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I think this is one of the best delay pedals out there. The flexibility and control over your delay is great. I recognize that some other units may give you strange sounds and more delay types but I find those to be pretty useless. This unit has everything I could ask for. The only thing I would change is a built in auxiliary footswitch input and more subdivision options. I would like the option of plugging in an external switch to control the presets and maybe tap tempo. This can be done buy some one that mods pedals but having it built in would be better. I like all of the subdivision options on the BOSS DD-20 but the other features of the Nova Delay made it the choice for me. I primarily play in a church band and on my own creating ambient/instrumental music. This pedal is very helpful in both situations.Read full review
The Nova Delay is a relatively intuitive device for gear savvy players. I was able to achieve nearly every classic delay type within a few seconds of tweaking. The ND-1 manual is concise and well written. I was able to master the pedal’s hidden abilities within an hour. You can easily adjust the spillover from one preset to another and program global or pre-programmed tap tempo options. All of the different types of delay are easily switched with a push of a button and the display is intuitively designed to let you know exactly how the pedal is dialed in. A major bonus for this pedal is that all delay types are tap tempo ready. This is a great feature for quick time adjustments in a live setting. The ND-1 loses points in this area when it comes to switching delay types during a live performance. To toggle presets the user must press the tap tempo button once then immediately press the on/off button until the desired preset is reached. It is quite easy to do with preparation and planning, but there have been a few times during live shows where I found myself in a mess navigating through presets. There is a guy on Ebay selling a mod for this pedal, which I purchased and it provides external tap with a button to scroll through the presets...the way to go if you get this pedal. His Ebay name is: guitartek86 Sound: The sound clips will speak for themselves with this wonderful delay unit. The color knob was my favorite feature that really sets this pedal on the top of the heap. Set the color knob to digital and hear crystal clear delay repeats with all of the top end sparkle you could ever want. Back the color knob off to analog, tape, or anywhere in between to your preference. Using this feature along with the built in modulation keeps the delay out of the way from cluttering up intricate passages while providing studio quality texture. Impression: I would highly recommend this pedal to any player who is interested in enhancing their tone with rich delay textures. The Nova Delay is capable of achieving a range of famous delay sounds from the Stray Cats to Radiohead to U2. It also only takes up a modest amount of real estate on your pedal board! With its durable construction, ease of use, and outstanding studio quality sound, it makes a great addition to any player’s arsenal.Read full review
Other than TC's D-Two rack mount delay, you can't find a dedicated rack mount delay anymore, all the companies have moved into the "multi-effects processing" league. So I got this because I couldn't afford a D-Two. Unlike most other brands of pedals, this one actually has a numeric display so you can easily dial in an exact millisecond for the delay. Overall this is a good delay. I wish there'd been a dedicated function button to step through presets rather than the multi-function buttons that are on this unit. It'd have been easy to have 3 buttons instead of just two. But overall it's a good unit. I have a TC G-Force rack mount multi-effects processor, and I A/B'd the delay times between it and this ND-1, and they are exactly identical. The G-Force is a pain in the butt to change programs on, which is why I got this unit. The modulation and color functions are nice to have. I've never really seen a good use for the "subdivision" functions on this or any other delay unit though. On the "type" function, it's cool to have the dynamic function. The reverse is a fun toy, but not terribly useful, atleast I've not found much use for it yet. The pingpong and pan would probably be great using a stereo setup, but I'm using this between a guitar and an amp in mono, so you really don't have this effect. Overall, it's a good unit.Read full review
The pedal itself is a great sounding pedal. I use it on my guitar and it really does give a great sound and tons of choices. There is a few design flaws that I have found though. I like to play barefoot, and when I go to press on the TINY little button I either miss it or I over shoot it and hit the option button above it. Now if you wear shoes that is not as often of an occurrence, but it still happens. When I'm singing and playing guitar at the same time I can't always look down so having small buttons makes it harder to hit then say the BOSS DD-7 I had prior. Although the sound quality and options were drastically fewer, the ease of use is on the BOSS is much better then the Nova Delay. I have found with the 3-4 TC Electronic/Helicon products that I have purchased in the past they are FAR MORE difficult to use and understand. Although the options are there they are harder to understand and get familiar with. They give you the options but not in a user friendly way. I love the idea of all the products I have used of theirs but they are really expensive in relation to other products of a similar nature, and they are harder to use. The design issue would be an easy fix. If they offered a lock or hold button where you couldn't activate the options buttons when stepping on the select buttons. I also own the TC Electronic Voicetone create and the hitting the button issue is FAR FAR worse. When you over shoot the TINY select button you hit the #5 preset button which if you have any other preset selected it would change your selection. Not good when you're in the middle of singing a line and can't stop to change it back. It is even less user friendly than the Nova Delay. Now keep in mind I have had these pedals for about a week now and I am a singer songwriter in a band and have been playing guitar and performing for over 20 years. I have tons of pedal and live experience. These pedals sound great but hard to use if you are not looking straight at it when using it. The buttons are small and hard to articulate. Cheers, Joshua AdamsRead full review
I bought this pedal for my live bass rig and use it for various doubling and slapback effects. With presets it's easy to use on the fly and the digital display allows me to dial in and recall delay times that are specific to the tempo of the song, critical for slapback playing in the groove. The tap tempo is nice as well. How many delay pedals have a display? It seems to be very good in my signal chain, even on bass. I could see using this pedal for keys or guitar equally as effectively, maybe even moreso. It has a lot of capabilities that are beyond my current expectations. It it well built and rugged, small in size for what it does, and I can power it with my standard power supply on my pedalboard. I paid more for it than other decent delay pedals on the market, but the features far outweigh the price difference. This is a serious tool compared to many okay sounding delay pedals. It's a very good value.Read full review
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