Strymon Brigadier dBucket Delay

Destroying the Analog / Digital Divide.

In setting out to design Brigadier, we decided to take a super-powerful SHARC DSP and dedicate all of it’s horsepower to doing one thing and one thing only—delivering the best analog bucket brigade sound ever. We’ve utilized every last drop of DSP power, allowing Brigadier to deliver every minute detail and nuance that makes an analog delay special. Our hand crafted, processor-intense dBucket algorithm delivers all of the sonic complexities of analog bucket delays. No stone has been left unturned.

Brigadier gives you all of the tone and none of the noise of regular old bucket brigade chips, unless of course you choose to add it back with our exclusive Bucket Loss control! Go from warm and clean repeats all the way to noisy, saturated delays. Couple that with dedicated modulation and filter controls, tap tempo, and assignable expression pedal input, and you have yourself a versatile delay powerhouse.

Sound Design

    Hand crafted dBucket algorithm for highly accurate reproduction of every stage of an analog bucket brigade chip and the associated clock driver circuitry
    Bucket Loss control to vary the amount of loss that occurs at each stage of the dBucket
    3 delay time modes: Short, Medium and Long
    Tap Tempo modes for quarter, dotted eighth, and eighth note triplets
    Filter control for adjusting the tone of the delay repeats
    Dedicated modulation control

Ins, Outs and Switches

    Stereo output, high impedance mono input
    Expression pedal input with selectable control over any knob parameter
    Connect our optional Favorite switch to save a favorite preset
    Tap Tempo and Bypass footswitches

Audio Quality

    Ultra low noise, high performance 24-bit 96kHz A/D and D/A converters
    115dB typical signal to noise
    Analog dry path for a zero latency dry signal that is never converted to digital
    20Hz to 20kHz frequency response
    +8dBu maximum input level easily handles instrument and line signals
    Premium analog front end and output section
    Super high performance DSP in a compact form factor

More Details

    True Bypass (electromechanical relay switching)
    Selectable “trails” mode with high quality Analog Buffered Bypass
    Press and hold Tap for infinite repeats
    Adjustable +/- 3dB boost or cut when the effect is engaged
    Powered with a standard 9V center negative DC supply. 250mA minimum
    Strong and lightweight green anodized aluminum chassis
    Crafted with love in the USA