The Adventure Audio Again Delay/Modulation is a modulating delay pedal with control voltage integration from Adventure Audio, a pedal builder based in upstate New York. It is designed around a cascading system of three PT2399 chips, the delay chip found in many compact delays, and its five CV inputs let modular and Eurorack players control the delay's parameters alongside guitarists. Delicious Audio, which covered the pedal's release, describes it as "the classic vintage style, modulating delay you're already familiar with while adding the flexibility to control" its parameters by voltage, and says it "can provide lo-fi slapback tones to long, tape-like repeats."1
The Again is Adventure Audio's delay/modulation pedal, designed around a cascading system of three PT2399s, and it can deeply integrate with modular synths, and the Eurorack format in particular, through five Control Voltage inputs.1
The controls
The Again's front panel pairs each knob with a CV jack directly below or above it. Every CV jack corresponds to the vertically adjacent knob, and when a CV source is plugged in, that knob acts as an offset control for the incoming voltage.1
| Control | What it does | CV range |
|---|---|---|
| I / II / III toggle | Selects which of three separate delay stages, arranged in series, the output is taken from, acting as a time range control: I is shortest, III is longest | - |
| DELAY | Sets the length of the delay; counter clockwise for shorter, clockwise for longer. Stepped CV signals can produce pitch shifting type effects on the delayed signal | -8 to 8 volts at center position |
| FDBK | Controls the amount of delay feedback; turned up all the way the delay goes into crunchy, dirty self oscillation whose pitch and timbre can be manipulated with the other controls | 0 to 8 volts |
The three-stage design is the reason for the pedal's name and its range: the toggle picks where in the cascade of three PT2399 chips the output is taken, so the same delay circuit covers short slapback and long, tape-like repeats.1
Modular and Eurorack use
The Again's distinguishing feature is its "ability to deeply integrate with modular synths (and the Eurorack format in particular) through the presence of five" control voltage inputs, as Delicious Audio put it.1 Because each CV jack maps to the knob beside it, a player can patch an LFO or sequencer into, say, the delay time or feedback, then use the knob to set the offset of that voltage. The delay input accepts a range of -8 to 8 volts around its center position, and stepped CV signals can create pitch shifting type effects on the delayed signal.1
The output jack and dual dry/wet setups
The output jack works with a standard TS cable, but it also carries the dry signal1:
"If a TRS cable is used, the dry input signal is available on the ring connection and the pedals output is available on the tip."
With a TRS cable and a splitter, that makes a dual dry/wet setup possible, letting a player run the repeats and the dry signal to separate destinations1.
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What is the Adventure Audio Again pedal?
The Again is a modulating delay pedal from Adventure Audio, a pedal builder based in upstate New York. It is designed around a cascading system of three PT2399 chips and offers five control voltage inputs, so it can be controlled from modular synths and Eurorack gear as well as played like a conventional delay. According to Delicious Audio, it covers lo-fi slapback tones through long, tape-like repeats.
Can the Again delay be used with a modular synth?
Yes. The Again has five control voltage inputs made for integration with modular synths, and Eurorack in particular. Each CV jack corresponds to the knob vertically adjacent to it, and when a CV source is plugged in, that knob acts as an offset control for the incoming CV signal.
How many CV inputs does the Again have?
Five. The CV jacks each pair with the knob next to them, which sets the offset for the incoming control voltage. The delay knob, for example, accepts a CV range of -8 to 8 volts at its center position, and the feedback knob accepts 0 to 8 volts.
Can you use a TRS cable with the Again's output?
Yes. The output jack works with a standard TS cable, but with a TRS cable the dry input signal is available on the ring connection and the pedal's output on the tip. That makes a dual dry/wet setup possible with a splitter.
What happens when the feedback knob is turned all the way up?
The delay goes into what Delicious Audio describes as a crunchy, dirty self oscillation. Once it is oscillating, the pitch and timbre of the oscillation can be manipulated with the pedal's other controls, and the feedback knob also has a CV input accepting 0 to 8 volts.
Sources (1)
- Adventure Audio Again Modulated Delay With CV, Delicious Audio, 2021-11-16