The E/D mode outputs your Dry signal from one channel and the Wet signal from the other, making for more sonic fun to explore.
Hours of wacked-out noises can come from the reverse setting, as many of you know, and it’s no different here. The ability to do Reverse is fun, for sure, which is another reason I dig the DD-5. Not my favorite feature here, but that’s about my only complaint. Mode 5 is the Hold function, which can be useful sometimes, but let’s face it: the DD-5 is a delay pedal, and there are better, more intuitive looper pedals available on the market.
Sure, there are other delays with longer times, but 2 seconds is a pretty long time, and can be just the right amount in many, many situations, especially in a live setting. These range in overall delay time from 1ms to 2000ms (2 full seconds!), which is a pretty nice range, and useable for most of us. The DD-5 is jam-packed with delay options, most notably the specific Delay modes. Although we did review a version of this pedal before, it had been modded by JHS, so we’re gonna take a look at the stock pedal and see what it has to offer as it comes stock. After recently reviewing the new and awesome DD-500, we figured it was time to round out the digital delay pedals offered up by Boss, and the only one we had left was today’s featured pedal, the DD-5 Digital Delay.