„As analog as possible" was the mantra in designing and developing the new Eventide DDL-500. Apart from the digital components, which are necessary for the delay, the device is made entirely of analog components. These include the low-pass filter, the +20 dB gain, feedback, the insert for external signals, the relay bypass, and the soft saturation clipping. Delay time can be varied smoothly either manually or by connecting an LFO to the remote input allowing short delays to be used for comb filter and flanging effects. The DDL-500 is also capable of extremely long delays (up to 160 seconds at a 16 kHz sample rate) allowing long passages to be captured for looping. Of course, you can adjust delay time manually - from extremely short 0.11 seconds up to a duration of 160 seconds, depending on the selected sample rate between 12 and 192 kHz. With the infinity button on the right side of the front panel delay can be locked, so that it is available for an indefinite period of time. Delay can also be modulated with a connected LFO, creating interesting flanger and comb-filter effects.
