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Rad Sauce Electronics Dirtlay Fuzz Delay

Delay
Key facts
TypeFuzz and delay combined in one pedal1
MakerRad Sauce Electronics1
CircuitRuns on a single PT2399 delay chip1
ControlsOne large knob (Volume), one small knob (Chase), two footswitches, Hold switch1

The Rad Sauce Electronics Dirtlay Fuzz Delay is a fuzz and a dirty delay combined in one pedal. Pedal of the Day described it as "A mix between a fuzz and a dirty delay," smashing two effects into a single enclosure, so a player can get a saturated, degraded repeat character without chaining a separate fuzz into a delay.1

Controls

The Dirtlay keeps its panel small. As Pedal of the Day put it: "One big knob, one little knob, two footswitches."1

ControlWhat it does
Volume (large knob)Sets the volume, and is "extremely interactive with the Chase control"1
Chase (small knob)Sets the delay's speed1
Hold switchMakes the delay repeats go on in infinity1
Two footswitchesOperate the pedal's two effects1

How it works

The delay side runs on a single PT2399 chip, the common delay IC found in many compact delay circuits. The Hold switch is the pedal's most distinctive feature: engaged, it makes the delay repeats continue indefinitely, which turns the Dirtlay into a tool for building up washed-out, fuzzed textures under your playing.1

Pedal of the Day noted that although the control count is small, "the range within them is massive and bold," and that the Volume knob interacts strongly with the Chase control, so the two settings shape the sound together rather than independently.1

Videos

DIRTLAY!
RAD SAUCE ELECTRONICS
ANOTHER DIRTLAY DEMO
RAD SAUCE ELECTRONICS
Rad Sauce Electronics Dirtlay Fuzz Delay
Pedal of the Day
Sources (1)
  1. Rad Sauce Electronics Dirtlay Fuzz Delay, Pedal of the Day, 2021-09-13