The combination of BBD (bucket brigade) technology and exclusive noise reduction circuit allows the SAD-1 to offer a superior long or short delay without the noise commonly found in many analog delay units.
Good Points: Very cheap.
Self-oscillates very nicely, easily, and controllably.
Very nice sound.
Can run for awhile on batteries, if you're so inclined.
Stereo outputs, one of them with the option of dry/wet (with a switch).
Bad Points: Short delay time (but that's to be expected).
Not the best construction.
best analog delay pedal out there for the
money. The money, I say. As in, it's
cheap!
Good Points: Great sounding delay and awesome
delay-tweaking sounds. Can you say
whirly-spaceship sounds? Hell yeah!
Bad Points: Uh, it's plastic. The pots are more like
high-end trim pots soldered direct to the
circuit board, so they wear out and get
wobbily. Still, if you're gentle with it, it's
treat you well.
Good Points: Pretty cheap.
Does exactly what its supposed to.
Easy battery input.
Bad Points: Not as noisy as other delays.
One-trick pony.
tone generator. I use it as the initial
sound producing object in an longer
effects chain. Simply plug out 1 into its
in, and your set. The manufactures
suggestion is that AC adaptors should
provide this pedal with 9v of power. I
think this suggestion is limiting. Go for
12v. You'll thank yourself. Also, for this
application, I would recommend setting
the "direct/stereo" to direct, re: more
punchy. Use the depth knob to "edge
into" the feedback tone, and the delay
time knob to "tune" the tone. Also,
sweeping the delay time is quite
rewarding. Try moving to "0" (shortest
time), holding for a second or two, and
then quickly twisting the knob to the
opposite extreme. This produces great
full, bassy "wobbly" sounds. Also, quickly
turning the pedal on and off with depth
and repeat on high can produce nice,
unique "stuttering" sounds.
Good Points: Cheap, loud, gritty and full in tone.
Bad Points: The cheap plastic knobs tend to fall off.
Footpedal on/off interface isn't very
ergonomic in tabletop situation.
Good Points: still being made, and deffinately worth it since it feedsback into itself so nicely...
Bad Points: plastic, but not as bad as some of the others ive purchased in this line...
Good Points: Great noise when you want it, Great tone when you want it also... Delay feedback rocks...
Bad Points: Its made out of plasic....






