The Skreddy™ Echo Infinity takes my classic Echo circuit and incorporates all the most popular mods that my customers have asked for over the years.
- The 'mix' mod which keeps the dry signal at unity gain throughout the sweep of the mix knob
- The 'trails' mod which allows the delay signal to degrade naturally when you engage the bypass switch (note: this also means that the Echo Infinity features active bypass instead of true bypass, which is a good thing because my dry signal sounds nearly identical to a straight wire but is a better signal that will combat noise and capacitance from low-quality patch cables compared to true bypass)
- The 'infinity' mod which is a momentary footswitch that sets the repeats intensity to the the corresponding knob setting for as long as you hold down the switch
- Also I found a resistor in my original design that darkens the signal a bit more than needful and reduced that value, giving the delay signal a more articulate tone.
- The height of the enclosure has been reduced by 1", and the effects loop and trimpots have been eliminated.
The repeats degrade very gradually into a musical, harmonic soup if you turn them up high enough or hold down the Infinity switch. Self oscillation is possible (though not in a touchy or unpredictable way) without the bothersome runaway volume some old analog delays have.
Ultra-High Sample-Rate (Delta-Sigma) Digital Delay with Analog Filtering and Limiting
Transparent, Analog "Dry" Path with Tons of Headroom
