Strymon El Capistan and Deco, Source Audio Nemesis, Zoom MS-70CDR, Digitech Digidelay compared in tape mode. Shop for pedals on zZounds (Affiliate link): https://www.zzounds.com/a--3989550/cat--Guitar-Effects--2602 https://www.zzounds.com/a--3989550/cat--Guitar-Reverb-and-Delay-Effects--2627 https://www.zzounds.com/a--3989550/cat--Guitar-Modulation-Effects--2620 https://www.zzounds.com/a--3989550/cat--Guitar-Pitch-Effects--2632 Support my channel: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/donoise In the first part of the video, I compared the El Capistan, Nemesis, and MS-70CDR. I showed the Deco and Digidelay later because I thought they were a bit different than the previous three. El Capistan is known as one of the best tape delay emulations. You can hear that even without tweaking much, it sounds really good. I like it particularly with high feedback. I kept the Tape Age and Wow&Flutter fairly low in the video. Spring reverb is off. Source Audio Nemesis has two tape delay modes: Tape and Noise Tape. I personally mostly use Noise Tape but I included the Tape mode in the video as it is more relevant and directly comparable to others. Intensity knob is on the bright/clean tape position. It has two layers of modulations. Regular modulation (vibrato on the repeats) and tape wow&flutter. It also has a bit of diffusion on the repeats which makes it blend much nicer. So, in isolation, its modulation and diffusion might make it sound a little different from the others but it blends in so nicely and adds so much depth to the sound. Again, these can be tweaked in the editor but I like it a lot this way and decided to show it. Zoom Multistomp is one of my favorite pedals but I don't like its tape delay. There are actually two tape delay effects in the Multistomp but the other one (TapeEcho3) chanes the dry tone too much so I just included the regular one (TapeEcho) in the video. It has less controls than I would like and I think it lacks "tapeness" but I'm not sure. Listen to it and tell me what you think. Update: Turns out one of my favorite effects on this, Drive Echo, is also a tape delay emulation. I did not know that it was based on a tape delay. I think it might be similar to the Noise Tape on Nemesis in some respects. Maybe I'll make a comparison video of the two later. Strymon Deco cannot replace a tape delay (or any other kind of delay) if you need more than 1 or 2 repeats. That being said, it sounds really full and spacious with its mere 2 repeats, thanks to its modulation (Wobble). I don't use slapback delays but people like Deco a lot as a slapback. I mostly use the Doubletracker side for flanger/chorus/vibrato but it can definitely be used to add some air/movement/space/ambiance to your sound. It could probably be my favorite among all these pedals if it had a feedback control. Digitech Digidelay has a "boring" tape mode, in my opinion. It does not seem to have modulation or noticeable grit. The repeats are filtered a bit. It is a nice sound and a very usable delay, but not my favorite tape style delay. 0:00 Intro, comparison of El Capistan, MS-70CDR, and Nemesis 0:06 Medium settings 2:07 Short delay time 3:15 Long delay time 4:53 High feedback 6:27 Moving on to Deco and Digidelay 6:33 Deco, various settings 8:47 Digidelay, various settings 10:50 Deco and Digidelay stacked, outro Also check out these videos: Reverse Delay Comparison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-dluGMNPzg Digital Delay Comparison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktd7WatM9ZA Subscribe for more. Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/do_noise/