RE: Digitech,DOD Series PDS,RDS

[charles.boswell@amd.com]

Legion,

Thank you.  I appreciate you taking the time to respond.  I loved my early
DOD unit and anticipate getting even better results with the RDS line.
Thanks again.  -charlie

> Charles R. Boswell Jr
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: legion [SMTP:legion@voicenet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 10:33 AM
> To:   Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
> Subject:      Re: Digitech,DOD Series PDS,RDS
> 
> > I used a very early "digital" delay from Dod/Digitech.  I am almost 
>sure
> > that this unit had the name DOD on it.   I lost the unit in move and
> would
> > like to replace it.   I also believe that it was manufactured in the
> early
> > eighties(83,84).  I purchased it in 1984.  It was able to give chorus,
> > flange, slapback, and delay.  The sound was incredible( probable 
>anlalog
> -
> > CCD devices).  It was a 19-inch rack unit.  It had three push-in knobs
> and a
> > couple of pots.
> > I think it was one the RDS or PDS series. Does anyone out there know
> where I
> > could purchase another one of these units?
> 
> DOD (later Digitech0 made quite a few rack mount delay systems. The
> early DOD ones were very simple with a few knobs for mixing dry/wet
> signal, delay length and time, an LFO of sorts, and push buttons to set
> preset delay time ranges (this is where you got the double, flange,
> delay options). These then evolved into the "Time Machine" RDS systems
> by digitech.
> 
> Digitech made at least three different series of time machines all with
> the RDS line and the actualdelay times in the title.
> 
> ie: RDS960 was 960 millisenconds, RDS3.6 was 3.6 seconds, RDS8000 was 8
> seconds long
> 
> All of these had the LFO, mix contorls and preset buttons but the later
> versions also added a hold feature, trigger button, and quieter overall
> performance. As far as i know all the models were digital delays; the
> digitech RDS certainly was.
> 
> These show up all the time everywhere. If you can't find one locally in
> a music store that sells used gear you can always find anumber of them
> forsale on the web in newsgroups or at very least in stock at Daddy's
> junky music
> http://www.ugbm.com/group.shtml
> 
> look under rack effects.
> 
> They should range from $100-200 depending on the model and condition. I
> adore my RDS 3.6.
>  good luck!
> 
> 
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