The Remnant Tape Delay is a compact delay pedal from Poison Noises that emulates the warbling repeats of a classic tape delay. Pedal of the Day, reviewing it at launch, wrote that "this echo takes you back to the 70s with a quickness, providing classic, vintage delay tones around every turn." It arrived in November 2022 as the second of two new release pedals from the maker, a companion to the Effluence Spring Reverb released the day before.1
What it does
The Remnant sits in the delay pedal family, but its focus is the character of the repeats rather than clean, even echoes. Pedal of the Day described it as emulating "the warbling repeats of a classic tape delay," the unstable, drifting quality of real tape machines. Because the modulation is on its own controls, the amount of warble is up to the player rather than fixed by the circuit.1
The review framed the pedal as covering a wide range within that vintage territory: "with the ability to manipulate all aspects of your modulating resound. It's easy to create ambient and swelling vintage" tones or choppy slap-back. In other words, short slapback echoes and long, swelling ambient repeats are both on the table, set from the same five knobs.1
"The Remnant Tape Delay is just about everything you vintage tone-chasers are looking for, all in a compact and extremely affordable pedal."
The controls
The Remnant carries five knobs, with the delay, mix and feedback controls given characterful names.1
| Control | Function |
|---|---|
| Recollect | Delay Time |
| Desecrate | Mix |
| Ravage | Feedback |
| Fragment | Modulation Depth |
| Corrupt | Modulation Speed |
Recollect, Desecrate and Ravage behave like the time, mix and feedback controls on any delay. Fragment and Corrupt set the depth and speed of the modulation, which is what produces the warble in the repeats: with both low the echoes stay steady, and with more depth and speed they drift and wobble like a worn tape loop.1
Release and context
The Remnant was featured by Pedal of the Day on 5 November 2022 as a new release from Poison Noises. In that feature it was presented as "a perfect companion to yesterday's Effluence Spring Reverb," which had been featured the day before.1 The maker also offers the Skipping Stone Delay V2, so The Remnant sits alongside a growing run of delay and time-based pedals from Poison Noises.1
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Questions
What do the knobs on the Poison Noises Remnant do?
The Remnant has five controls: Recollect sets the delay time, Desecrate is the usual mix control, and Ravage is feedback. Fragment is the modulation depth and Corrupt is the modulation speed, which together shape the warble of the repeats. Pedal of the Day described the pedal as giving the ability to manipulate all aspects of the modulating repeats.
Can the Poison Noises Remnant do slapback?
Yes. Pedal of the Day's review says the pedal offers the ability to manipulate all aspects of the modulating repeats, making it easy to create ambient and swelling vintage tones or choppy slap-back, depending on how the controls are set.
Is the Poison Noises Remnant a true tape delay?
No, it is a compact pedal that emulates the sound of a classic tape delay. Pedal of the Day wrote that The Remnant emulates the warbling repeats of a classic tape delay, taking players back to 70s-style vintage delay tones.
When was the Poison Noises Remnant released?
The Remnant Tape Delay was a new release from Poison Noises as of November 2022. Pedal of the Day featured it on 5 November 2022 as the second of two new release pedals from the maker, following the Effluence Spring Reverb the day before.
Sources (1)
- Poison Noises The Remnant Tape Delay, Pedal of the Day, 2022-11-05
