Hello.

I need to buy a digital delay - something clean and transparent with a digital readout of the delay time. I would be using it mostly to delay room mics. Any ideas?

-C

on the low end I would recomend something from Roland like the SDE 1000.
on the higher end a Lexicon PCM 42 or a TC 2290.

I bought the T.C. Electronic "M1" and have had problems with it. The problems are in the routing of the 2 engines, not the sound. As a straight up delay, it was good when it worked.

I'd recommend the tc electronic D-Two. It's a great-sounding, flexible, easy-to-set up and program stereo digital delay. It's not a multi-effects box (although you can add modulations to the delay), so there's no weird internal routing or other stuff to take away from the simplicity of having a great stereo delay. Just about any sort of normal delay functions are available on it (dynamic delay, adjustable feedback AND number of repeats, audio filters and feedback filters, delay time display in milliseconds OR tempos, tap tempos, polarity reverse and other "widening tools," etc.) and the unusual ability to tap in rhythmic patterns for multi-tap setups. I've had one for about four years now and it gets used constantly without any problems.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC