The pitch jumps all over the place with no correlation to the original pitch resulting in rather dissonant results. Here, you get completely random pitch & rhythm changes to the delay over fixed time increments of your Time knob or Tap Tempo. Random: By far the craziest mode on this pedal is Random. Pitch variations at lower settings are not that frequent and add a bit of unpredictability to my sound which is always welcome. This is a mode I most often have on because it makes the delay sound even more broken and analog than it already is. You can control how often you want this to happen by using ALT + L. This is a very common characteristic of tape and you can now use it to emulate the instability and quirkiness of tape delays. Here Delay Llama XTREME gets even closer to a Tape Echo by adding slight random pitch variations - Warble to the delayed sound. That will create a very beautiful Chorus sound making this mode a very powerful tool with many applications! So if you don’t have an analog vibrato pedal on your board, the Delay Llama can cover that too with this little trick! And if you want a Chorus instead of a Vibrato, you can disengage the Kill Dry, and play with the Level knob to your liking. It’s a subtle effect but very effective for adding some movement to your delays but it’s also a secret weapon!īy setting the time close to zero, and engaging the Kill Dry switch we talked about before, you essentially get a vibrato effect without the delay. The Vibrato on the delay has a very pleasing & mild sound and adds that nostalgic indie vibe to your signal. The vibrato is generated by a Sine wave LFO and you can control the Speed (ALT + L) and the Depth (ALT + R). Vibrato: The first mode is called vibrato and as you’d expect, adds vibrato to the delayed sound. To change the settings of the XTREME modes you’ll have to press the ALT button and move the knobs that are assigned to a parameter on each mode. The XTREME modes introduce a whole new dimension to the Delay Llama by further affecting the delay trials in creative ways. To access the XTREME modes you’ll have to hold the middle footswitch to engage them and then by holding the ALT button and pressing the TAP footswitch, you can cycle through the four modes. And that’s where the very satisfying arcade-style button between the middle footswitch and the Tap Tempo comes into play. This pedal’s superpowers are the four XTREME modes. To save a preset, choose your settings and simultaneously hold the Tap & Preset selector footswitches. On top of that, Delay Llama XTREME can store up to 4 presets that you can access by pressing the middle footswitch. The TRLS switch activates or deactivates trails, the KD stands for Kill Dry, meaning it will only output the wet signal, and with the Subdivisions switch you can choose from 8th, Quarter, and Dotted 8th notes in correlation to the Tap Tempo. L controls the Level of the repeats on top of your dry signal On the pedal, you’ll find three knobs and three switches and that’s all you need. As Jannis told us, the Delay Llama is inspired by tape echoes and you can certainly hear this once you start playing with it.Īnother important philosophy of JAM is simplicity. It’s a delay that feels raw & alive, with so much character that is not just there to create a delay effect. JAM Pedals are known for their love for analog circuitry and the Delay Llama is no exception. At its core, it’s a fully analog bucket brigade delay pedal with Tap Tempo that sounds fantastic. The Delay Llama XTREME is the enhanced version of JAM’s Delay Llama MK.3 that adds four XTREME modes on top of Delay Llama’s analog delay circuit. I’ve been thinking of getting the Delay Llama for a long time since I’ve seen a ton of people recommend it for its perfect analog sound and amazing Xtreme modes so now that I have had it for a few weeks, it’s time for a complete review of my experience with it. But as I left, I also took a beautiful pedal with me for a review. I recently had the pleasure of visiting JAM Pedals’ workshop in Athens and talking with Jannis Anastasakis, founder of JAM for an interview on the website ( you can check it out here).
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