DigiTech PDS 2000 Two Second Digital Sampler

Pedal delay / sample digital, up to two seconds.
Digital Delay, yes, but vintage digital delay! Produced in the 80's, one of the first of its kind!
An input jack, a jack and a trigger input jack output. Two knobs to adjust the volume of input and output, a switch to toggle between Normal, Trigger and Sample, three pots to adjust the mix, the Regen and Delay Time, and finally a switch to toggle between the last three patterns of delay: 125msec, 500msec and 2sec. With that, two footswitches: to bypass the sound right and the left is used to trigger the infinite repeat mode or used to start a rehearsal mode trigger / sample.
Comprehensive pedal, then!

UTILIZATION

The configuration ... If it is used as a delay pedal, it is very simple: we start in Normal mode with the switch right, we choose the repeat range switch to the left, is refined settings and Roll! This pedal may well be digital, it can become self-oscillation, which is very cool.

In contrast, we try to use the sampler mode, the problems appear. Already, two seconds, it is obviously too short to sample anything. Then, to use the method Sample / Trigger is a headache with no name!
First you must get in Sample mode (which works like Normal mode), switch the pedal, play a phrase when that phrase is repeated, using the switch on the left to bring it into memory. For now the phrase will be repeated ad infinitum. Namely that it's already very hard to clean a sentence ... The length of it depends on the settings of the repeat range.
Once the recorded phrase, therefore, we must switch to "Trigger" (ie bending, super convenient ...). Another thing to note is that the pedal off the sound for a short period of time when using the switch ... This is on purpose, but it's still boring. So once in Trigger mode, you must press the switch on the left to launch a sample. One. It must be pressed again each time you want to start another one. It is here also that the Trigger Input makes sense ... Anyway, it's extremely complicated to use for a result frankly not great ... It is the ancestor of what JamMan. With the technology of the time.

10/10 for the Delay mode, 5 / 10 for the Sample mode. We will decide ...

SOUND QUALITY

Well, the complications of use are largely overtaken by the sound quality. It was the beginning of the digital, so its still a big hue analog repetitions are quite dark. With Infinite Repeat function and the change in pitch when you move the knob Delay Time, There are enough really fun!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for four months. I had chopper on eBay for about € 80, a very good price / quality ratio when you look back ...
I already had an analog delay (an Ibanez AD-80), so I was pretty used to this kind of sounds. 2 seconds max delay is a real plus to experiment!
If it let me go ... it will not of course because it's built really well, I do not redeem one, because I have recovered two of his younger brothers, the PDS-1002. : D
The sample function is useless, especially nowadays with all the pedal sampler format that exist and are really excellent ... Finally, a tribute all the same to the ancestor of the JamMan!