CUSACK TAP-A-DELAY

The Cusack Tap-A-Delay is for those who want digital-style control over analog-style sounds. It offers up to 750ms of delay time, with knobs for Level, Mix, Feedback and Delay plus an eight-position Modulation rotary control, two three-position mini-toggle switches (Mode and Divide), two momentary-style footswitches (Tap Speed and Bypass) and two LEDs (Tempo and Status). You can also connect other devices that accept an external tap control for other Cusack devices, which is very clever. The Divide switch allows you to subdivide the tap rate between the eighth note, dotted eighth note and quarter note settings, while the Mode setting interacts with the Tap Speed switch for what Cusack calls ‘Braking’ - this causes the pedal’s delay time to increase or decrease depending on where you set the mode switch.

The Modulation control has plenty of great tricks up its sleeve, starting with no modulation in position #1, gradually increasing between positions #2 and #6. Position #7 increases the delay on a virtual tape, making the repeats increase in both pitch and tempo - which is an absolutely wild effect - while position #8 does the opposite, snapping back to the start of the cycle once it reaches its maximum or minimum delay speed. There’s plenty of warm, random, analog-feeling sound to be explored here, with a wealth of tap control options and modulation settings that take it far beyond what a regular analog delay pedal can do. This is a delay pedal that plays you just as much as you play it.