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I’m a big fan of Andy Timmons’ tones and playing, and so when this Halo pedal came out a few months back, I wanted to check it out, but the price was a bit prohibitive. The price in the UK at the time was around £319, though I think they can be found for about £285 now. My only “negative” might be that for that money, you could grab a Strymon Timeline used? And wouldn’t that cover this ground and a lot more?
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https://youtu.be/NyOKXgi2NzY – here's my Halo build for Helix
So – in the manual of the Halo – it claims to be the Ultimate Delay Pedal….Which. I really like it – BUT – what about the Strymon Timeline, Empress Echo System – Meris LVX – can't these do everything the Halo can do and more?
13:48 Halo – is it you Lionel?
Also – some important lessons I've learned from this about what the "Halo" delay thing actually is:
-500ms – 375ms dual delay – BUT crucially with some cross feedback – this can't be achieved by just putting two delays in series?
-Slow modulation that seems to be acting the same on both sides of the delay
-Possibly a very small amount of diffusion
-Panning doesn't seem to be super wide – maybe something like 50% to the Left and Right?
Have you tried replicating the halo with the criss cross of hx stomp? I'm trying with some nice results. It has the possibility of modulation and crossfeed. It can be the best algorhythm to try to achieve the halo maybe?
The presets for this thing have set the bar-best sounding I’ve heard. There are delays out there that do more, but its simplicity, versatility, form factor, and just the tone make it something hard to beat.
This is on my list to buy….curious what you will be able to do in Helix. I had bought a Strymon Digi a while back. Dual delay….cool pedal. I may trade for a Halo.
Aurora preset in Multitap Delay block from the Fractal Units comes pretty close.
Wish it had the wonderful Sound on Sound "looper" of the Eccos
You did finally get one! Nice.
Do you recommend adding this to a HX Stomp Rig? Does it add anything extra? TY for the video! 😀
Try it with an expression pedal and you can control the amount of delay on the fly. Works great
I do think the pedal is worth it just for the first preset. It's magical. But it can do other cool delays as well–more standard stuff I mean, but that sounds great.
I haven't tried too hard to build the Halo delay on my FM9. I'm not sure if I'd use two delay blocks or one. But I'd guess you'd want some modulation and diffusion and possibly a little saturation on the repeats. And getting the level correct might be a little tricky since it seems to get out of the way a bit. Would love to see what you can come up with on the Fractal.
Be great if you did a part 2 comparing the Halo pedal to the Fractal Aurora take on the Halo. I have both and it’s very easy to edit in the FM9- the pedal I pretty much use the stock presets
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I couldn’t get anything useful out of the halo personally but I enjoy listening to other people using it
Seems like the only advantage this has over the timeline is the smaller size. No screen, less options and presets, and lack of a dedicated tap tempo button definitely make the timeline the better choice imo.
Closest I've gotten to this sound is with the tc flashback. If you set the delay type to tape, the subdivision to quarter + dotted eighth and then connect the mono out to the stereo in with a patch cable, you get the dotted eighth and quarter running in series on the "stereo" output. But the tc's lack of presets and no real tap tempo make the Halo look more appealing.
Fm9 does it already I believe
Amazing pedal. Hello temptation.
In regards to recreating this pedal with the Helix, I've mentioned this on a few other videos of yours, but I've found I can get really close running two transistor tape delays in series (dotted 1/8 into 1/4) with the same settings on both: wow/flutter set around 8, mix on the expression pedal going between 0-30%, and feedback to taste.
One thing Halo does excellently is saturation on repeats, whereas each repeat is more and more saturated. I wasn't able to recreate this anywhere. LVX has the means to do it, but it doesn't sound nearly as good. Haven't figured out a way to do it in HX Stomp at all. LVX has the rack delay and poly structure delays that can approximate the Halo effect. Not 1 to 1 but incredible sound nonetheless.
Fractal has the new multitap aurora based on this. Wonder how many of the modes it can nail.
First time on the channel so I'm sure I'm missing context but I can't imagine as a guitar player risking using a huge knife like that to open a box as a bit. One slip and your guitar playing days are done.
Favorite pedal with the stomp I swear on my life! 🖤
Get an expression pedal for it. Real time gradient control of parameters is epic. Love this pedal!
Something tells me you'll get close enough on the HX Stomp for me.
Really?? Do you need that big knife?????
man be carefully, every time i saw that sword i hope you dont cut your fingers, the most important part to play the guitar, good luck i hope you stay complete
Keeley £250 strymon -£450 !!! 😳🤔🤔🤔
Just like plug-in way way overpriced !
Letter openers have a different design in the UK, I see…
There’s a really great thread on the Fractal forum where Robert Keeley and one of the engineers there post and explain how it works, including providing a block diagram of what it does. Someone made a preset replicating it. The Aurora delay to my ears doesn’t exactly do this. A big part of the sound is phase reversal, which gives you a wider than wide effect. Worth a read for sure.
I want one 😫.
. . . page 7 of the manual says how to kill the "dry" signal so it can be used in a parallel fx loop (e.g. HX Stomp).
Well done Robert Keeley for including that feature which makes it useful beyond the traditional pedalboard set up.
Great playing, great sound…..hope you can make something for us Pod Go folks….?
Hey mate! Thanks for not cutting your fingers off. Then you'd need to get a real job. 😋