Loop-Master saves the Delay!
My Boss DD-6 has been a problem. It has a good digital delay sound, but the internal tap-tempo is impossible to use live. At least impossible for me. To get it into tap tempo mode you hold it down for 2 seconds then have to do 2 more seconds to get out. So if you are in tap-tempo mode you can’t just click off the effect. So I really have not been using the tap-tempo feature at all when I play.
I got a single loop switcher unit from Loop Master (many other companies also make high quality loop switchers) not quite sure where I was going to use it. If you are not familiar with a loop switcher, it takes your signal, and if the loop is engaged, sends it out to some other unit or units , then expects the signal back in, then it sends it back into your chain (an effects loop). If it is off, the effects loop is bypassed.
Then it hit me. If I placed the DD-6 in the loop by itself and placed the pedal in Tap-Tempo mode, I could use the loop as the instant on/off switch while remaining in tap tempo mode. I will eventually replace the DD-6 with something with an external tap, but for now I think this will do just fine.
So if you have a DD-6 and are frustrated with it’s tap-tempo mode, this might be a good solution for you too.
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Great idea! This arrangement solves a myriad of signal switching jungle running. I have a Digitech that has a vacuum switch that just doesn’t cut it for in the fly taptemp(even though it says that’s what it’s for?). the simple but 100% effective hook up above solves it and my frustration!
If you like BOSS pedals, the new DD-7 has an input for an external momentary pedal so you can use it to tap the tempo. Otherwise have also thought the same thoughts as you. I have a Hardwire(digitec) delay. I bought it over the DD-7 because the dry signal remains analog trough the pedal, no AD/DA converts involved.
KP77 this solution really works for those those already have a pedal like this. You could even build a single loop switch yourself for not too much cash if you needed! But yeah if you like the DD6 and have the cash, upgrade to a DD7 with an external tap.
Nice. I actually did something like this with my Line 6 DL 4, it has a easy adjustment for tap tempo, but I had a song where I was coming in and out of the delay, and I didn’t want to burn a preset for that single song. Solution was a TB strip with that in the loop.
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