TC Electronic Nova Delay

[Outlaw_Twanga]

So awhile back I demo'd one of these

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And it left me with a good impression. So I decided to buy one... and now it has replaced all the delays in my board.

I've gotta say...you won't be disappointed with it.
A quick run through everything.

Comes with six modes.
Delay Line - pretty simple delay. 2290ms is the max delay time.
Dynamic - standard ducking delay great for soloing/lead parts. 2290ms.
Reverse - Psychedelic... very groovy with long delay time. 1000ms is the max
Ping Pong - Works great in stereo not so much in mono. awesome tremolo effect when one amp is clean and the other dirty. 2290ms.
Pan - as above with a more gradual fade. 2290ms.
Slapback - Rockabilly heaven much fun to be had. Can get almost reverby... 300ms.

Sub-Divisions
Quarter note - Simple straight forward repeats... old faithful
Dotted Eight - Rhthymy goodness... Think Hillsong United/Fee/C3 etc. I find this setting sounds best when the delay time is set high.
Eight note Triplets - a nice gallop one of my favorites to use
also three dual delays great for U2 styled fun "Where the Streets" "Bad" ect not really my style but its there.

It is not true bypass but does come with a great buffer.
Spillover option is welcomed great for ending songs that lets the repeats continue even after you've switched it off.
Comes with tap tempo and something called Audio Tapping which is where one can tap in their Bpm by just hitting the strings... awesome.
3 different modulations to color the repeats, As well as a color knob to blend between Tape, Analog and Digital.

Overall one should really test it out... might just go home with one yourself.

[MadHatter]

ummmm.... so how much was it?

[Outlaw_Twanga]

I haggled it down to $450.00 Aussie dollars. has all the features that most of the high end delays have. pretty good deal I would say.

[scooteraz]

Wow, things are a bit spendy there. That is a bit over $370 US, and those are in the $250-$275 range here. But a deal is always a local thing, you really can't compare fairly.

[LesStrat]

American products overseas tend to go at significantly higher prices.

I truly do not know how to set a delay.

[scooteraz]

American products overseas tend to go at significantly higher prices..

True, that.

I truly do not know how to set a delay.

The TC has a lot of options, but at the simplest, you just use the tap tempo with the beat of the song, set the number of repeats to taste. It doesn't have to be rocket science.

I used to use a delay with my acoustic, a fair amount. I just set it to where there seemed to be some additional "ambience" (sort of like a reverb, but not as "sproingy" if you will), and it was fine. However, the sound guy now has a hall reverb on my acoustic channel, and adding my delay was too much with that.

[Crunchyriff]

I love TC Electronics products. VERY high-quality stuff. Nice score!

[Road King]

I picked one up a few weeks back to replace my DD20 that replaced my Cmatmods Deeelay. It's a keeper for sure. Does everything I need it to and more. In my ears it's a much warmer tone than I was getting from the DD20 while keeping the repeats just clean enough.
My oldest son plays for the Gateway Churches in the DFW area and after hearing mine promptly sold his DD20 and bought one as well.
Great pedal IMO. The newer stuff from TC is great too. The smaller footprint stuff.

[samman143]

Great pedal for the price...It's a work horse....