch shifters and overtone effects for Shimmer mode, effect targets for Slow Attack mode, and more
- Twelve Versatile Delay Modes and Deep Editing Options
- With the DD-500Ãs 12 delay modes, you can create any delay sound you can imagine, and then some. Everything you need is here, from warm, gritty vintage delays and tape echo to complex modern delay lines that employ pitch shifting, filtering, and other unique processing. With the hands-on knobs, itÃs easy to shape essential parameters and create great sounds immediately. Each delay type also includes a semi-parametric four-band EQ, modulation, ducking, and many other parameters, allowing you to dive deep and refine tones with maximum precision.
- Unparalleled Sound Quality
- In the DD-500, every delay mode has been carefully crafted for a unique sonic personality and highly musical tones at every setting, realized by 32-bit AD/DA and 32-bit/96 kHz processing throughout. And while the delay effects are high-end digital, the DD-500 supports analog pass-through on the straight guitar tone, and you also have your choice of buffered- or true-bypass operation. Along with strengthening the analog dry signal, buffered bypass has the added benefit of enabling carryover, so delay trails are not cut off unnaturally when turning the effect off or switching patches.
- Advanced Features for Stage and Studio Use
- In the world of sophisticated delay stomps, the DD-500 stands alone in practical usability. The large, integrated LCD fully supports the pedalÃs immense capabilities, giving you clear visibility of delay time, patch ID, and more on one screen, plus sane navigation for detailed parameter tweaks, naming, and system management. And via USB, itÃs simple to connect to your computer for remote editing and patch backup with the DD-500 Editor. MIDI I/O opens up many additional control options for advanced setups with effects switching systems and other devices.
- Intensive Real-Time Control
- With its freely assignable controls, the DD-500 delivers unmatched creative expression and performance flexibility. By default, the A, B, and Tap/CTL switches offer intuitive control for two patches, bypass, bank selection, tap tempo, and more. However, they can be customized to operate in alternate ways, such as providing top-level access to three different delay patches, or allowing you to use two patches at once for layered delay sounds. Instead of tap tempo, youÃre able to assign the TAP/CTL switch to various real-time functions like Warp or Twist for a wide range of expressive effects. Even more parameters can be manipulated via MIDI commands or by connecting an optional expression pedal or external switches.
- DD-500 Delay Modes
- StandardóClear digital delay.
- AnalogóEmulates classic analog ìBBDî delays like the Boss DM series.
- TapeóEmulates the warm sound of tape-based delay units, including the Maestro Echoplex, Binson Echorec 2, and the legendary Roland RE-201 Space Echo.
- Vintage DigitalóEmulations of early digital delays from the 1980s, including RolandÃs famous SDE-2000 and SDE-3000 rack units and the Boss DD-2, the original stompbox digital delay.
- DualóTwo different delay lines that can be connected in series, parallel, or three different A/B independent modes.
- PatternóSixteen different delay lines that can be set independently for all types of unique rhythmic effects, with Gate mode for slicer-like pattern effects.
- ReverseóBackwards delay for cool psychedelic effects and other unique tones.
- SFXóìSpecial effectsî delays with highly unique sound characters.
- ShimmeróPitch-shifted delays with stereo pitch-shifter and overtone modes for lush, heavenly textures.
- FilteróDelay with selectable sweeping or touch-responsive dynamic filter types.
- Slow AttackóEthereal delays that fade in with playing dynamics.
- Tera EchoóSpacious, animated ambience effect derived from the innovative Boss TE-2 pedal.
- DD-500 Assignable Control Functions
- The following functions can be assigned to the DD-500Ãs onboard Tap/CTL switch and/or optional external footswitches. These assignments are stored as part of a patch.
- TapóSet the delay in time with a songÃs tempo.
- HoldóThe delayÃs feedback is held continuously while the switch is pressed.
- WarpóIncreases the delayÃs feedback and level simultaneously for powerful expressive effects.
- TwistóAdjusts multiple delay parameters with a single press, creating wild sounds similar to twisting the panel knobs in real time.
- MomentóOutputs the delay sound only when you hold down the switch.
- Roll 1/2óCuts the delay time to 1/2 of the current setting when you hold down the switch.
- Roll 1/4óCuts the delay time to 1/4 of the current setting when you hold down the switch.
- Roll 1/8óCuts the delay time to 1/8 of the current setting when you hold down the switch.
- FadeóFades the delay sound in or out.
- Assign 1-8óAllows you to assign and control up to eight different delay parameters at once.
Specifications:
- Sampling Frequency: 96 kHz
- AD/DA Conversion: 32 bits
- Processing: 32-bit floating point
- Delay Modes:
