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Hi!
It seems to me that older digital pedals and rack units are kinda trending. I saw an old rack unit going for lot of $$$ on a used marketplace.
Some observations:
1. People seem to love analog-voiced digital delays. Such people used to prefer analog delays earlier, which had BBD chips in them. While there are exceptions, the characteristic of such delays seems to be removal of highs, making it kind of sit unobtrusively in the mix. Analog delays suffered from issue of inability to handle gain sometimes. Analog-voiced digital delays don't have this issue. Many such pedals have looper and tap tempo modes, making it useful for practicing and sounding as similar to a recorded song as possible.
2. Some digital choruses seem to be less noisy than their analog counterparts.
3. Some people seem to prefer running digital phasers before the amp but after their dirt pedals. Although something analog like a Phase 90 is easier to tweak, some digital phasers can temporarily be used to sound like a wah making them more versatile.
It seems to me that older digital pedals and rack units are kinda trending. I saw an old rack unit going for lot of $$$ on a used marketplace.
Some observations:
1. People seem to love analog-voiced digital delays. Such people used to prefer analog delays earlier, which had BBD chips in them. While there are exceptions, the characteristic of such delays seems to be removal of highs, making it kind of sit unobtrusively in the mix. Analog delays suffered from issue of inability to handle gain sometimes. Analog-voiced digital delays don't have this issue. Many such pedals have looper and tap tempo modes, making it useful for practicing and sounding as similar to a recorded song as possible.
2. Some digital choruses seem to be less noisy than their analog counterparts.
3. Some people seem to prefer running digital phasers before the amp but after their dirt pedals. Although something analog like a Phase 90 is easier to tweak, some digital phasers can temporarily be used to sound like a wah making them more versatile.
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