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.

[Adam Inglis]

Try sending the keyboard input a pure monophonic tone with an organ type envelope - you can actually change the playback pitch mid-sample if you're smooth and quick enough on the keys. Great fun, and a great sound!

[Arpangel]

Try sending the keyboard input a pure monophonic tone with an organ type envelope - you can actually change the playback pitch mid-sample if you're smooth and quick enough on the keys. Great fun, and a great sound!

Thanks, yes, there’s lots to experiment with, I’m a bit confused as to how the sampler actually works, but I’m getting results, albeit a bit random!

[BillB]

I was looking for something to inject a bit more stereo movement into the mono output of the Minibrute 2S, when I remembered I had a Zoom G1on lying around. Plugged in, set a stereo chorus, followed by a stereo delay, followed by a bit of phasing on the Delay taps. Set system clock to 120bpm, same as the MB2S. Holy heck! Lovely rolling, rhythmic sound that really complemented the sequence. Also created some presets with particle verb and chorus, enough to know that I am barely scraping the surface. Best part, the G1on cost me £20 S/H. There is one on Gumtree at the moment for £25, but I mustn’t be greedy!

I know Elf likes the new (2012+ ish) generation Zoom pedals and I can see why. I also have a CDR-70 which is particularly nice because of its stereo inputs. I am looking forward to doing some firmware hacks to bring some other reverb/delay/mod FX into the G1on and maybe dump some of the amp sims and distortions! There is a world of Synth FX goodness in any of those Zoom pedals, especially if you ignore the guitar presets!

[BillB]

Sorry, the above was a blatant hijack of Tony’s enthusiasm for the old boss hardware boxes, which I am sure I would share if I got hold of any. Just saying, there is a lot of hardware fun to be had out there, and the gear is mercifully low-cost. I have been lining various synths and mixers up with a range of low-cost hardware FX gathered over the years: MicroVerb4, Lexicon MPX110/200/550, Nux ModForce and TimeForce, Boss ME-50 & GT-6, Korg AX-3000, Alesis Wedge, Vox DelayLab, even the original Alesis NanoVerb. None of them cost more than £100, many much less. It’s great fun seeing what works with what, for example the KingKorg has very good onboard mod and delay FX, but the reverb is rubbish, so it just needs pairing with a decent stereo in/out reverb, MPX200 in this case.

Hours of noodling heaven whilst building the dream hardware studio inspired by 1975-2000. Some old gear, some new gear making old legends available and affordable, e.g. Prophet 08.

And I haven’t even mentioned my secret weapon yet - the Zoom 1201, obviously!