Boss RDD10 delay, great for warming up keyboards.

[Arpangel]

Finished wiring yesterday, and plugged in a recent purchase, a Boss RDD-10, im not using it for straight delay, it makes a fantastic chorus/flanger, I’ve got it stuck on one setting, I wanted something to make my Micron sound a bit thicker, and this is perfect, you know when something is that good, you can hear it straight away, no doubt.
The guy that sold it to me said there was an issue with the main selector switch, I took it apart, just a loose nut on the switch shaft, problem cured.
He also had the original sales brochure and manuals for the whole series of half rack units
"Boss "new scene" micro studio series"
I’m after an RSD10, that has sampling too.

[Adam Inglis]

Yes I love the sound of these units.
They all use the same chip, with slight different peripheral circuits depending on the model.
I've modded mine so that the footswitch becomes an input mute switch for dub FX.
The single "Tone" knob on the delay rack is simple but musically effective.
If you can't find the half rack delay/sampler, there is a pedal equivalent that essentially does the same without some bells and whistles, but is also externally triggerable say from a drum machine or audio click. Great fun. Don't tell everyone though.

Some info from my blog
https://mezzoauto.blogspot.com/2019/06/ ... gital.html
https://mezzoauto.blogspot.com/2019/06/ ... delay.html

[Arpangel]

Yes I love the sound of these units.
They all use the same chip, with slight different peripheral circuits depending on the model.
I've modded mine so that the footswitch becomes an input mute switch for dub FX.
The single "Tone" knob on the delay rack is simple but musically effective.
If you can't find the half rack delay/sampler, there is a pedal equivalent that essentially does the same without some bells and whistles, but is also externally triggerable say from a drum machine or audio click. Great fun. Don't tell everyone though.

Some info from my blog
https://mezzoauto.blogspot.com/2019/06/ ... gital.html
https://mezzoauto.blogspot.com/2019/06/ ... delay.html

A friend of mine used to use an RSD-10 he used to really freak me out with it, I’d never know what on earth was going on, magic.

[muzines]

RetroSynthAds is a fan of the Boss Microrack series, and he has a very sweet collection:

[Arpangel]

RetroSynthAds is a fan of the Boss Microrack series, and he has a very sweet collection:

Ha!
Some people always take it just that bit too far........

[Random Guitarist]

That takes me back. SH101 as a first synth and and RSD10 to go with it, happy days.
30 or so years later and the SH101 is on the repair list, RSD is on the sell list.

[Arpangel]

30 or so years later and the SH101 is on the repair list, RSD is on the sell list.

Sell list? please give me first refusal!

[MacClean]

Finished wiring yesterday, and plugged in a recent purchase, a Boss RDD-10, im not using it for straight delay, it makes a fantastic chorus/flanger, I’ve got it stuck on one setting, I wanted something to make my Micron sound a bit thicker, and this is perfect, you know when something is that good, you can hear it straight away, no doubt.
The guy that sold it to me said there was an issue with the main selector switch, I took it apart, just a loose nut on the switch shaft, problem cured.
He also had the original sales brochure and manuals for the whole series of half rack units
"Boss "new scene" micro studio series"
I’m after an RSD10, that has sampling too.

Hello.
Is it generally possible to use the Boss RDD-10 for direct delay?

[Arpangel]

Is it generally possible to use the Boss RDD-10 for direct delay?

Yes, it is, up to 300ms, it has a very nice warm tone, but I generally use longer delay times, so I’m using it as a chorus unit, which it’s extremely good at.

[Arpangel]

OK chaps, just trying to sort something out with a fellow forum-ee does anyone know? Is the PSU for the RSD10 a standard pedal type, I think it is, 9v DC 200ma centre negative.

[Wonks]

Yes, the manual originaly specified a Boss PSA adapter, which was a 9v DC 200mA PSU with a centre negative connection. The current rating of the device is 100mA, so any regulated 9v DC centre-negative barrel jack supply providing more than 100mA will do. The current Boss PSA230 adapter can now provide up to 500mA.

[ManFromGlass]

RetroSynthAds is a fan of the Boss Microrack series, and he has a very sweet collection:

Ha!
Some people always take it just that bit too far........

Or not far enough!

[muzines]

[Arpangel]

Yes, the manual originaly specified a Boss PSA adapter, which was a 9v DC 200mA PSU with a centre negative connection. The current rating of the device is 100mA, so any regulated 9v DC centre-negative barrel jack supply providing more than 100mA will do. The current Boss PSA230 adapter can now provide up to 500mA.

Thanks Wonks, yes, I’ll be able to run it off of my Isobrick, got a couple of suitably rated outputs left.

[N i g e l]

Warning ! My Boss pocket studio uses the "Boss standard "; center -ve as stated but all my other d.c. PSUs are center +ve.

I think my only other -ve center was for a very old Casio.

One way to check, if in doubt, is to buzz out from the PSU connector to the battery compartment with a meter.

[Wonks]

Nothing to worry about here with this unit. 99.9% of all modern effects pedals use the Boss standard barrel connector with a centre negative connection. Some early Boss units used an AC supply, but for a very long time they've used DC. So all pedalboard PSUs come with loads of cables designed for centre negative supplies, with a crossover cable or two for the occasional centre positive requirement and normally a 3.5mm jack lead for old Ibanez (and the like) pedals.

Personally I much prefer positive centre supplies as they are far less likely to cause a short if the plug falls out.

[N i g e l]

Personally I much prefer positive centre supplies as they are far less likely to cause a short if the plug falls out.

Im with you on that, it just makes more sense to have the exposed metal as ground / 0V / -ve.

[Random Guitarist]

RSD10 is centre neg, I'm looking at it right now.

[Arpangel]

Warning ! My Boss pocket studio uses the "Boss standard "; center -ve as stated but all my other d.c. PSUs are center +ve.

I think my only other -ve center was for a very old Casio.

One way to check, if in doubt, is to buzz out from the PSU connector to the battery compartment with a meter.

Warning, when buzzing through wall wart supplies, I had to check the polarity of a Lexicon PSU one day, and had my hand around the mains pins, when I buzzed through I got quite a big shock, of course, I was feeding in 9v from my meter, and the transformer was stepping it up to what felt like around 100v!

[Arpangel]

The RSD10 arrived yesterday, OMG! OMG!
This is incredible, the delay sound is super creamy, really creamy, and goes to 2000ms, the sampler is crazy, I don’t know what’s happening, I’m still getting my head around it, but whatever, it sounds cool.
I recorded three tracks with it yesterday, I’m feeding my modular straight into it, my 2HP Play with this thing is just mind blowing, beyond, got some lovely acoustic loops going, tracks in themselves, very Tom Recchion.
Don’t know what to say, when a piece of gear has this immediate effect, it’s just a revelation.