Boss DD-8 Review
Tested on Behringer Crave and Ovation acoustic.
Pros: Good delay with clear definition, the added effects of Shim, Reverse and with added reverb are great fun
Cons: Battery life is short (5 hours according to the docs supplied) and once there is a lead plugged in to the input then the power is on even if the switch is off. Remove all leads when not in use or use a power supply I wasted two batteries before I coped on to this.
I got this mainly for use hardware synths in my home studio and this definitely adds sparkle to the sound especially when using either the Shim, Reverse or added reverb settings. The pedal also has 4 delay settings while similar also lift the sound produced by the synths.
While I didn't spend much time with the loop function it seems easy enough to use and seems to reproduce the sound OK.
I found it hard to see what the Mod, Warp and GLT settings did to the sound but that could be just me.
I had a quick tryout with it on the guitar and it works well.