The Disaster Transport is an analog voiced digital delay with 625ms
delay time, all analog dry signal path, true bypass and added
modulation. It was designed as an anti-modern delay for those who
appreciate a nice tape echo with all it’s peculiarities. It’s unique
tone control doubles as a noise filter on longer delay settings and
really helps the delay shine with a dirty signal. The mix control allows
you to boost the effected signal to nearly 4x the original signal level
and the modulation can go from subtle pitch shifting warble to ultra
fast tremolo speeds while the LED visually shows the rate.
Controls
Mix- Sets the output level of the effected signal.
This should be treated as a gain control/ master volume for the delay
line. Unity is around noon and everything above noon will boost the
delayed signal louder than the original. This is a gain control so, like
any pedal with a lot of gain, a hint of noise and distortion at max
setting is completely normal.
Tone- Most delay pedals are heavily filtered at the
output to remove the clock noise and other unwanted hash that is common
from extending the range of the delay time beyond the limit of the
circuitry. This usually leaves the delay sounding dark, muddy and
disappear when hitting it with dirt. The Disaster Transport has done
away with a lot of the heavy filtering and replaced it with a tone
control which allows the user to choose their desired sound and results
in more natural tape-like repeats. The tone control is at it’s darkest
fully counter clockwise and brightens as you turn it clockwise. A good
rule of thumb is to leave the tone control between off (fully counter
clockwise) and noon at longer delay times. This will remove all the
common noise from hyper-extending the circuit.
Time- From about 30ms fully counter clockwise to about 625ms fully clockwise.
Repeats- Sets the regeneration of the delay line.
From one single repeat fully counter clock- wise, subtle repeats around 9
O’clock, strong naturally decaying repeats at noon, near infinite
repeats around 2 O’clock and full on self oscillation fully clockwise.
Depth- Sets the depth of the modulation to the delay
line. The modulation is true pitch-shifting vibrato, higher depth
settings will give sea sick pitch bending, lower settings will yield a
more natural chorus/leslie/tremolo setting depending on modulation rate
and delay time. To achieve a more natural modulation, the depth should
be reduced as the delay time is increased.
Rate- Sets the speed of the modulation. Goes from
painfully slow to way-to-fast allowing several different modulation
styles to reveal themselves.
Bypass- Turns the effect on/off.
Measures
4.7″ x 3.7″ x 1.18″
Power
Any standard regulated 9-volt DC power supply with a negative center
2.1mm barrel. Do not run at higher voltages! Does not use batteries.
Current draw is around 100ma.
