Demiurge Instruments Dead Moon Echo

The Dead Moon Echo is a handbuilt delay pedal from Demiurge Instruments, a UK maker. It is built around the PT2399 chip, the same delay IC found in a wide range of compact delays, but the maker's approach adds a twist of its own: a second footswitch that opens up a momentary alternate setting while you hold it down.¹

For players browsing delay pedals, the hook is that momentary footswitch. Pressing it activates a new Time and Feedback setting for as long as you keep it down, which suits quick pitch-of-the-moment excursions into runaway repeats or shorter slapback without bending down to turn knobs mid-song.¹

Controls and features

• Second footswitch: activates a momentary setting with new Time and Feedback settings while held¹
• Tone control: acts as a low pass filter to mimic darker tape-style tones¹

The Tone control rolls off highs in the repeats, so you can push the echoes toward the darker, softened character of old tape echo units rather than a crisp digital repeat.¹

Power and headroom

The internal circuit is capable of running at 18v, which the maker says can deliver plenty of headroom.¹

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