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Does the boss dd3 hold mode allow you to mess with the sample in hold mode? as in move the delay time to make it sound all cool? and if so does the behringer copy? I have had one but I totally cant remember ?

you can fiddle with the delay time on the dd-3, dunno about the behringer, but i'd expect it's the same(?).

in hold mode? anyone care to do an demo of pwease

I've had 2 DD3's in the past and all I could get the hold mode to do on both was repeat one single note, it was difficult to work and not very useful. Not sure if you can work the knobs to change the sound though as I never tried.

The hold function isn't great on the DD3. It's difficult to measure how long you're recording for and you have to keep your foot down on the pedal for as long as you want it to loop. But if you do manage to record the right length of time AND not have the loop stop due to your foot moving up slightly, you can adjust the pitch with the delay time knob.

thanks guys.

looking at that behringer copy it isn't really a copy at all with different delay times etc but does it do this hold delay time messing. the dd600 certainly doesn't.

I dont remember my DD-3 having a hold mode, is this a feature they have added in recent years?

Fran wrote:I dont remember my DD-3 having a hold mode, is this a feature they have added in recent years?

i bought mine in 1997 and it has it.

1997 is recent if you're Fran.

i've got a dd100, hurb. i'll check it out and let you know, but i don't think you can alter the hold.

benecol wrote:1997 is recent if you're Fran.

When i think back to the studio recording with Poem Rocket yes your right, it did have the Hold function. Jesus, another innocent facepalm moment from my brain... looks like the years of abuse is catching up with me

hotrodperlmutter wrote:i've got a dd100, hurb. i'll check it out and let you know, but i don't think you can alter the hold.

cheers hin.






Is it just the dd3 that you can alter the pitch of the loop in hold mode, anyone?

t'other guitarist in my band uses a DD7, I'll ask him if it does the pitch changey thing in the hold mode (although he's in hospital at the moment so that may be a while). If it does I'd say get that instead of the DD3, judging from when I've used his the hold mode is much more usable.

cheers

The dd-6 has a 'warp mode' which you hold down and it acts pretty much like hold mode and aslong as you keep it held down you can fiddle with the delay time as much as you want.

For the record, the Hold function on the DD-6 is brilliant for glitchiness without having to use the dials:

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The standard delay he's also using here is from another pedal, though.

I have a DD100. I was messing with it earlier... You can't do any of the cool pitch changes with the knobs whilst its in hold mode.

Also its REALLY hard to accurately stop/start the hold time (it only does it for about 2 seconds max anyway). I was trying to loop just a couple of notes and it was so hard to get it nice and evenly looped (if that makes sense?).