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Thank you to @MichaelW and @MattG for sending me a board.
Sheepylove Pelota 2 Delay - PT2399 delay with modulation - This is not a MP Deep blue clone.
Fantastic digital delay. Not cold, sterile, more natural repeats, I think in part from the diode clipping after the feedback pot and the filtering for the internal 2399 opamps is a lil different than most circuits. The modulation sounds great at low depth/rate settings, like a slight tape warble, then gets fun as you turn it up.
Slap back to clean cascading revervbish notes to analog like degrading long delays all with soft to wild tape warble
I'm not an expert on these things, however this is the best 2399 delay I've ever heard.
Borrowing en exert from MichealW's report who nailed the description of this pedal and a lil history:
( link to his report: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/pelota-2-delay-sheepy-love-dylan159.28373/ )
"This is @szukalski 's layout of Dylan159's (from FSB) PT2399 Delay.
I've been pretty much a die hard analog BBD delay guy with my goto being the pair of MadBean DMM's
as well as @blackhatboojum's Boss DM-2 and @dan.schumaker 's DM-3. I'd left PT2399 and FV-1 delays behind. (Or so I thought)
So when Dave was telling that this is his favorite delay I was a bit skeptical. But I have a bunch of PT2399 IC's that I bought many years ago so I figured, what the hell, let's build one and see.
Well I have to admit I was a bit gobsmacked at how good this delay sounds. The only other 2399 delay I really like is the Deep Blue Delay (Seabed)
so comparisons between the two are a given. The Pelota has less filtering on the repeats than the Deep Blue, which is designed to emulate a BBD delay.
But at the same time, the repeats on the Pelota are not at all sterile but have an organic feel to them.
Dylan also tapped into the modulation in the PT2399 (See my linked post for the Deep Blue) but he did an awesome job implementing it.
The modulation is similar to the Deluxe Memory Man and can be overwhelming. But dialed very low it adds to the awesomeness of this pedal.
In some ways in my mind at least, it's like a digital DMM. Not saying it sounds like a DMM but for me I can use them both the same way (I'll get to that in a second).
It doesn't have that "wash" that you get from the DMM, it's more articulate and of course there's less noise. The attack of the repeats is more like the Boss DM-3.
@szukalski 's layout is killer and this is a super easy build."
Pics of my build
Sheepylove Pelota 2 Delay - PT2399 delay with modulation - This is not a MP Deep blue clone.
Fantastic digital delay. Not cold, sterile, more natural repeats, I think in part from the diode clipping after the feedback pot and the filtering for the internal 2399 opamps is a lil different than most circuits. The modulation sounds great at low depth/rate settings, like a slight tape warble, then gets fun as you turn it up.
Slap back to clean cascading revervbish notes to analog like degrading long delays all with soft to wild tape warble
I'm not an expert on these things, however this is the best 2399 delay I've ever heard.
Borrowing en exert from MichealW's report who nailed the description of this pedal and a lil history:
( link to his report: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/pelota-2-delay-sheepy-love-dylan159.28373/ )
"This is @szukalski 's layout of Dylan159's (from FSB) PT2399 Delay.
I've been pretty much a die hard analog BBD delay guy with my goto being the pair of MadBean DMM's
as well as @blackhatboojum's Boss DM-2 and @dan.schumaker 's DM-3. I'd left PT2399 and FV-1 delays behind. (Or so I thought)
So when Dave was telling that this is his favorite delay I was a bit skeptical. But I have a bunch of PT2399 IC's that I bought many years ago so I figured, what the hell, let's build one and see.
Well I have to admit I was a bit gobsmacked at how good this delay sounds. The only other 2399 delay I really like is the Deep Blue Delay (Seabed)
so comparisons between the two are a given. The Pelota has less filtering on the repeats than the Deep Blue, which is designed to emulate a BBD delay.
But at the same time, the repeats on the Pelota are not at all sterile but have an organic feel to them.
Dylan also tapped into the modulation in the PT2399 (See my linked post for the Deep Blue) but he did an awesome job implementing it.
The modulation is similar to the Deluxe Memory Man and can be overwhelming. But dialed very low it adds to the awesomeness of this pedal.
In some ways in my mind at least, it's like a digital DMM. Not saying it sounds like a DMM but for me I can use them both the same way (I'll get to that in a second).
It doesn't have that "wash" that you get from the DMM, it's more articulate and of course there's less noise. The attack of the repeats is more like the Boss DM-3.
@szukalski 's layout is killer and this is a super easy build."
Pics of my build
