The Young Hearts is a creative delay pedal from Polarbear Effects, described by Delicious Audio's Paolo De Gregorio as "a lofi echo pedal with modulation and several other interesting and unusual features"1. It sits in the delay lane but is aimed at players who want the echoes themselves to misbehave: degraded, modulated repeats and footswitch-controlled tricks rather than clean, metronomic time.
Circuit and what it does
The pedal is built around the PT2399 chip, which De Gregorio notes is "a chip found in many creative digital delays, including the Polarbear Young Hearts"1. The PT2399 is a common basis for lofi-flavored echo circuits, and here it is paired with modulation and a set of momentary functions that reshape the delay while you play.
Momentary footswitch functions
The Feedback and VCR toggle switches set up what the momentary footswitch does when pressed, allowing Tape Rewind and Fast Forward modes as well as changes in delay time1. The momentary functions available when pressed are1:
- Random Feedback Oscillation Mode: the effect cycles through random delay times. In this mode, the Attack knob controls the speed at which the delay time changes, while the Release knob sets the time range of the randomly selected delays.
- VCR Mode
- Second Delay Time Mode
What reviewers said
Delicious Audio's verdict, from Paolo De Gregorio's 2021 review:
"This is a very unique creative pedal, recommended for the sound adventurers out there1!"
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Sources (1)
- Polarbear Effects Young Hearts Creative Delay, Delicious Audio, 2021-03-08
