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Aria AD-05 Analog delay Japan
Muzines UK did a whole review about this analog delay, here is some of the core information:
” There are two quarter inch jack input sockets, Mic at minus 46dB and Inst at minus 26dB. Next to these is a Peak LED together with an input attenuation control, calibrated from 0 to 10, which make it possible to set the optimum input volume to avoid distortion.
The other three main controls, which like the level control use knurled grey knobs with smart white caps, are the conventional Balance, Feedback and Delay Time. Balance is labelled from Dry (anticlockwise) to Delay (clockwise) but unlike Level and Feedback isn’t also calibrated from 0 to 10. Feedback controls the number of repeats produced, and ranges from one to runaway — various motorbike sounds and howling feedback effects can be produced at high settings.
It’s also interesting to alter the Delay Time control during the course of an echo. This momentarily changes the pitch of the sounds being played, and since the circuit contains voltage controlled elements it wouldn’t be impossible to add an LFO to modulate the Delay Time and produce vibrato.
The maximum delay is about 300mS, and the minimum delay about 25mS. This allows variation from a reasonable repeat echo effect, with slap-back if only one repeat is selected, to a harsh metallic reverb if short delay times and high feedback are used.”
The AD-05 is truely a collectors item. Perfect for home studios to experiment with. In mint condition. Previous owner had the delay for decades and never used it. Functions perfectly and has always been stored in home.
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