SEA OF CREATIVITY

The Flashback delay gives you a lot of possibilities and each one works just fine, he gives you a crystal effect (adds octaves in each repetition), a reverse, a modulation, a loop and many others, and besides all of that, you are able to use the "MASH" technology, where you press the footswitch to change and innovate the delay you're using (the mash corresponds differently to each effect). Plus, you have 3 empty effect spaces so you can store your on settings. The only problem i had with it was the loop effect, where the tempo is not perfectly accurate.

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It was great but not for me

In the eternal search for great pedals, I often find myself tripping up. There have been some that sound amazing in isolation yet never seem to click in tandem with the rest of the rig. This is one of them.

When demoing the item, I was blown away by the wacky MASH feature. When coupled with the analog and tape options, it did some wild self-oscillations that reminded me of a pal's digital Space Echo (except way more gnarly). The reverse option was also pretty sweet; when coupled with the MASH button, it instantly killed the dry signal and gave you an instant backwards Jimi option. Moreover, the Crystal setting did some dreamy octave stuff that always sounded beautifully melodic. And those three TonePrint slots? Oh, TC Electronic, bless your generous little Danish hearts!

Sadly, the euphoria quickly faded as I tried to integrate this beautiful machine with the rest of the board. As I got to know the pedal, I became aware of its limitations. The tape and analog function, despite their much-vaunted new algorithms, still sounded too precise at times. Sure, there was occasional warble, but it didn't have much character or grime. The 2290 setting was pristine and digital, but too clean for my taste. The dynamic feature was initially tougher to master, and though I could see it being used to add definition to a section of a song, it just didn't seem overly useful. The two bright features, mod and crystal, were the quite wonderful. In fact, if I hadn't bought the Hall of Fame 2, I may have kept the Flashback 2. You see, both pedals share similar chorus-ish and shimmer-ish abilities. It was overkill to have both, honestly. I still believe those two are among the more magical of the pedal's presets. I've already mentioned the awesome reverse; still, I began to dislike how clean it was. Again, compared to another one of my pedals, the signal doesn't experience any radical warbles or decays over time. Finally, the looper is just a looper. Cool at times, but I already have other unit with that function.

So, what about the unique TonePrints and the MASH function? Yes, I downloaded the editor. Yes, I messed with patches. While they were indeed quite fun, none were utterly radical. As much as I appreciated the flexibility, they didn't totally convince me. And the MASH button? One thing that really ticked me off was how the tape and analog settings went right into self-oscillation as soon as you engage the MASH. I would've loved something more subtle like on the Space Echo. While a bit of nuance was eventually tame the MASH, you're never spared from the full-on mess early on.

Overall, if you don't have any kind of wacky multifacted delay, this might be a great investment. I really liked about 65% of its abilities. For me, though, it just didn't strike me as essential since I already own an Echo Park delay and the Hall of Fame 2 reverb pedal.

get this pedal for MASH

the MASH functionality is awesome; it sounds great in the tape mode. but the pedal tries to do too many things and once and kind of shoots itself in the foot as a result. the tap tempo functionality is a bit iffy. you cant reliably use tap tempo and mash at the same time, because the mash resets your tap tempo time, and if you turn the pedal on or off you will almost always activate the MASH, even for a split second. also TC is a bad company and doesnt want to help their customers. they have a good solution to this problem, but they refuse to give me the software update to solve it. instead they just told me to "buy another delay pedal"

best delay pedal available out there!!!

i am seriously impress whit the flashback 2 delay! TC Electronic really make great pedal, but what great with thid one is Tone print wich open up on countless posibility he MASH UP feature is also very cool all and all you cant go wrong with this

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New on the board ...

the jury's still out as I have yet to decide which presets to load to the slots, but it's still fun to have two different delay pedals on my board.

Best digital delay

Best delay pedal... If you want digital one