Boss DD-500 Ambient Guitar Drone (vs EHX Freeze) #geartalk

I've owned the Electro-Harmonix Freeze for many years now and I love what it can do. In my search for minimizing the number of pedals on my pedalboard, I found out that the Boss DD-500 Digital Delay can create a similar sound and this video shows how to achieve that.

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Pedals used in this video:
Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer
Boss DD-500 Digital Delay
TC Electronic Hall of Fame
Boss DM-2
Line 6 Echo Park

MUSIC
"Selah" by Johanna Olson

GEAR
Canon 80D
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L USM
Rode VideoMic Pro
Joby Gorillapod Focus
Joby Gorillapod Ballhead X
DJI Spark
Xiaomi Yi Action Camera

Intro (0:00)
EHX Freeze Drone (0:20)
Boss DD-500 Drone (1:46)
Boss DD-500 Drone + Noodling (3:55)
Outro (5:23)

[jefferyleo]

Perfect video to show the dd500’s ability to be so much more than just delay.

[pgolm]

Great video! You inspired me to dig around with my DD-500. I learned if you run the delays in parallel, with Tera Echo on A, Tape mode on B, you have even more sound sculpting options.

[lancecass]

Thank you for doing this video. I tell people that the DD 500 is my desert island pedal, because it can do so much. You can create almost any effect within the edit parameters. I get lost in it, maybe too long. This is a great example. There aren't enough examples on YouTube to show the possibilities. This is a wonderful, but simple deep dive. We need more like this.

[claytongouin]

Awesome trick. I've been looking at different ways to get that pad sound, but never thought about my DD500's Hold mode. Thanks for the tip.

[IamQuintin]

Awesome work! And thanks a lot for generously sharing those beautiful sounds settings too.

[Stereo_mike]

You don’t need the second delay pedal, you can just use the two delays and feed the first one into the second then out to the reverb

[BestChannelNever]

I’ve been using my Freeze with my Slö multi texture reverb and it sounds GREAT

[RobertDorschel]

Thanks for this video. It's well executed. It helped me decide to get the DD-500, and sell the EHX Supergo. Stereo is the focus here! And the texture.
Also... your playing is fluid and organic, quite brilliant. Thank you!

[kc.]

This is awesome! Just got a used DD500 to replace my DD200. Been looking for a way to do the Freeze thing and the A/B simultaneous mode + Tera Echo really did the trick! Thanks for sharing! 👍🍺🍻

[cesarlourencocesarmusicbox]

That's cool! I use my freeze with a TC Electronic T2 Reverb and some chorus and delay on the mixer, sounds great.

[tristanstephens]

This is awesome thanks I was looking at getting the Ehx freeze or tc electronic infinite but I have a dd 500 and it’s a fantastic ambient peddle! I didn’t know it had an endless sustain function which is super cool. 🙏

[michaelgibson]

Maurits, you've cracked this for me, thank you.

[stevekirkby]

Nice - great technique for the DD-500 :)

[Shrekfruit]

I have a dd500 and never knew about this. THANK YOU BRO

[LockStoppageSandwich]

Brilliant stuff…………………..I will be trying this on my DD500

[thebeastguitar]

I get mad Explosion in the Sky vibes from this

[kevinfitzgerald]

Thank you so much. I have the DD500 and was stupidly considering getting a separate Tera Echo 🤘👏👏

[macgilli]

Top tip man, looking forward to trying this.

[salkdjfasldkfjsdlk]

Sounds great I've own all three XX500 pedals from boss and I've been looking for just a simple Hold function. This should work nicely. Thanks.

[whazpoppin]

Dude, you literally opened my eyes. Thats pretty Genius for an Amateur like me. Greetings from germany ✌🏻