Description
This is a used Erica Synths Zen Delay desktop unit. The item pictured is the one you will receive. It has been tested and gone over by the experts at our shop to ensure it’s working properly and is free of issues, unless otherwise noted in this listing. Please read the description carefully and check over all photos for condition and wear. We do our best to describe all items as best as possible and note any wear we find, but please be considerate that it is a used piece and it won’t be perfect. We pack all items with care when shipping them. If you have any questions about this or any other piece of gear we have, please let us know and we’ll be happy to help!
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Condition Notes:
– Condition: 9/10
– Any wear of note: There’s some very minimal and extremely light wear, mainly a very light scratch on the bottom. But it’s in incredible shape overall and extremely clean!
– General notes: Here’s a really amazing delay unit from the folks at Erica Synths. Made in conjunction with English indie electronic label, Ninja Tune, and providing you with tons of flexibility and the best features of both digital and analog delays in one unit. It’s truly an incredible sounding delay and will continue to inspire you on your musical journey!
– Accessories included: Original box, manual and US power supply only.
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From Erica Synths:
Zen Delay
Ninja Tune – an English independent record label based in London and Erica Synths have teamed up to create a custom dub delay effects unit – the Zen Delay.
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Features
Controls: delay time, feedback, delay mod (5 presets), tap button, dry/wet, bypass switch, filter cutoff, resonance, drive, input level, filter mode
Inputs
- Stereo In: 2x standard jack
- MIDI In: standard MIDI socket
- CV In: standard jack
Outputs: Stereo Out: 2 x standard jack
Delay times: 1-5000ms with 1/8…x8 of clock/tap rate in beat mode
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Inspired by a trip to Berlin’s trailblazing music hardware trade show Superbooth, Coldcut’s Matt Black and longtime friend Dr Walker (Liquid Sky artist collective / Air Liquide) envisaged the exciting possibilities of a custom hardware effects unit. The result is the creation of the Zen Delay — the first-ever hardware effects unit produced in collaboration with an electronic music label.
Bringing together the best of the digital and analogue worlds, the Zen Delay is a BPM-synced stereo delay line, combining extreme feedback ranges for dub and experimental lo-fi effects with a multi-mode 24 dB synth filter and valve overdrive.
Created and manufactured by Erica Synths, the unit is housed in a metal case with Erica Synths’ signature bakelite knobs and a valve circuit for extra analogue warmth. While sonically versatile, it is incredibly easy to use — each function has a physical knob that you can play around with without diving into manuals or scrolling through menus on a tiny screen.
Crafted in close collaboration with DJs and producers, the Zen Delay was uniquely developed with both live and studio use in mind and is suitable for many different performance situations, musical styles and instruments. While most delay devices are designed as ‘stomp boxes’ for guitarists, the device is equally powerful in the hands of electronic music producers, artists and DJs, adding a unique, warm and powerful sonic character to drum machines, loops, vocals, synths, samples or any other source. Even full tracks or a live stereo mix can be enhanced by the combination of analogue and digital circuitry, breathing new life into iPad performances and giving traditional digital synths and drum machines a huge kick.
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Power: 12v (power supply is included)
In/Out levels: 3.2v peak to peak
DAC:
- 114 dB dynamic range
- -100dB THD+N
ADC
- 108 dB dynamic range
- -98 dB THD+N
Dimensions: 21 x 15 x 5 cm
Weight: 870g

















