Blackstar HT-DELAY - Manual (Page 3)

Controls
1. Effect
The Effect rotary switch selects one of the eight delay effects.
Effect Name Description Notes
1 Linear Full bandwidth or ‘hi-fi’ delay.
2 Analogue Based on the natural sound Always MONO
produced by vintage analogue
or ‘Bucket Brigade Delay’
pedals. The top treble of the
repeats is subtly filtered for a
musical feel.
3 Multihead 1 A rhythmic delay based on See Diagram 1
the effect produced by below
multi-head tape delays.
4 Multihead 2 A rhythmic delay based on See Diagram 2
the effect produced by below
multi-head tape delays.
5 Tape A tape delay based on certain Always MONO
vintage models that displayed
‘wow and flutter’ due to
variations in tape speed. This
introduces a complex modulation
sound to the repeats.
6 Space Complex vintage tape echo
effect.
7 Loop 1 One shot / Loop playback delay. Always MONO
8 Loop 2 Sound on sound delay looper. Always MONO
Diagram 1 Diagram 2
English Features
The HT-DELAY combines the flexibility of digital technology with
the unique valve Saturation control to deliver eight stunning digital
delay effects with the natural tone and feel of a genuine high
voltage valve circuit.
The Blackstar team are all musicians themselves and have years
of gigging and recording experience. So when they embarked on
the journey to design the ultimate digital effects pedals, they
wanted to develop products that had none of the harshness of
some digital products and provide the warmth and musicality of
vintage effects pedals which players love.
The Blackstar designers acquired some of the most revered valve
and vintage effects pedals and set to work distilling the ingredients
that make these old designs so special. The valve Saturation
control is one result of this exhaustive research. The Saturation
control is in simple terms a valve gain and compression circuit
which acts in the digital effects ‘side chain’ to impart the valve
dynamics and harmonics typical of a vintage tape delay input
circuit.
The features on the HT-DELAY have been selected to be
particularly suited to live performance and that is why the Tap
Time feature has been included, to allow the adjustment of delay
time during performance. Some of the effects are quite traditional
and some like the amazing Loop functions may be less familiar.
Each of the eight delay effects has been designed by technical
reference to vintage effects equipment and then hours of honing
‘by ear’ to provide effects that are both natural sounding and
inspirational to the player.
English
6 5
4
4
5 5
Original Delays
1 2 3 4 Tap
12
8
3 3 3 3
Original Delays
1 2 3 4 Tap