Hello all -
What I am looking for is something that seems useful but I have not seen it anywhere - a simple, clean digital delay module (mono/no taps) that has more or less full audio bandwidth (say up to 16kHz) at up to 400mS delay time. Looking at older tech, the BBD approach would take a string of maybe 5 or 6 MN3005 running at high clock speeds and who knows what the S/N ratio would end up at, and certainly not compact. On the digital side, the PT2399 IC, which I have played with in the past, is just too noisy/degraded at those delay times for what I am looking for. Also I do not like compander-based solutions since the feedback decay "tails" can sound unnatural. I am basically looking for something that sounds more like a Boss DD-2 with variable time, mix controls, no modulation.
Would the Spin FV-1 be ideal (if not vastly under-utilized) for such a board? I am basically looking for a board that is as physically compact as possible, just enough features to add a simple delay to existing circuits as an add-on. Perhaps something like the D3lay design from PedalPCB but even smaller/simpler. I know nothing about Spin FV-1 so if I were to layout my own board, I would have to ramp up with a dev board and such to get into that arena.
Also is it true that the Spin FV-1 can be clocked by a variable external clock to get old-school variable delay times/modulations in hardware rather than software?
Is there a more compact way to get a simple clean/full-bandwidth audio delay at this point in time?
Regards,
Dave