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Description
Product specs
| Brand | Roland |
| Model | SDE-3000 Digital Delay |
| Finish | Black |
| Year | 1980s |
| Categories | Delay |
FAQs
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What is the maximum delay time of the Roland SDE-3000?
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The Roland SDE-3000 offers a maximum delay time of 1125 milliseconds, allowing for both subtle echoes and extended ambient effects.
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Can the Roland SDE-3000 store preset settings?
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Yes, the Roland SDE-3000 features a memory function that can retain up to eight different panel settings, making it convenient for both studio and live performance use.
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How does the Roland SDE-3000 achieve its distinctive sound?
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The Roland SDE-3000 combines digital delay technology with rich modulation capabilities, creating a unique analog/digital hybrid sound that is favored by many musicians.
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Is the Roland SDE-3000 suitable for live performances?
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Yes, the Roland SDE-3000 is well-suited for live performances due to its ability to store multiple presets and its robust build, which ensures reliability on stage.
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What type of modulation does the Roland SDE-3000 offer?
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The Roland SDE-3000 provides modulation capabilities that allow for a wide range of delay effects, from simple echoes to complex, evolving soundscapes.
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Comparisons
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The Strymon DIG is preferred for its vintage grit, companding, and modulation, offering true ping pong delays unlike the SDE-3000D.
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The SDE-3000's tone is compared favorably to analog delays for its ability to enrich lead tones, although some users revert to classic digital delays for rhythm due to its richness.
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Features and functionality
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Users find the SDE-3000D's modulation to be either too subtle or excessive compared to the original rack units.
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The SDE-3000D has a steep learning curve due to cryptic parameter names on its display, reminiscent of old digital gear.
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The integration with an expression pedal is highlighted as a key feature, allowing for dynamic control over delay parameters during performances.
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Build quality
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Some SDE-3000D units have mushy time up and rate down buttons, leading to unreliable performance.
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Value and pricing
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A vintage SDE-3000 can be purchased for under $200, raising questions about the SDE-3000D's $500 price point.
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User experience
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Owners with multiple delays, including the DD-500, find the SDE-3000D's interface clear and readable from a distance, with minimal menu diving.
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Critic Reviews
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Based on 1 Review and 5 Ratings
Artist usage
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According to this Guitar Geek rig diagram, Bob Mould uses a Roland SDE-3000 Delay.
"He still tends to treat his sounds heavily after programming: favourite devices for creating movement are his Roland SBF325 stereo flanger and Roland SDE3000 digital delay. Other effects come courtesy of Lexicon PCM70, Yamaha SPX90II, and Korg SRV reverbs, Sound City distortion pedals, and a stereo ring modulator which he had custom built. Again, like Sylvian, and still harking back to Tin Drum times, Barbieri prefers the sound of keyboards recorded to tape (the Fostex E16), and so, oddly for a modern keyboard player, doesn't own any sequencer or computer."
Per "Rock This Town" publication, special issue 1991:
In 1991, the setup was as follows: [Rock This Town special issue 1991]
Sound studio: Analog Synths: Roland System 100/100M/101 (+Roland Midi interface MPU-101);YAMAHA CS-40M (in the Take One video); Oberheim Matrix 1000; Digital Synths: Yamaha DX-7 (2); Ensonic VFX; Roland DDR30; Yamaha tg77; Korg Wavestation; Sequencer: Atari 1040 (Sequ. Cubase 2.0); Samplers: AkaiS9000 (2); AkaiS1000 (8Mg + Hard Drive Mfile 44); AkaiS1000PB (4Mg); Emulator II; akai 1100, e-mu Procussion, roland s-10 for live use @ the mixing desk; Effects: Lexicon 480L; Yamaha SPX90 II (2); Roland SRV-2000; Roland SDE-3000; Alesis Midiverb II; Alesis Quadraverb; ART DRX; spx 1000 (x2); Eventide h3000 se; Mixing: Table TAC Scorpion 32/16; Recorder TASCAM MS16 tracks; Recorder DAT Luxman; Speakers Yamaha NS 10M pro ATC SCM50; QUAD ampli (for NS-10M); Diverse: compressor/limiter, noise gate, parametric eq. Live: Backline: Akai S9000; Roland DDR30; Simons & Roland Pads; Emulator II; TASCAM238 8
Graphic Studio: Commodore Amiga 2500 (6Mg + Hard Drive 40Mg); Commodore Amiga 500; Digitizer SNAPSHOT; Camera Sony CCD V-200E; Laserprint NEC Silentwriter LC890; Monitor NEC Multisync 2A.
Line level feeds the RJM rack and splits signal to two Roland SDE-3000 delays and a Pete Cornish Chorus + T.E.S. Delay.
Shown within multiple rack setup designed by FREE THE TONE for 2020's MMXX Arena Tour as per photos published on FREE THE TONE's blog (2020).
This 1988 article lists a Roland SDE3000 Delay as one of the units in Dann's Rack Rig.
Daniel Miller uses the Roland SDE-3000 Delay, as noted in his gear list featured in Sound on Sound.
Carlos Cavazo mentions that he uses the Roland SDE-3000 Delay to achieve a flanging and chorusing effect, as demonstrated in the YouTube video "Carlos Cavazo - Star Licks 1984".
A Roland SDE-3000 is among the items auctioned from David Stewart's studio.
Used for the keyboards on "Makes Me Wonder", as stated by mix engineer Mark Endert in this September 2007 Sound on Sound interview.
Keyboards: Urei 1176, Roland SDE3000, Lexicon PCM42
“The acoustic piano had a ton of 1176 compression on it and also some slap echo from an SDE3000. I definitely added timed delays from my PCM42s to the Juno 106 pads to keep them nice and full in the choruses. The great thing about the contour of the track is that there are moments when it’s big and then you get sucked down into moments that are tight and small. So when the keyboards change to distorted Rhodes and Wurlitzer in the bridge, they are much more dry than anything else. I don’t think I used plug–ins on the keyboards."
Crispian Mills is shown using the Roland SDE-3000 Delay in a recording list featured on this page: https://www.angelfire.com/blues2/electric_gypsy/CM/CMA.html. The list highlights the gear used for PPA sessions, confirming its role in his setup.
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