Expedition Electronics 60 Second Discrete PREORDER

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The 60 Second Discrete is the latest iteration of the 60 Second Delays by Expedition Electronics. At its heart it's a sound-on-sound "Frippertronics" style delay, but covers effect s ranging from resonator through chorus, echo, and extended looping. This model focuses on 'discrete' steps of both delay length and sample rate including via external foot control using a volume pedal! From the manufacturer: The 60 Second Discrete is a knob-per-function, all hardware, delay machine geared towards 'Frippertronics' or 'sound-on-sound' style looping. It's like a digital version of a tape loop that can do things no physical tape could ever do, like change speeds and reverse direction instantly. Although designed with multi-second looping in mind, the Discrete can also provide echoes with or without modulation, chorusing, double tracking, vibrato and flanging.What's "discrete" about 60 Second Discrete? "Discrete" refers to the focus in this model on being able to make discrete steps of the delay time. The Fast function can manually or automatically (based on LFO Speed) switch between two clock speeds (sample rates), with 2 ratios available. This is the same functionality as the 60 Second Deluxe, but now has a dedicated footswitch. The Multiply switch multiplies the delay clock by the indicated value. This is similar to the Fast functionality but has 3 octave spaced (2:1) positions. Multiply can be controlled by an external foot pedal in the heel, middle, and toe positions! It can be used simultaneously and independently of Fast. Additionally, we've added finer resolution to the Range knob, formerly the Memory switch on the 60 Second Deluxe. Instead of 3 positions there are 9 octave spaced settings which affect how much memory is available. Using the tape loop analogy, turning the Range from Long towards Short is like successively cutting out half of your tape loop and putting it to the side, resulting in a loop half as long, but with no pitch change. Whatever has been recorded in the "removed" section remains untouched until Range returns to longer settings! The finer resolution makes this knob more musically useful, where the Memory switch was typically set-it-and-forget-it. Range can also be controlled by foot pedal! Adjusting Range while recording can result it glitchy, ratchety or musique concrete types of effects.Like the 60 Second Delay and 60 Second Deluxe, the Discrete is always "listening" whether Active or not. What's lost from the 60 Second Deluxe? In order to have foot control of Multiply and Range we've replaced the Tick and Fast jacks (Fast has a dedicated footswitch now). If you're a modular user and these functions were important to you contact us to discuss mods to make these functions available. User Manual Show more