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Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2021

I play every weekend in our Church band. I used to have various delay pedals to accommodate all the various songs at different bpm and delay types. I used to have to bend down to make changes between songs and sometimes just had to make it sound okay. Since I got this Boss DD-500, I can now customize each preset to the song and some songs have 2 or 3 delay settings. This pedal has been a blessing to not worry about the settings or tapping in the beat. The different delay options have made my sound so much better that I get compliments from the sound guys and others. Well worth the money spent.

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andrew sackser

use the DD-500 editor on your computer to make and name your patches

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2021

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I'm strictly a basement player and primarily jam along to youtube tracks of Iron maiden, U2, metallica, and Pink floyd. This unit allows me to dial in 100s of different delays then save them in easy to find patches.

Connect the pedal to your computer with a USB cable and edit your patches with the DD-500 editor. It is much easier to leave the pedal on the floor and edit all of the parameters with the editor. Alternatively yo could use the small screen on the unit and fiddle with knobs and dials to menu dive. It is much easier and intuitive to edit with the program which can be downloaded from bosses support site.

The Dual delay function is great for U2 (steets have no name etc, ) and Pink Floyd (run like hell, another brick in the wall etc)

Where this unit really shines is in setting up and accessing different patches. Some songs like another brick in the wall Parts one and 2, or echoes have different delays used in different parts of the song. This unit allows me to create patches ahead of time name them in the editor and save them. It is then easy to switch from one to another while playing. In a live situation the tap tempo can be used to alter the delay time to match the actual tempo set by a drummer.

I loved the sounds I could dial in with my from my old delay pedal, but I would have needed at least four of them, now I can immediately access hundreds of presets on the go with just one pedal.

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Wknm

Best delay pedal

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2020

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Very versatile, tons of sounds options
High quality sound
Solid like a tank.
Highly recommend

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Hubbadub

Endless possibilities

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2020

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Great sounds out of the box. Use the editor software on a computer to dial in exactly what you’re looking for. The angled buttons aren’t great at the back row of the pedalboard, but it’s fine up front.

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Sin

Great pedal but may need to try on board.

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2022

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The Boss DD-500 is a great pedal with so many options and flexibility.

My very first digital delay pedal was a Boss DD5 which I still have on my board. My main reason for upgrading to the DD-500 was to have the option of saving patches and presets into banks.

[Please note that some of the pros and cons are my own personal experience and understanding of the pedal.]

Pros:
Lots of control over all delay options.
Has an easy user interface.
Great delay responses.

Cons:
User interface was not what I particularly am use to. Though I found it easy to jump into, it wasn’t exactly my way of interacting with the device.

The slanted bypass switches posed the biggest problem for me. It was hard to position the pedal on the back row of my board where I usually keep all my time based wet affects behind pedals like my rat (which is a bit taller in general).

This has nothing to do with performance but I have a strymon big sky and the boss DD-500 not lining up with it bothers me. The strymon switches go straight up while the dd-500 slants towards me.

Other than those points which mainly have to with my preference, the pedal is great!

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rebecca

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2016

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Kick ass DD

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Michael

Complete control over the delay sound

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2022

This pedal is a MIDI user's dream because of the Assign function. Numerous tiny little details and obscure parameters can all be precisely assigned to individual CC functions, and in a way that's fairly straightforward (if a bit time consuming). To compare, the Eventide H9's programmability does not allow for this degree of customization (though the pedals are equal in terms of delay sound quality), and you'll be booting up an app to get to those functions at all. This pedal makes every aspect of the delay sound into a discrete variable that I can control via MIDI.

This pedal rewards patient planning and attention to detail. A player who wants to twist some knobs without reading the manual will find some good sounds and some fun, but I suspect this is a bit too much pedal for that player. It might be a bit too much pedal, even for me!

Buying this pedal represents a serious commitment to delay. There are other options, even among Boss products: the DD-200 and the RV-500 (mainly a reverb pedal with some delay on the side). Making the most of this pedal requires isolated power (of course), a MIDI controller, 1+ footpedals for CC messages, a stereo rig, and many (happy) hours spent learning how to use it and building presets.

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Wichopad

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2016

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Very good, better than the DD20

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Bobby W.

Far more than a Delay Pedal

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2019

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Some people love their reverbs. Me, I have a thing for delay effects.

And wow, BOSS Did a fantastic job with this one!

The box design is very clean and easy to understand. There's stereo ins and outs, a control/expression pedal in, MIDI in and out, and a USB in for firmware updates and access to a PC/MAC editor. Runs on batteries or Adapter. They include batteries, but you have to pay separately for the adapter.

Some people took issue with the foot switches being placed on an angle, and I can see how that could be an annoyance those who use this as a stomp box. As a desktop unit, the design is fine. I wish it had an on/off switch, but the unit stays powered off until you put a plug into the left (mono) input, which is kinda nifty.

The screen is nice and legible - there's no guessing what parameter you are adjusting.

As for presets there are just shy of 200 slots onboard (including factory content).

I don't know how many factory presets there are, but I had to stop playing around with them at about preset 16, they all sounded excellent, most were musically useful and you can any tweak any given preset to your heart's content. The pattern delay effects are very, very cool, especially on drum sounds.

As I was exploring the DD 500, it quickly became apparent that though it's got all of the delay effects you'd expect, this is much more than a delay effects pedal - it's actually a delay/mod/eq and who-knows-what-else box. The depth and amount of control they included in this thing is almost overwhelming, but it's so well laid out that you can just stick with the basic parameters if you want.

If you could only have one delay pedal, I don't think you'd find one more versatile than the BOSS DD-500. :)

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Idonthaveaname

Nice

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2023

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Bought it second-hand and have no issues so far. I was able to update the device with no hassle. It sounds good and am happy to add it to my board.

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