A new delay it should be..but which? Nautilus vs Beads vs ???

Hi

I'm looking for a new delay. I alreay own a Microcosm. Very nice delay but not that suited for Eurorack integration.
So I have my eyes on a Qu Bit Nautilus or Beads from Mutable Instruments.
I am looking for rather long delays that can get complex but are able to be simple as well.
Or is there a delay I haven't looked at?
Thanks for you input :)

Might be worth looking at the 4ms Dual Looping Delay. It's a classic for a reason.
Have fun and good luck.

I like the Mimeophon, its straight forward.

I didnt get along with Nautilus, I experienced it to be hard to tame and a bit mysterious to handle.
But if you dig deep I guess it can be nice.

Some of my favorites are Rainmaker and Magneto

Beads has never clicked with me for one reason or another, I'll put +1s behind Magneto, Mimeophon, and throw FX Aid out there as a dark horse contender, tons of options and range even if the others have more depth.

If the TipTop ECHOZ & Z5000 are anything as good as the ZVERB I just got I'd check those out too.
+1 on the Mimeophon though, clocked or unclocked, frozen or Flipped it can get quite creative. My only critism of the Mimeophon is that the Reverb 'Halo' can get a bit Phaser/Flanger-like so best only used subtly.

If the TipTop ECHOZ & Z5000 are anything as good as the ZVERB I just got I'd check those out too.
+1 on the Mimeophon though, clocked or unclocked, frozen or Flipped it can get quite creative. My only critism of the Mimeophon is that the Reverb 'Halo' can get a bit Phaser/Flanger-like so best only used subtly.
-- wishbonebrewery

I like your "I rather like this patch" patch :)

Cheers :)

I currently have the Magneto and Z5000 and really like them both. I also have the Doepfer A-188-2 BBD which is a nice multi-tap delay but doesn't have in internal LPF to attenuate clock noise (it's also uses quite a bit of real estate). I'm planning on getting a Noise Engineering Electus Versio (for delay and reverb). NE has several firmwares that do delays for the Versio hardware. I figure if I don't like Electus, NE lets you reprogram it with one of the others.

I don't have one .... yet. But I like the thinking behind Joran's Delay1. Pricing is up around the 4MS DLD but not stratospheric like Magneto. Though, in a highly competative market, you usually you get what you pay for.

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Hello,

I'd recommend looking at Yester Versio from Noise Engineering. It feels like a good, "basic" starting point from their delay options. And if you want to try something a bit more experimental, you can easily switch the firmware to a different Versio, like Electus that was mentioned above, or Imitor or Melotus.

Intellijel also just announced Sealegs recently. The demos sound great, and I'm thinking I might give up my Magneto for one as Sealegs has a digital tape delay mode, and I've never really gotten along with the Magneto all that well (probably my issues, not the Magneto's).

I would recommend against a Beads for your first delay. I haven't had the time to get super familar with mine, but it's definitely not what I think to go to for most delay-type sounds.

I hope some of that is useful to someone!
Chace

I really like Electus Versio as well. It can go really long and you have a useful knob to go between clean delay and reverb.

Next on my list are Mimeophon and Frequency Central Stasis Leak.