Boss DD-500 Digital Delay Pedal

Unprecedented Capability, Power, and Control - the 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.

• 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
• Analog mode emulates classic analog “BBD” delays like the BOSS DM series
• Tape mode emulates the warm sound of tape-based delay units, including the Maestro Echoplex, Binson Echorec 2, and the legendary Roland RE-201 Space Echo
• Vintage Digital mode creates 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 mode creates two different delay lines that can be connected in series, parallel, or three different A/B independent modes

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 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 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 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, 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 MIDI commands or by connecting an optional expression pedal or external switches.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Sampling Frequency: 96 kHz
• AD/DA Conversion:32 bits
• 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]
• Delay Modes: 10 sec.(depends on delay mode)
• Display: Graphic LCD (128 x 64 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
• Current Draw: 200 mA
• Expected Battery Life Under Continuous Use: Alkaline: Approx. 7 hours
• Bypass: Buffered bypass or True bypass (with relays)
• Recommended Load Impedance: OUTPUT A/MONO, B: 20 k ohms or greater

Processing

• STANDARD
• ANALOG
• TAPE
• VINTAGE DIGITAL
• DUAL
• PATTERN
• REVERSE
• TERA ECHO
• SLOW ATTACK
• FILTER
• SHIMMER
• SFX

Maximum Delay Time

• 60 sec. (96 kHz/MONO, 48 kHz/STEREO)
• 120 sec. (48 kHz/MONO)
• Delay can be applied.

Phrase Loop

• 60 sec. (96 kHz/MONO, 48 kHz/STEREO)
• 120 sec. (48 kHz/MONO)
• Delay can be applied.

Knobs

• MODE
• TIME/VALUE
• FEEDBACK
• E.LEVEL
• TONE
• MOD DEPTH

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 TRS 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

Accessories

• Owner's manual
• Leaflet "USING THE UNIT SAFELY"
• Alkaline battery (AA, LR6) x 4

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