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Harley Benton D-SEED

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Harley Benton D-SEED
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Low price, great sound, two storable channels
Kai555 27.07.2014
The main reason why i purchased this delay were the two storable channels.

The Harley Benton D-Seed has got four different modes:
Digital - This one sounds great. I couldn't hear any sound losses and it gets up to 6 seconds delay!
Analog - I don't use this one very much, because i already have a great sounding analog delay. But it also sounds great, compared to the (more expensive) one i've got.
Modulation - Hard to describe. Sounds very good and mixes in some kind of chrous to the delay. If you like more experimental sounds, this would be the one of your choice.
Reverse - The only channel i wouldn't recommend. Compared to other reverse delays it seems like the reversed delay-sound gets "cut off".

The controls are self-explaining:
Mix - Turn it to the left, to hear more clean-guitar-sound. Turn it right and you will hear more delay and less clean signal
Mode - With this one you switch between the four modes explained above.
Time - This knob controls the delay time. In digital mode it goes up to 6 seconds!
F.Back - It controls the feedback of the delayed signal.
All knobs are confortable to turn. Not to heavy and to too slight. The mode knob snaps in on the channel you choose.

You can even save two of your favourite sets. Great feature, which is hard to find in this price range. With the left footswitch you switch between channel A and B. With the right footswitch you turn the bypass on and off.

Finally it has got a tap tempo. This is why i only gave 4 stars to the handling. To tap, you have to press the two footswitches at the same time to tap in. I sometimes had some trouble with it, that i accidentally turned the pedal into bypass or changed the channel.

All in all i would strongly recommend it.
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A great Product...Minor issues...
N.S.P. 26.07.2019
Let me start by saying I built an entire back up pedalboard from HB pedals for less than the cost of ONE pedal from my main pedalboard!

That said…

I love the D-Seed. The versatility is amazing, the sound quality is VERY good… there are just a couple of things I personally would change.

1. The switches… they are momentary switches rather than “click” switches. Almost every other pedal I use has some give to them, these have NONE! When you are trying to switch quickly and ALL the other pedal on your board have some “give” these things feel like stepping on a nail!

2. It’s a little annoying to have to click both buttons to get the tap tempo feature…

But these are personal pet peeves… They may not bother you at all!

You cannot find a more versatile or better sounding delay for this price!
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A budget friendly powerful digital delay
M. Salem 08.02.2022
An amazing pedal for the price, build quality is great, sounds great and does a few tricks, it could use a tap/tempo switch instead of the channel switch and make channel switching by pressing the two switches together (currently it the other way around, a dedicated channel switch and tap/tempo using the two foot switches at the same time) but overall a great pedal!
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Great delay for a great price
Shejv 09.01.2020
Bought this pedal as my first delay, and I would suggest it for anyone looking to get into the delay world.
The digital delay sounds pretty standard and is plenty configurable with the knobs and the tap tempo function.
The analog is probably my favorite. It has a really nice warm quality to the repeats and they wash out a bit compared to the digital, it doesn't sound exactly like a mirror image of the original signal.
Modulation is very interesting but I don't use the effect a lot. It is useful for experimenting though as I don't have any other mod pedals on my board.
Reverse doesn't really seem usable, like others have said it has this weird cut-off and it just sounds too disconnected from everything you play.
The tap tempo is a bit of an annoyance to access, requiring both switches to be stomped at once, but I have large feet and the pedal is honestly surprisingly small (picture gave me the impression it was pretty big but it's less tall than a regular pedal and just a bit wider) so it's not that big of a hassle for me.
Overall great feature set for such a low price, definitely recommended for someone starting out or just needing a basic delay.
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nice pedal
Dr Ohmtron 23.09.2021
very simple to use and good sounding. i like it a lot.

plus points: nice clean sounding delay. good to have a longer delay time to work with. does what i need and i like what it does.

min point: be careful how loud a signal you have going into the delay. i notice sometimes if the signal is too hot the echos will start to distort.

overal very pleased with my delay.
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Echo,echo,echo,echo.....
Robert487 04.04.2018
The positives:Cheap,well built,two delays in one and plenty of delay options.The manual isn't bad either.
The negative:The dc input at the side interferes with the jack input on my pedalboard,having it at the top of the pedal would have made more sense.

Overall an excellent little pedal with more than enough features and it doesn't sound too bad either.
Recommended.
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Cheap but very versatile and good quality delay pedal.
Anonymous 30.03.2017
This delay pedal has quite a lot options for its money. The awesomeness of it is that for about 70 EUR you got two channel up to 6 seconds of delay pedal with tap tempo option and additional opportunity to add external switch.

It is surprisingly well built - shellcase is solid and smoothly printed. Switch knobs are tight and has tiny click when you press it. Probably same as for Darkglass Supersymmetry. Small thing but really pleasant.

It has four delay mods and all of them sounds great. Carbon Copy replicates played notes precisely even with high gain distortion pedal it does not become a huge sound mess.
Analog mode sounds really like analog delay pedal with a little cut of high frequencies. It really good for rhythm playing so repeats won?t jumps over your playing. Modulation adds modulation like effect to repeats and can make your solos or clean guitar a bit more thick and interesting and even sci-fi sounding. Fun to play some slides using this mode. Reversal mode is nice for non-standard effects. It might not be often usable, but sometimes it adds a little schizo to your tone.

Didn?t try external pedal, no need of that so can?t comment that option. Tap tempo feature adds more versatile to pedal, but anyways delay time has wide range and can cover all player?s needs. Pedal produce no additional noises that means it has good quality of built. It also can be used on bass if you want to and it will still sound great.
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Solid quality for not a "triple-A" product
Michael Angel 13.05.2019
It just do whatever it meant to be. It was compared to Boss DD-7 and even you can't say D-SEED is better, at least it is the same quality. For a pedal that has not yet build a solid brand and doesn't coast you a kidney it's kinda cool in all ways.
Good sound quality, outstanding build, awesome control and literally 2 delays in one pedal (having two channels).
Having all these benefits it is not overpriced at all.
Pedal was in use for home recording, rehearsals and inhouse gigs. It's in you for a year now and I had no issues (nor technical, neither functional).
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Voor die prijs!!?
Als je niet al teveel geld wil uitgeven,,,dit is de delay die ze 02.04.2023
Al enkele delaypedalen gehad,doch deze D-SEED steekt er met kop en schouder bovenuit!Zo goed als perfecte delaysound met vele mogelijkheden en stille bypass.Na aanpassing in m'n pedalboard (foam uitsnijding)ging deze pedaal geheel op in het geheel.Zeker een aanrader,prijs Quality GReath!
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The best in this price
Tas_Stef 01.08.2019
The only downsides are no battery, no stereo, except from those as a delay it has almoast everything you ll ever need.
It solid metal the knobs does not feel cheap the switches have a great feeling, and HB is definatly the number one option from me for now on.
It is cheap (cheapest in the market with that many features) it solid and it feels great.
If you are looking for all of these (on budget or not) definatly check it out.
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