Hydra Delay

[SillyOctpuss]

View attachment 18459I managed to play a bit this morning with my amp at decent volume and my full board. I was playing around with some delay settings and found something that sounded pretty good to me.

All 4 heads of the hydra are on with the speed knob 95-100% CW to give a snap back type delay. Repeats are 100%CCW and use the mix knob to taste. It gives the hydra almost a doubling delay type of sound.

I then ran that into a longer delay (carbon copy) with a short amount of repeats and it sounded pretty awesome.

I've been stacking delays a lot recently too. You can get some awesome melodies and rhythms going. I've also been experimenting with stacking reverbs after watching this Paul Davids video

 

[Big Monk]

Looks great in yellow with the faceplate

You’re right! That does look great. And Corel Draw has the Pantone color swatches preloaded so I can match the text in my graphics.

I’m foregoing the faceplate on the Hydra for some Echorec graphics.

 

[JamieJ]

I’m foregoing the faceplate on the Hydra for some Echorec graphics.

Im looking forward to seeing those! I love the Binson echorec look.

If you are going for the OG look I’d just get a can of spray paint in the exact gold you want. I know I have been spoilt by tayda powdercoats recently but sometimes it can be worth the faff of DIY spray painting.

 

[Big Monk]

Im looking forward to seeing those! I love the Binson echorec look.

If you are going for the OG look I’d just get a can of spray paint in the exact gold you want. I know I have been spoilt by tayda powdercoats recently but sometimes it can be worth the faff of DIY spray painting.

I used the Pantone 109-C color swatch for the lettering and graphics

 

[JamieJ]

Very nice, I like that a lot!

 

[Big Monk]

Very nice, I like that a lot!

I'm not entirely happy with the controls and switching text but this is still a rough draft.

 

[jimilee]

Very much looking forward to a replenish of fv-chips, so many builds.

 

[squarewavesurfer]

Would a 100% wet signal mod be possible by clipping lug 1 of the mix pot? I think this would allow full dry and wet signals at CCW, and as you turn the mix pot to full CW, you would decrease the dry signal to the point of only the wet signal. If this is possible you could use a DP3T ON-ON-ON switch with 100% dry - Stock - 100% wet. This would be nice for the times you want to cut out the dry signal completely.