Rainger FX Drone Rainger Digital Delay

The Rainger FX Drone Rainger is a digital delay pedal with a built-in drone generator, made by Rainger FX. Pedal of the Day described it as "combining a powerful delay with a wicked drone", and it is aimed at players who want a working delay pedal that can also lay sustained drone tones under or against their playing¹. It sits within the wider field of delay pedals as a specialist take on the format.

What it does

The delay side is controlled by four knobs that set the core delay sound¹:

Pedal of the Day summed the layout up: "Level, Rate (delay time, max of about a second), Repeat and Volume give you a nice base to start working with"¹.

The drone side adds two pitch controls, Pitch 1 and Pitch 2, each producing its own sustained tone. When they are tuned nearly the same, the pedal creates interesting "beats" between the two of them, an interference effect that shifts as the pitches drift against each other¹.

Footswitches

The pedal's footswitches reach beyond simple bypass. The left momentary switch, labeled Interfere, controls the Interfere Pitch Up modes, so the drone tones can be manipulated with a foot while both hands stay on the guitar¹.

What reviewers said

Pedal of the Day's reviewer came away seeing the drone functions as the pedal's defining feature¹:

That reading splits the pedal's appeal in two: as a straightforward digital delay it works on its own terms, and the drone generator, with its two pitches, beat effects and momentary foot control, is what sets it apart from a conventional delay¹.

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