DOWNLOAD: DeltaLab_DL2

Deltalab achieved success with their later Effectron offerings; these were simpler delay-with-modulation devices that sold in high numbers.  You can download a bunch of Effectron lit at this earlier post (and check the comments there for a note from DeltaLab founder Richard DeFreitas!).  I used an Effectron a ton in the studio at Uni; they are really great, fun, creative units.   Nothing that you can’t do with a good delay plug-in, but having those knobs to turn does impact the user-experience in a great way that software can’t.    I had not been aware of this earlier DeltaLab piece.  There was also a DL5 ‘Harmonicomputer’ that I have some limited materials on; if there is enough interest I will post that as well.

DOWNLOAD:EffectronCatalog

If you have been following this site for a while, you will know that I dig the Effectron.  There are a  world of creative possibilities in these well-made, cheap-to-buy boxes.  Examples turn up regularly for $50 – $100.   10 minutes with one of these things will teach you more about the range of effects available using a modulated delay than you will get from a year using the plug ins.  True, there is nothing that these boxes can do that Digidesign MediumDelay can’t; but the immediate tactile response of the knobs can’t be beat.  Highly recommended.