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2. On most tap tempo pedals, yes. You'd need to check the DD7 manual to be sure.
3. On most pedals, yes
The thing I would say about the DD7 is that it's a great pedal but if you intend to use tap tempo a lot it really benefits from using an external tap tempo switch. They're not expensive (about a £10 when they come up used) and they make tapping the tempo *much* easier. Without the external switch you have to hold down the main switch to enter tap mode and its a bit faffy.
Personally I think DD7 plus footswitch is a great delay and very easy to use.
You may also want to consider the DD20 which also has a second footswitch built in.
@unclepsychosis - I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question - thank you.
So with the RE 20 its possible to tap in a tempo whilst playing without the delay effect engaged, then active the delay at the tempo I've tapped in?
Or that I could tap in the delays as they are actually happening?
Your second question I'm not quite sure what you mean - but you can still change the tap tempo whilst the thing is engaged. However the RE-20 is a bit odd in that if you do change the tempo whilst it's on you get that warbly warpy sound whilst the "tape" catches up to the new speed. This is entirely deliberate and may be what you want but some people will hate it.
There's also the option with the re-20 of attaching a separate expression pedal that will let you control delay time / intensity / repeat level--- this might help you do that real dubby breakdown thing. Worth noting you can only control one of those at a time with it and switching between them isn't the kind of thing you could do easily mid-gig. Personally I never managed to find a really useful way (for me) to employ the expression pedal with it.
The other thing that the right hand footswitch does which might be cool for breakdowns between songs is the "warp" mode. If you hold the switch down it ramps up the delay parameters so that you get that "self oscillation" thing going on. When you release the switch they ramp down back to normal. It would be easy to overuse, but it sounds pretty damn cool. I sometimes use it just to add a hint of madness over a riff or something before feeding it out again.
I really love my RE-20 (it's the first delay I've really "bonded" with musically). Its definitely got those reggae tones in it. Its not without downsides though - it's bloody huge, has no presets, the "input volume" control can't be bypassed so is always on (I don't care and actually like what it does to the bypass tone- but tone snobs may not approve), and it basically only has one type of sound in it. But it's a glorious sound. And warp mode is cool.
Basically, it's quirky but sounds great.
although the RE20 certainly gets used for reggae type stuff and tape delay is the sound of early dub.
Still love it though. :-D
IMO, having a dedicated tap tempo footswitch is preferable to having tap tempo hidden somewhere in the inner workings of the pedal (BOSS usually have it as a "press and hold for 2 seconds" alternate mode on their compact pedals), particularly if it's something you think you'll get a lot of use out of.
Subdivisions of the tap tempo are really cool to have as well- very basic tap tempo just gives you repeats at the same rate you tapped the footswitch, but a pedal that allows subdivisions will convert a simple quarter-note tapped input to other rhythmic intervals- probably most common is the dotted eighth note rhythm, where the repeat will sound three sixteenth notes after the note- one-e-and-A-two-e... When you hear it you'll recognise it. It's only the tip of the rhythmic funtimes iceberg of course- many of the slightly more upmarket delays have a whole range of subdivisions, from sixteenth note triplets right up to whole notes (occasionally even more than that), plus all sorts in between.
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youThank you too @EricTheWeary - the video is helpful for a simpleton like me - as you say I'd love an actual tape delay for that true dub sound. I've used also sorts of plugins in the studio - but nothing is quite the same as that sound. What happened when you tried to use tap delay with your band?
Thank you too @english_bob there is a tap tempo hidden in my DD7 - but its not practical to access it live which is why I am considering a change.
I'd still quite like a delay I could do more creative stuff with like the Avalanche Run and those kind of top end delays although it certainly isn't really required by the band.