Beautiful Noise Effects releases Endless Sleeper II cascading dual delay
November 26, 2024 · 2 sources
The Endless Sleeper II is available now from the Beautiful Noise Effects Webstore, Guitar Pedal X reported on November 26, 20241. The maker describes it as "an analog voiced cascading dual-delay pedal" with upgrades over its V1 predecessor2.
The dry signal stays fully analog from input to output, while the wet signal passes through two digital delay chips2. Each delay has controls for DELAY (mix), D. TIME, GLIDE and FEEDBACK, and each delay time ranges from 30ms to 1500ms2. The maker says longer delay times push the trails further into "grainy shades of low fidelity"2. The GLIDE control modulates the pitch of each delay line, with individual rate adjustments and two LFOs selectable between sine, square and random waveforms2. Self-oscillation occurs by raising the FEEDBACK knobs or engaging the OVERLOAD foot-switch, which momentarily maxes out both feedback controls2.
The CRUSH control drives the delay output into an analog sample rate reducer, which the maker says emulates sounds similar to 1980s 8-bit gaming consoles and microcomputers, with a MIX control to blend the effect2. The maker lists the sample rate range as 40kHz to 270Hz2. A control marked <<< routes the output of DELAY II back into the input of DELAY I, causing a third delay line2. The pedal is true bypass, runs on a 9V DC power supply at 90mA, and measures 15 by 12 by 5.8 cm2. Guitar Pedal X describes it as mono1.
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Delay time per side | 30ms to 1500ms2 |
| Glide waveforms | Sine, Square, Random2 |
| Crush sample rate range | 40kHz to 270Hz2 |
| Power | 9V DC, 2.1mm negative tip2 |
| Current | 90mA2 |
| Dimensions | 15 x 12 x 5.8 cm2 |
| Bypass | True bypass2 |
The pedal is priced at AUD $380, which Guitar Pedal X gives as circa $2501. The maker's page lists it at $380.00 in black and pink2.
"The most experimental feature, symbolised as <<< forces the output of DELAY II back into the input of DELAY I, causing a third delay line, adding an additional repeat to every previous sequence of repeats"
Guitar Pedal X's Stefan Karlsson wrote that the layout is "really elegant and beautifully self explanatory mostly," and that the mono nature of the delay "limits its use within my own rig"1.