All user reviews for the Boss RE-20 Space Echo

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What are the effects or types of effects available? What technology is used? (Analog, digital, tube ...) Are they éditabs? Via a Mac editor / PC? What is the connection? (Audio / MIDI) Is this a rack or rack-mount model? * Echo delay + reverb non-editable digital form of twin pedal audio connection

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USE

Is the general configuration is simple? Publishing of sound effects or is it easy? Is the manual clear and sufficient? ... * Very simple configuration manual in English very precise but not always easy to translate

SOUND QUALITY

Are the effects effective, responsive and realistic enough? What instruments do you use? Which ones do you prefer, you hate? * Effective hyper realistic effects has reserved the best guitar fender Allied gretsh.nostalgiques of shadows or pink foyd and rockabilly re 20 is for you

NOTICE GLOBAL

How long have you use it? What thing do you like most and least? Have you tried many other models before buying it? How would you rate the quality / price? With experience, you do again this choice? ... * Best value currently on the market price .After lot trying other brands whose sound was sometimes too .Other colors with superb sound has frankly repoussants.j'ai prices so made that choice without regret.

Memes DSP that many rcentes at Boss pedals, memoirs 64 megs 16 bits produced by Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology analog and mixed inc.Technologie numrique.Un DSP is never "digital" wants nothing dire.On has brought an electrical signal and convert to digital and then drouler a program that the machine will execute and make rsultat after an analog converters. I think it will be better to speak of DSP (Digital Sound Processors) .With a single DSP can be done much more functions a device on a small semiconductor surface, what even a pure signal chip analog.Voil a small explication.Pour the moment the sound quality suffers but is improving with increasing the size of memoirs.
No ditable computer.
Model pedale.Connectique Jack.

USE

Config.simple two rows of buttons all rglages directement.Edition of facile.Manuel sounds clear yes.

SOUND QUALITY

.... Being sorry.

NOTICE GLOBAL

..... In progress ....

digital stereo pedal guitounes and synths. Audio stereo jack connector.

UTILIZATION

Pretty simple, clear manual, editing sounds easy despite an important point, the echo does not remain fixed on the BPM set if you change the mode. First big downside of this pedal. Must retype the tempo if we change the way so look for a sound that is hassle.

SOUND QUALITY

The effects are realistic condition of not doing too much from the pedal self oscillation. Main negative point of the pedal so, because this is what we want to echo space, going on self oscillation. This pedal is digital and indeed, the "distortion" generated by the degradation of terrible echoes quickly and not at all realistic. Too bad because the sound of the echo is beautiful reminds me of the intro to Eisbear Grauzone.

I use synths, samples. So line level. I bought it for adjustment of input gain exactly, but I think an analog echo bear well to take line level.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year. I TimeFactor of the eventide, incomparable.
The feature I like most: the warmth and cleanliness of the echo. The feature I like least, the terrible distortion self oscillation. The right pedal is not used much, the effect is anecdotal. better to turn the knob of delay time, the effect is more realistic. with the right pedal sound disappears first and then come back, but ugly. There's a knob reverb but it's stupid, there are the reverb as the sound goes, not the echoes. therefore useless because it keeps the incoming signal and repeats closer in sound mind, and that is exactly the opposite of what we want. better manage it then with a plug-in or other pedal.

Value average price. With the experience I would look on the side of electro harmonix.

I use in the studio so for me it does not matter much but it should be noted that like all the boss pedals, it is made like a tank. Rotary, beautiful and comfortable, seem welded to the hull and can probably kill someone if need be, without damaging it. connection and disconnection of jacks is without problems, unlike the eventide.

I thought about selling it, but I keep it for special effects. I think back a Kaossilator 2 inside particular, just to live the high end of my mixes, it will be very good for that. (White and Charley who go dub 'see sound?)

I have not kept this pedal for a long time, I can not elaborate much more

UTILIZATION

This pedal offers many possibilities
many settings, bass / treble truly effective

the tempo setting is frankly galley because the knob does not cover the entire range: we go much more slowly by adjusting the tap tempo
on the other hand, when the mode is changed, it is the indicated airspeed at which knob is included: not at all practical

I like the input gain knob
the dry cutting and placing the pedal in a loop, you can do repetitions saturate and not his guitar, it is helpful to Crader sound: o)

SOUND QUALITY

not bad at all
it may well sound Crader or otherwise have a very bright thing (if you know what I mean? huh?)

effect causes oscillations twist, it's funny but it sounds really not natural

OVERALL OPINION

too brainer to use
I love the simple things

sounds nice anyway!

See other opinions

UTILIZATION

The grip is initially very simple, without too many tweaks already sounds.
Or that the plot thickens, this is when you want to reach the limits of the abyss auto oscillation.Ça request a few weeks settings, testing, but once its own settings it is happiness!
Editing is simple, we choose the "heads" of bands you want, reproduction of the original panel magnificent, repeat duration, quantity, etc etc, and tap tempo sometimes capricious but very useful for good timing .

SOUND QUALITY

I would say that contrary to other opinions, placed on the front with a distortion before, it's off solos, without digging the hearing tested live on a big stereo sound that's crazy! With its clear, well come into the psychedelic world, pressure on the pedals right well proportioned (twist) and leave your notes in detune floating simulation slowdown bandes.On Looks like its running, it really is space.
I use it with a Fender Strat Us std in neck pickup is clear, or I émettrai in the flat, it is clean with a micro high output (duncan style hotrails or Emg 81 by example), the input signal saturates and it spits out a little, apparently this is a simulation of tape saturation, sometimes it's just dérangeant.Il lower the volume of the guitar, or the level of the pedal but I prefer the last to leave at noon .. matter of taste.

For me, all the settings have their advantages, my preferences are for the 3,7,9. And to talk, the effect is quite amusing twist as self oscillation madness.

Question bypass, this is not true, but I do not feel any big difference with or without, it is called acute loss of yes and no, a whawha kills 1525x more sound!

Function only reverb is nice without, but have it in troubleshoots.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 1 year, and I care!

Fan of post rock, psychedelic rock, shadows, and all music atmofpheric I advise you!

200euros for a reverb-echo-delays as little standardized yeah it's worth it!

+ Fidelele for the roland space echo to digital
simple and effective
endless possibilities
strength

- Entry level saturates quickly with humbuckers
size on a pedalboard?

Recreation in the form of pedal digital analog tape delay Roland RE-201.
The pedal has a number of knobs: Spec's for the precise site of Boss is a reference ...
Presence of a very useful tap tempo and an expression pedal jack, the latter may be affiliated with several parameters.

UTILIZATION

The general configuration is not as simple as it can get on the pedals boss format, will tell you one, "standard". It is also complicated by the selector in the center of the pedal to access various programs (division of time, nature of repetitions, add reverb or not ...)
The manual is also clear, and will help you discover the features of this pedal if you are not adventurous enough
Once the general operation decrypted, it is easy to get all the sounds you want, of course, if you are a fan of warm sounds and therefore imprecise 70's-80's!
I have almost never used except in effects loop, it quickly becomes an uncontrollable overdrive sound plugged directly ...

The addition of an expression pedal can be a great way to further expand the already well diversified range of delay: I use it personally to assay the rate of the delay in my "dry".

SOUND QUALITY

I came out of a Boss DD-3 (my first delay pedal) and I wanted to have something more authentic, being a fan of the blessed 70's. At first, this pedal so I closed, between its successful imitation of an old analog echo and the side of his architectural practice integrated tap tempo and expression pedal added.
However, my ear is doing as a measure of my experience, a sharp loss in the treble is felt when the pedal is engaged, which can be annoying, especially when it is used to enhance a solo the booster, because the delay paradoxically removes power to the sound! Be careful, this can be sought, it's just not me.
Another criticism would be the impact permanent staff has the knob "output level" on the right, it probably would have been better than it intervenes only when the delay is on.
I have almost never used the reverb pedal, preferring those generated by my Boss RV-5.
This pedal can be at ease on records such as Police or U2; on sounds more typical Hard Rock or she can quickly become unclear or too intrusive ...
That said, I keep a pretty good look at this pedal despite all these reservations!

OVERALL OPINION

I use this pedal for a little over a year, and it made me great service. I did not have much culture in delays was the time and I really wanted this one! We learn of his past choices, and value for money would be much more valuable is a price a little lower in my opinion!

It remains to me a good pedal objectively.

Same as the others ... I tried sr a Vox AC-15 + Telecaster (Seymour Duncan Humbucker) in the clear without other pedals.

UTILIZATION

edition super simple, no need for manual button -> a rglage ... have exactly the same rglage the RE-201 ... Petitti the LED that simulates the speed of the tape is when pltt marrantte same practice.

SOUND QUALITY

So the love, having had the ROLAND RE-201, bah this small delay pedals reproduced Fidler this band is everything, the little saturates when you push too much feedback, fluctuation band, m acclration me the nickel tape is when you move the button "Time", his warm, not numrique artifact (such numrique jump when you move too fast the buttons) Anyway, I doubt that we REALLY hear the diffrence between the 2 machine) ... I also have a line6 dj I loved a lot, but it's still the one at the top, it's clear ...

OVERALL OPINION

I still even a small BMOL ...

it lacks a switch to adjust the quality of the tape, there was the sr plug'in for UAD-1, in addition to Roland's boss as the sr plug'in, so I does not understand why we do not find this feature on the pedals.

t would not have the luxury of adding a MIDI IN / OUT for studio use.

Cool stuff:

it has a switch "Direct" as its ancestor (Only the sound of the delay out of the pedals) so it can be used as a studio effect ... Stereo tape and delay, a good hard

See the data sheet, it will be easier!

UTILIZATION

Config raliste and simple as bonjou-ou-ou-ou-rrr ... s'cusez the cho ...
Manuel impeccable, fun read.

SOUND QUALITY

Too beautiful!
Shadows of the ... sr good, hound "lightweight delay quatrime bounce" who spend more time scratching their connecting an oscilloscope that an amp contradict me, but for the public lambda, rest assured you the fact, especially on a brave VOX AC30 CC2 avex a Strat upstream.
The Gretsch and Tele are not left out and "give" nice slaps / echo many country ...

J'adooore!

Between us, I cum the web to find a Roland-201, very clever man who will say that this is not one!
Ms. fluctations the band is, it is a daemon that they have the inside!

OVERALL OPINION

I have since ... an hour!
What I have not the least AIM PSU sector and not USB, it would be convenient for the presets ...
Quality price ratio sweat, Belgium 189
I would do this choice? My Prvox and my dj Melos are on E-Bay!!

In January 1983 I bought a room cho Roland RE-501 for $ 715 Euros for the era (!) I have long jou in orchestra and it sounded fabulous and a range rich sound, I SOUND: Shadows, Pink Floyd, Police, etc ... unfortunately it does not work anymore and the only rparateur I know not the p rpar. logieuse before all the critics (too) the new BOSS RE-20, so I bought her eyes closed, and unfortunately I m'aperois that the product is not at all the m me at the RE-501, so I'm trsdu. BOSS would be better to remake the good old era of RE-501, in "custom shop" for example (they make for a guitar)

UTILIZATION

Simple, like the good old echo chamber

SOUND QUALITY

Okay, there's no photo with the RE-501

OVERALL OPINION

This is a small room cho budget, and therefore the small

- Reproduction of the machine Roland RE-201 Space Echo, the parameters are the same: to choose what (s) "band (s)" will (have) set (s) for the echo and to cut or leave only The integrated reverb; knobs repeat rate, feedback and echo for echo volume, bass, treble and volume for the reverb.
- Switch live in on / off in order to cut the initial sound (useful effect studio or "ambient")
- Input and output mono or stereo (even more useful effect studio!)
- Pedal tap integrated (twin)
- COSM technology Boss from home (I know too that things change but to do well ...)

Here is a Roland RE-201 with bands dancers in less

UTILIZATION

- The general configuration is it simple?
Configuration and could not be more simple
- Publishing of sound effects or is it easy?
The sound editing is very intuitive, it is better to note the position of the knobs when you find a good sound because it is easily lost a trip ...
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
Yes ...

For those who would lose his hand, there is the pattern of positions (from 1 to 11) with the bands that are activated in each of them under the pedal!

SOUND QUALITY

- Effects are they effective, responsive and realistic enough?
Well, the RE-201 can be a little colder but it's really small
- Which instruments do you use?
Usually after a Squier Standard Tele and Graphic Fuzz Electro Harmonix home and before a Vox AC30 to 78 ... it is quite sumptuous
- Which ones you prefer, you hate?
I love the echo and reverb ...

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
A few months
- What is so special that you like most and least?
+ + + It is not too expensive and it sounds
+ + + Used as a studio effect
+ + + Integrated tap tempo
- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
Digital Delay DD-3 or 5, 7 may be I know more ...
I hesitated a lot between the RE-20 and DD-20 Giga Delay, I think I made the right choice for use I have ...
- How would you rate the quality / price?
Very good
- With experience, you do again this choice? ...
Yes

Reproduction of the re 201 roland, digital, no presets, no MIDI sync format twin pedals boss

UTILIZATION

Very simple configuration, there are buttons on the turns, and listen to what it causes on the echo
manual very clear at the moment in English

SOUND QUALITY

I've never had a Roland RE 201, but sounds good compared seem correct, perhaps in the heat that one would find less! For me all goes well I use it with a guitar, loops or fruity loops as I swing in and really is the break!

OVERALL OPINION

I've had two days I think it is not yet fully available, I have good sources of acquisitions! The term is really appropriate space echo, as soon as the triggers there is a surround sound the most beautiful! And you can really get a normal echo of something more special! I have an expression pedal that I assigned to the feedback, it's called intensity and there is big foot to manage the rehearsal, tape saturation, etc., etc. For ..... you really have against the apprehend as an additional instrument, learn to manage the knobs against the other. Super delay!

Edit 22/01/2010
The sound is in no way echoes the warmth of the original strip, a power of browsing the net and listen to demos of those who own one can really identify the difference! The ER 20 may help but not replace it!

Delay pedal very complete, there is even a nice reverb, a little space but it is the goal.
Pleis rebounds different modes, with various combinations of reverb, the EQ feedback etc ...

UTILIZATION

At first it's a little Trifouille when you're not used to the machine.
After it's broke ...
I use it as recently as external effect in computer music mix and it works very bien.Il is possible to mute the direct effects processor as a studio, really nice.

SOUND QUALITY

Effects really good, very good sound, not a hair out of breath,
Plugged into the effects loop of a Mesa Stiletto from home, it sounds perfect. It's not distort the original sound, the bypass is impeccable.

OVERALL OPINION

Very good stuff, no complaints. We get some chorus effects, tablecloths very spaces, classical rebounds.
The next simulation of saturation bands is really nice. This gives sounds very typical.
It's always ch .. to 200 euros in one foot but quickly forgotten.
Good quality, good Boss ...

Delay + reverb echo numrique

Jack connector, pedals on / bypass, tap tempo pedals, not noon hlas ... It is a fact DEFINITIONS East guitarists.

6 pots rglage bass, treble, volume insert, select the type of simulation step, repeat rate, intensity and echo volume. The minimum.

UTILIZATION

Trs simple setup, you get fast enough to do something, even in the home studio.
No good backup sr, so each must be rglage not later.
Manuel clear.

SOUND QUALITY

Semco and I agree on this opinion. This echo is bad. RE I have a 150, do not look it does not hold a face vritable space echo tapes. At the time limit is trs good, Stereo is a little less (just a lack of space). I love the effects teak extension are not good with the pedals. The distortion should lgre raffle a dance floor in 30 seconds and that makes the charm of the space echo scares anyone sense (or not fill) and stopped their ears. I not also a small decrease in the level of engagement of the bypass. DEFINITIONS The bass is missing.

Writ is not a space vritable cho. Stronger in one ear analog will not find the warmth of old prods.

OVERALL OPINION

Gained over 2 months. I use it occasionally on small plots on some old synths, nothing really transcendent. I wanted the space dbarrasser cho bulky tapes, but there is no picture, the re-150 is re-20 DGIG.
A 200 euros pedals, not the price quality ratio is not as good as a. Whether rock, reggae, dub in, tekno in if you are looking very hot very good bunch, as you add a few pesetas, and a look to other models.

I do not Rasht. It's a nice little pedals to make a beef or a little tripper, a dilettante. Not for a more pro home studio east.

If you like having effects on your should you probably want to have a tape delay unit. Real tape delay units are becoming very expensive. They require constant maintenence and replacement tape is getting hard to find. With technology now you are able to get a pedal that can simulate all the nuances of a real tape delay in a digital unit. With the RE-20 Boss has been able to replicate the classic Roland RE-201 SPace Echo in digital form. If you remember the old RE-201 it was a big monster of a unit full of delicate electronics and tape. The RE-20 is a twin pedal unit with 8 knobs on the front. The pedals control the on and off of the delay and the tap function. The 8 knobs are Bass, Treble, Reverb volume, Repeat Rate, Intensity and Echo volume. There is also a large 12 mode selector. The unit also had twin inputs and outputs. It also has a jack for an expression pedal

UTILIZATION

The win pedals are large but they are not labeled. All the knobs are large and labeled. The knobs are big enough to where you can adjust the settings on the fly. The peak level LED is nice so you can see how hard you are pushing the pedal. The tap tempo pedal does what it says. It allows you to tap out a tempo for the delay. If you hold down the tap pedal it also allows you to change the intensity of the delay. You can use batteries but I would not recommend it. A pedal this large will go through batteries very fast.

SOUND QUALITY

It has a normal mode and long mode. Normal mode gets you up to 3 seconds of delay while long mode gets you up to 6 seconds of delay. The 12 mode selector replicates the 12 modes the original tape delay had. The RE-201 had different modes that used the different tape heads to get different sounds from the delay. The RE-20 simulates this digitally. Some of these different modes are a bit noisy. This may also be on purpose replicating the extra noise you would get from a real tape delay unit. At subtle setting it can act like a reverb pedal and at extreme settings the sound is extreme. Turning up the reverb can get you some crazy sounds. You can even get some wah sounds with this.

OVERALL OPINION

If you want or had an old Roland RE-201 tape delay and are looking for something cheaper and more reliable this could be the unit for you. It has a ton of features more than anyone should need from just a delay pedal and with its modern design it should last you a long time.