What to do dudes? (shit is SW but I'm trying to keep this under 6 pages long - most of the cohesive thoughts are contained outside of the NSFW tags)
Whenever other people post these sort of questions I always feel like "dude, I know nothing about what you play, what you like, or whatever...so buy everything
But... I
fucking finally got rid of some gear locally and am in the hunt for a delay. I've decided to go nuts on delay - got a No Memory coming in for the warbly weird stuff, and then I want a delay for oscillating fun. And that's kinda where I'm at.
Requirements:
*Top mount jacks, no broader than a 1590BB mounted with the short side on the top/bottom and the long side on the um... side.
*Oscillation must be controllable. I don't want anything that ramps up to crazy volumes super quickly - I want to be able to ride the oscillation, either with a soft touch for oscillation, or expression control for feedback.
*Budget: no more than 200 usd.
*Don't want crystal clear repeats.
*Doesn't matter if the delay time is short.
Thoughts thusfar:
Caroline Kilobyte or Moog MF Delay:
The contenders as I see it:
Carline Kilobyte
Pros: The oscillation switch has a filter on it which stops it from getting too screechy. Sounds like fun. It has a drive circuit on the delay line = DISTORTED DELAYS WOOO!
Cons: It's a PT2399. I love the sound of a nicely thought out PT delay, so that's cool, but the No Memory is also PT based, and I wouldn't mind a different flavour. I also think PT delays sound best when they are shitting themselves, and the Caroline maxes out at 500ms. Brian on the other hand knows where it's at and the No memory is 1 second of trashy delay.
Moog MF drive
Pros: Bucket brigade. Always fun with a nice analogue delay. Can control the feedback with an expression pedal, and there is a demo (Chicago music duders?? PGS?) where the dude is letting the feedback oscillate, then reining it back in, then letting it loose again. Good fun.
Cons: The drive pot controls the mixed output, and I want the delay to be at unity. I can deal with adding grit to both the dry and the wet signals (even though I think it'd be cooler to just affect the wet signal) but I want that unity man! So that's a cool feature I'll just have to ignore.
The stuff I've considered but won't buy list:
I've got a Boss DD-7, but I'm using that as a looper and for reverse delay, and while the analogue mode on it is nice, it's not as nice as a DD-3. And the DD-3 doesn't do expression control of the feedback. Also, if I used the DD-7 I'm stupid enough to be slightly unsatisfied knowing that I like the repeats on the DD-3 better. I know that you're average punter probably can't hear the difference between a DS-1 and a DD-7 but I don't care. I'll notice!
Bitquest - rad delay but expression controls the delay time, not the feedback. ILFDD too big.
Don't want to buy Malekko because reasons.
Here's what I'm thinking:
Should I just flip a coin? Is one clearly better than the other and I'm missing something? Are there other rad delays out there I've not considered? Should I buy the Moog because it's black, and well.. satan? Or is the Caroline better because it has a trimpot labelled "tacos"?
Before anyone jumps in and suggests like a Snazzy FX Wow and flutter - the size requirements are absolute, and I have little to no patience or self discipline, which means I've gotta be able to buy it like now, and it also means I'm never going to save a dollar more than what's in my pedal fund right now.
