Boss DD500 Digital Delay

£370.00
£426.00

The most powerful and versatile stompbox delay ever!

Offers 12 distinctive delay modes with exceptional audio quality.

  • Studio-Level Stereo Sound
  • 12 Versatile Delay Modes
  • Real-Time Expression
  • MIDI, USB, and More
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System Update Ver 1.10. Additional Functions:

TEMPO HOLD function: Lets you keep the tempo information from being changed when switching patches

LOOP LEVEL adjustment function: Makes it possible to adjust the LOOP LEVEL for phrase loops

Please visit: http://www.boss.info/support/by_product/dd-500/updates_drivers/351975

 

 

Masterful Sound, Extraordinary Creative Power


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.

 

  •     Studio-level stereo sound with 32-bit/96 kHz processing throughout
  •     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 or true-bypass operation
  •     Runs on four AA-size batteries or PSA-series AC adapter

    Twelve Versatile Delay Modes and Deep Editing Options

    With the DD-500’s 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, it’s 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/96 kHz processing throughout. And while the DD-500’s delay effects are high-end digital, your straight guitar tone remains 100-percent analog at all times, with your choice of buffered or true-bypass operation. In addition to strengthening the analog dry signal, buffered bypass has the added benefit of enabling carryover, so delay trails are not cut off unnaturally when the effect is switched.
    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 pedal’s 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, it’s simple to connect to your computer for patch backup and MIDI I/O opens up many additional control options with advanced setups such as a pedal board incorporating BOSS Effect Switching System ES-8.
    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, you’re 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 an optional expression pedal or external switches, and MIDI I/O opens up many additional control options with advanced setups.
    DD-500 Delay Modes

    •Standard—Clear digital delay.
    •Analog—Emulates classic analog “BBD” delays like the BOSS DM series.
    •Tape—Emulates the warm sound of tape-based delay units, including the Maestro Echoplex and legendary Roland RE-201 Space Echo.
    •Vintage Digital—Emulations of early digital delays from the 1980s, including Roland’s famous SDE-2000 and SDE-3000 rack units and the BOSS DD-2, the original stompbox digital delay.
    •Dual—Two different delay lines that can be connected in series or parallel.
    •Pattern—Sixteen different delay lines that can be set independently for all types of unique rhythmic effects.
    •Reverse—Backwards delay for cool psychedelic effects and other unique tones.
    •SFX—“Special effects” delay with a highly unique sound character.
    •Shimmer—Pitch-shifted delays for lush, heavenly textures.
    •Filter—Delay with a sweeping filter.
    •Slow Attack—Ethereal delays that fade in with playing dynamics.
    •Tera Echo—Spacious, animated ambience effect derived from the innovative BOSS TE-2 pedal.

    *The product names mentioned in this web page are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. In this page, these names are used because it is the most practical way of describing the sounds that are simulated.
    DD-500 Assignable Control Functions

    The following functions can be assigned to the DD-500’s onboard TAP/CTL switch and/or optional external footswitches. These assignments are stored as part of a patch.

    •Tap—Set the delay in time with a song’s tempo.
    •Hold—The delay’s feedback is held continuously while the switch is pressed.
    •Warp—Increases the delay’s feedback and level simultaneously for powerful expressive effects.
    •Twist—Adjusts multiple delay parameters with a single press, creating wild sounds similar to twisting the panel knobs in real time.
    •Moment—Outputs the delay sound only when you hold down the switch.
    •Roll 1/2—Cuts the delay time to 1/2 of the current setting when you hold down the switch.
    •Roll 1/4—Cuts the delay time to 1/4 of the current setting when you hold down the switch.
    •Roll 1/8—Cuts the delay time to 1/8 of the current setting when you hold down the switch.
    •Fade In—Fades in the delay sound.
    •Fade Out—Fades out the delay sound.
    •Assign 1-8—Allows 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
    12 modes
    STANDARD
    ANALOG
    TAPE
    VINTAGE DIGITAL
    DUAL
    PATTERN
    REVERSE
    TERA ECHO
    SLOW ATTACK
    FILTER
    SHIMMER
    SFX   
Maximum delay time
    10 sec.(depends on delay mode)   
Phrase loop
    60 sec. (96 kHz/MONO, 48 kHz/STEREO)
    120 sec. (48 kHz/MONO)
    Delay can be applied.   
Patches
    198 (99 banks x 2 [A] [B]), 297 (99 banks x 3 [A] [B] [C])   
Pedals
    Foot switch x 3 [A][B][TAP/CTL]   
Knobs
    MODE
    TIME/VALUE
    FEEDBACK
    E.LEVEL
    TONE
    MOD DEPTH   
Display
    Graphic LCD (128 x 62 dots, backlit LCD) x 1   
Nominal Input Level
    INPUT A/MONO, B: -10 dBu   
Maximum Input Level
    INPUT A/MONO, B: +8 dBu   
Input Impedance
    INPUT A/MONO, B: 1 M ohm   
Nominal Output Level
    OUTPUT A/MONO, B: -10 dBu   
Maximum Output Level
    OUTPUT A/MONO, B: +8 dBu   
Output Impedance
    OUTPUT A/MONO, B: 2 k ohms   
Recommended Load Impedance
    OUTPUT A/MONO, B: 20 k ohms or greater   
Bypass
    Buffered bypass or True bypass (with relays)   
Connectors
    INPUT A/MONO, B jacks: 1/4-inch phone type
    OUTPUT A/MONO, B jacks: 1/4-inch phone type
    CTL 1,2/EXP jack: 1/4-inch TSR phone type
    USB COMPUTER port: USB type B USB-MIDI
    MIDI (IN, OUT) connectors
    DC IN jack   
Power Supply
    Alkaline battery (AA, LR6) x 4
    AC adaptor   
Current Draw
    200 mA   
Expected battery life under continuous use (These figures will vary depending on the actual conditions of use.)
    Alkaline: Approx. 7 hours   
Accessories
    Owner's manual
    Leaflet "USING THE UNIT SAFELY"
    Alkaline battery (AA, LR6) x 4   
Options (sold separately)
    AC adaptor: PSA series
    Footswitch: BOSS FS-5U, FS-5L
    Dual Footswitch: BOSS FS-6, FS-7
    Expression Pedal: BOSS FV-500H, FV-500L, Roland EV-5   
Size and Weight
Width
    170 mm
    6-3/4 inches   
Depth
    138 mm
    5-7/16 inches   
Height
    62 mm
    2-1/2 inches   
Weight(excluding AC Adaptor)
    1.0 g
    2 lbs 4 oz.   
* 0 dBu = 0.775 Vrms

 

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