BOSS DD-500 | True Stereo Delay 

Just subscribed................was awake at 3am yesterday as couldn’t sleep. Just flicking through some guitar related stuff and came across your channel. Binged watched for hours. You come across as a really level headed sound bloke. Your music, style and the way you review and present is 100% spot on. Cherry on the top is you are an awesome musician. To put all that in perspective. I’m now 60 and messed around with guitars between ages 15 to 20. But never got beyond the basics. No RU-vid or tinternet back then. Decided a few weeks back. That before I depart this World. I want to learn how to play.........at least to a level where I can actually express what’s inside. So dug out my old guitars........bought a bit of new gear........and set off on my quest. Still in my early days..........and the issue nowadays. Is that there are just so many resources (as opposed to none/little 40 years back). So just want you to know..........that you are a great inspiration. When I first dug out my old gear and a sat there and looked down...........tried to just noodle a bit. My fingers weren’t having any of it..........my brain was saying go there...........push down and it was like I was looking at somebody else’s fingers. But sticking at it. Stay decent..........stay safe

Best demos for BOSS DD series, great job Rabea !

your ambiant lines areeee sooooooo nice I love the way you play

Thank you Rabea, I've been using the DD500 since it first released but didn't quite bond with it. I'm using it live and haven't spent much time to dig all the parameters because I always use it as a "normal" delay pedal (long, short, bit of ambience.) But after watching this video I found so many possibilities and I can't wait to try and study the pedal again. You explained it very well and simple, also GREAT playing as usual. Again I really appreciate what you did on the video. As a fellow gear demo guy, I salute you. Cheers from Indonesia.

Man, I love your playing! Every time I watch your videos it inspires me to pick up my guitar and practice more.

Groovy review. Always full of good info. Updated my DD-500 to the latest version. Fun, fun, fun.

Pre-patch the DD500 was a very good pedal. The firmware upgrade has really taken it to the next level. I was lucky enough to get mine before the firmware update was announced for a very very reasonable price. The tape delay has really come into it's own now they've added the flutter control. Great to hear you really make this baby sing Bea. :-)

Every time you make a video on a reverb or delay pedal either on this channel or at Anderton's I just gotta watch it. All that ambient goodness.

The intro reminds me of a band called 'If these trees could talk'. Great playing!

Just bought this! Super excited to try it. Ty for the great review!

Inspiring stuff as always Bea! Thanks man

Best review of this on RU-vid. Nice man!

Best review on the DD500 I've watched, nice one mate

When you are adjusting values with the time knob you can press it down and turn it at the same time to adjust values in 10s (10,20,30,40...), making it way faster than simply doing it by 1.

I was looking for a single unit that could deliver two separate delays simultaneously, so I could sandwich other effects; your video might just have sold me on the DD500. Great demo, as always!

The stereo part is just insane! I can't stop listening... Hope it is from the upcoming Toska EP

Very informative video - keep up the excellent work.

Wonderful video Rabea! :) Just a note to the tape echo part. Just wanted to point out that EchoP and EchoR are likely emulations of the Maestro EchoPlex and sort edition of binson Echorec. So not just models that Roland/Boss released, but actually emulations of the most widely loved and well regarded tape style echos of all time :)

Rebea is the BOSS when it comes to delay and ambient tones! And the fact that he makes up such great riffs off the top of his head... amazing! I'm getting more into my DD-500 recently. On my channel I upload videos weekly in which I jam around with different delay patches. Maybe check them out!

Good stuff, have been wanting on of these.

Sound effect at 6 minutes is amazing! Buying this pedal for my band!

Sometimes I think I would watch you review a tea bag as long as you played . Such a fresh sounding guitarist

Great video- Amazing.... & totally organized like a pro....good thing too, cause otherwise I would have been totally confused. Thanks for this demo!

Great review kekd.. I enjoy your channel a lot..

Love ya shirt Rabea - Classic mate !!!!!

The playing in the beginning gives me straight karnivool vibes, especially the first chord. Great to hear the influence in your playing without it sounding copied. Nice playing as always ;) PS: Anyone noticed the hilarious shirt? :D

I've been waiting for this...The DD-500 is my favorite

Yep, getting this and the RV500 for sure.

Greetings from the Caribbean mate!!

That intro! So good.

Thank you so much for you video! Is was really useful for me!

Amazing timing. I just jumped into my DD500 today to get some double delay effects. I'm going to use some of your tips. Boss has an editor for windows and mac.

Every lick and riff you play I feel like has the total potential to be full on songs Rabea, I always get a little sad when you stop playing tbh

The intro... just beautiful!

The opening part needs to be a Toska tune. Also, have you changed your audio interface/recording setup? The production quality in this video is absolutely top notch.

Great review. Thank you-Shawn.

Pulled the plug on a MD500 and a DD500 cuz of Rabea's reviews on these! now hunting for a RV500.

Thank you for the video! I am new here, I enjoyed the video..and now I know how to rout the dd 500! I will have it in a couple days! 🙂

All is cool in this video ! Thanks !

Great stuff bro ! 🤘🤘

this Intro is amazing!!!

This is the Best demo of the DD500 I have seen!!! Be great if you could explore the tape effect a bit more? see if you can get it close to a binson, multi head? be good to see a comparison with the volante. BTW what reverb have you got on there? Awesome demo Rabea

gran review maestro 🤟

Outstanding Review! Thx Bea :)

I have one of these on my pedalboard, one of the best things I’ve ever bought!

Awesome video, I was just wondering which do you prefer more the strymon timeline or the boss DD-500? Because I know in previous videos you have had strymon pedals on your board.

I watched a review on the D500 and they seemed bias towards another popular delay :) they said the DD-500 brings no inspiration!! after watching this, im hearing a lot of ideas :) best demo for this pedal on youtube!! got one on order :)

Raves, great video. Some real nice sounds. In been debating on getting a dd500 for some time now. What does your shirt say ? Madonna ?

Great video!

Best guitar tone EVER. KILLER MANNNNNN

the pedal and the guitar are both amazing

Rabea, I have a question for you. I just bought a used line6 expression pedal on a whim to use with the DD500. It doesn’t seem to work. I tried a few different cables but nothing is happening. I know it’s a possibility that I bought a broken exp pedal, but is it possible it’s just not compatible? Thanks. If anyone knows anything about this, please feel free to comment. 🤘🏼

Hey man, what impulses do you use with the Torpedoes? Do you use the stock ones or do you use 3rd party IRs? Your tones sound so natural!

Hi rabea I know how you are tuned on this demo thank you I love your style of playing on the guitar

Question because the boss manuals are shocking. When running in a+b mode and using just a or b is it only in that output. Is there a way to say have normal delay with stereo modulation and change preset to say dotted eighth on one side and quarter note on the other. I basically want to do alot of sdd3000 tricks with the vintage digital, analog and tape modes.

Great video. What patch do you use on your torpedo's for these videos? Sounds great.

You should do 30 minutes of guitar using the DD500 And RV500. Like what robscallon did with acoustic guitar on his channel.

that is a beast of a guitar pedal! also, played by a beast of a guitar player!!

I just bought a DD500 and I was wondering if there is any way to get it to "chase" like on a Way Huge Supa Puss. Basically I want it to toggle between quarter notes and dotted quarter notes and have it be thrown out of pitch. Check out the Dunlop video for the Supa Puss if you dont know what im talking about. I figured a pedal with this technology probably can do it, I just dont know how to make it do it.

Can anyone please help. I have a dd 500 version 1 but have a problem with the 'hold' feature in the terra echo in that it will only hold if I have my foot on the knob permanently and not just pressing it once as I have seen on other tutorials. Is it a case of upgrading to version 2?

The A/B stereo effect worked but the loop function got affected badly. Once you run in parallel and press record, A or B will be recorded anf it depends on which delay A or B you are playing. So, if you press B and record, you will hear only the B side playing and getting recorded. I guess recording function works in parallel too!

Bea, how do you get the Krakens sounding so "noiseless"? My Kraken's channel one is fine but on the second channel it gets so noisy that I cant use it!

Wow, was going to purchase a Strymon Timeline today ... now you got me thinking ...

mate i could listen to you play around with that pedal all day

I feel like every opening tune someone says it should be a toska song lol guess Rabea is just that good!

23:33, when I'm analog patch, the stage edit, 4096 x2 and x4....adding bucket brigade chips, so less degrade, and higher available time/values, for instance, 1 single 4096, your beats per minute will not go much above 300, becomes too degraded. Must add some chips, just like the real deal. Amazing option for this pedal. There are plenty. I've been in the parameters for 8 months daily, and I still discover new manipulations. Good luck guys. Also, if you want all these sounds, without so many menus and parameters, the new DD200 is an incredible option.

Hi Rabea! How do I assign a midi channel on a Boss DD-500, MD-500 or RV-500?

do you find the tera echo pedal sounds better or has more control than the one found in the DD500

Hey bea, nice demo, pls a vid about time signatures ;)

I've been running a DD-500 into a Timeline on my board for 4 years...and that pedal combo is there to stay...

So, I use delays a lot on other units such as drum machines. I have a Digitakt that runs in stereo, and I'm getting no sound from the second input unless I crank the panning to the left and only then with a guitar, it does nothing for the Digitakt. Anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong? It seems to me if you have stereo inputs, they should work as stereo inputs and I just feel like I'm missing something in all the menus. The manual isn't that helpful

Really wanted to hear the echorec setting

Hey Rabea can you use this for mono? I don't have a stereo rig

I have bought this pedal this week it will arrive

I just love the demos you make!!! Quik question, at the price range of 300 £ which reverb/delay would you recommend? both as separate pedals and combo.

can it self-oscillate like the dd3?

i love the display, it's very usefull! you don't need a software

What is the settings off the shimmer on 11:15?

Just FYI the tape modes echoP is exhoplex and EchoR is binson echorec

Good video. A solo jam would've been great!

I have heard slash use this certain effect in the first note of the anastasia solo. He does a bend and its almost like a super quck stuttering vibrato. its most certainly delay and am wondering how he acheives this. I know he uses a Boss DD-3 and a Boss DD500.

Maybe a quick video on how you play guitar with 2 amps, how to swirch dirty channel on both at the same time? And how u comnect the DD500 to both amps?

WOW so excited to stay up another 30 minutes right now xD Can we PLEASE hear the moog??!

I like the idea of having stacked delays - better to buy one pedal like this or two separate delay pedals, which I’ve seen plenty of pros using?

When does the WARMTH update come out?

What degree did you do at ACM?

Your vids are the best quality. Doesnt sound fake or overproduced like alot of ppl .. then I realise id need over 20g to have your rig and I think hmmm..lol..that's probably why

I use a dd 500 it is great!

Really wanna play stuff u did!

8:22 That sounds so much like the intro of Steven Wilson's "Heart Cannot Erase" (the song)...

I hope they release a digitally controlled analog 500 drive pedal, Boss D-500. One that's able to stack 3 different drives!

Where I can get these presets ?

That shirt made my day. 🤣

What tuning are you in here?

damn that shirt is KILLER.

YEAH!!!!

17:09 made me buy the pedal

I like the part at 14:39 . I started singing some lyrics over it.

How do you made the dual to sound like a ping pong delay?

Hey Rabea, I'm browsing for a stereo delay and it looks like it's this or the Strymon Timeline. Seems like this is better at panning/ping pong delay. I'd like the option to do that with essentially any effect. Can you have one delay going L and R or do you need to set up two separately?