tc electronic Echobrain Analog Delay 5-stars Reviews

Characterful and cheap

Little else to say about it: it's cheap and has the characterful sound you'd wish from an analog pedal. The maximum delay time is a bit on the low side, so it's use in e.g. electronic music (as opposed to its use as a guitar pedal) is a little limited. But at this price I'm not complaining.

Cool!

Been using this with my 20-year old Marshall Valvestate VS102R.

Love the sound, easy to experiment with, and seems quite durable.

Battery life is fine, too!

Love this

Great anolog pedal, with big buttons and retro feel

Nice analog delay

I bought it to try out different flavours of delay but this one its here to stay , its build like a tank and it sounds beautifully.

I like to sound very much.

Can drive into self oscillation.

Great fun to be able to change the echo time at the twist of a dial for special fx.

Really simple to use.

Very sturdy enclosure.

I like to sound very much.

Echobrain is a no-brainer.

I have these expensive digital delays with loads of knobs to add saturation and modulation but sound-wise they can not compete with this one. Especially on a guitar this one gives immediately the sound I desire to hear. Playing with time and feedback sounds so analog and real but yeah.. this is real analog. The build is solid and the knobs have a nice resistance to them. You could complain about lack of features but this is it and it does what it does perfectly.

Cheap analog delay with great vintage sound.

I dont do experimental stuff, Im kinda traditional guitar player so I will talk about what I know.

Slapback echo approved.

Vintage delay approved.

Classic reggae sound approved.

The time knob it only goes to really slow reaggae, but not slower. I guess that makes it not totally versatile for experimental playing.

great pedal

Great pedal with no noise. In a pinch, good substitute for a reverb as well with a short delay setting giving a good presence. Great for a classic slapback effect, classic dark/degrading echos. This has to be one of the best pedals in this range. This and an overdrive pedal is the foundation of a pedal board.

The pedals in this range are really well built but big and heavy. still, the position of the jacks up top means it doesn't take up more width on the pedal board. Top mounted inputs is genius - why don't they all have this?

What a beauty!

This is truly a wow product. Its relatively basic delay features are just enough. The quality of the sound is great. When engaged, the pedal does not affect the overall signal level, which is great. It also adds no hum or white noise to your sound.

The build quality is just superb. That's where one can say "built as a tank". Beware though that the pedal is somewhat larger than regular. In terms of size, it is halfway between a regular compact-sized (but not mini!) pedal and a boutique-style one. The knobs are super-sturdy. When you rotate them, you get that pleasant feeling of moderate yet clear resistance.

Overall, it is a fantastic product at a very fair price.

Analog Delay from TC

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Tc Echobrain Delay

The Tc Echobrain analogdelay, is just "THE" Delay that should be in any rig. It is superquality and sounds as good that my old vintage analouge delays like my old BEL delay and so on. The echobrain can go from suttle clean to extreme dirty feedback,..It is a creative tool in it self. Highly recommend,...It is also built for abuse,..and every part is high quality. :)

Good range of delay speed and a good rich quality to the overall sound.

Impressive build quality too. Really robust, well put together.

I wasn't expecting it to sound this good.

Awesome BBD delay unit. I use it mainly for synths (mostly bass and mono leads), whilst being mono it manages to add some three-dimensionality to the sound, quite peculiar.

It's also great if you push the levels into it pretty hot, it adds warm saturation to the sound.

High Quality Item, very good value

This item was purchased in addition to a TC Electronic Skysurfer reverb to get towards a Hank Marvin sound. I was surprised immediately by the clarity and quality of the sound produced, (I was using a Stratocaster). The controls give a wide-range of effects and the delay on offer (up to 300ms) will suit most peoples’ requirements in my opinion. Used into a Ampeg bass amp, there was no discernible background noise. I will be considering TC Electronic for any further effects. Very pleased all round.

Superb quality and value

Usual excellent standard from the tc crew. Love the sound of this analogue delay pedal, I actually prefer it to my Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail which was 4 or 5 times the price. Rugged build, chunky knobs and the other great touch with this pedal is the audio jack sockets and DC jack socket are all located at the top end, not at the side, so you can snug your pedals up right next to each other on your board... space saver!

No cons for me, especially at that price.

Bang for your buck, a ticket to surf heaven

This is a no-nonsense cheap analog delay, and is very much an analog delay with its own distinct character. I've had this for a few months, so I think it's fair to give an assessment at this stage. I've used it for guitar, bass, synth, both live and in the studio, and also for a few studio applications i.e sound design, running vocal tracks etc. through it.

PROS

- The price, obviously. Don't think you can get anything much cheaper than this, outside of dodgy Ali Express sites.

- It seems to build very well, a simple but rock-solid design. Beer has been spilled on it already with no apparent issue, and it looks like it'll be fairly easy to take apart and clean if that ever is a problem. It certainly doesn't feel like a cheap product - even though switches and the like are usually the first to go bad on cheaper pedals, this one feels higher quality, as do the knobs.

-The switch is very quiet. Sometimes with analog delays you'll get a little pop which rides out the delay when you switch it on, this doesn't seem to happen much with this pedal.

- The jack inputs are on top, rather than at the sides. Handy.

- Low noise overall. I haven't had any issue using this to process things in a studio setting, to be honest it's quieter than I was expecting.

- The actual sound is beautiful, and very particular. Slapback echoes work fantastically, and sound just right, The repeats really darken as you would expect them to in an analog delay, so the delay can be used to thicken up the sound of whatever you put through it. The character of this delay is absolutely perfect for surf guitar sounds, and the kind of psych-garage stuff coming from California (think Ty Segall, Meatbodies, etc. ), and you can push it to get that high pitched, just-on-the-edge-of-oscillation squeal. For a gorgeous, cold, post-punk bass reverberation, it's equally effective.

- This thing self-oscillates like there's no tomorrow. It's really easy to push the repeats into feedback. I realise some people might consider this a drawback, but I love it, and it's brilliant for making mad noise. It's not too hard to manipulate the oscillations into a particular beat/tempo, as the repeats feed off the time.

CONS

- It's a cheap bucket-brigade style pedal, so the max delay is only about 300ms. This is fairly short and if you need more time on your delays, you might want to look at something digital, or a more expensive analog option.

- The mix knob is not quite 100% wet signal when it's turned up to the last, there's still always a hint of the original signal coming through. This of course won't really be a problem in the majority of situations, i.e playing instruments through it at a gig, but it would be nice to have a 100% wet option for studio use as a parallel effect.

- Solid but weighty. It is noticeably heavy, and it's bigger than most other single switch pedals. The top-mounted inputs definitely help saving space a bit, but it it worth noting that it's a big pedal.

Overall, this is worth having, and as is the case with any good piece of equipment, it serves the creativity of the music making process very well.

Great analog delay..

I got four of the new TC pedals and this one stood out for me.. warm yet able to be punchy and great for feedback sounds.. better than most of the analog delay pedals i've tried that are around this price..

one of the other tc pedals I got was the prophet which i started to see the limitations of pretty quickly..

highly reccommend the Echobrain!