Updated Jan. 24, 2020 | by Paolo De Gregorio

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This page is linked to this article about pedals with CV Ins. You can find other CV integrated pedals in this article featuring the Best Modulation, Lo-Fi and Distortion Pedals with CV In. For a more comprehensive article about delays organized by type, see our Best Delay Pedals article.

With their granular and pitch-shifting capabilities, modern delay pedals blow out of the water the built-in delays you may find in any synthesizers’ effect section. Look also at offerings by Red Panda, Chase Bliss Audio, Meris, Alexander Pedals and Malekko.

EXPERIMENTAL DELAY PEDALS WITH CV IN

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Red Panda Particle V2
$299 | This feature-packed, stereo granular delay/pitch shifter chops your signal into small grains and rearranges, shifts, and mangles it. Five delay modes (random, density, LFO, random pitch, and reverse) and three pitch modes (detune, density, LFO) with shifting capabilities of +/-1 octave. V2 adds Tap Tempo and Presets.
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Chase Bliss Audio MOOD
$399 - Presented as a “study in interaction,” this playful granular delay features a Wet Channel of spacial effects (built with OBNE) and a Loop Channel (built with Drolo FX) that merge and interface with each other in three different routing modes, opening up a world of sonic experimentation including time-stretching, freeze, overdub, dissolve and smear.
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Red Panda Raster
Red Panda Raster
$299 - A digital delay with a pitch- and frequency-shifter integrated into the feedback loop. It delivers harmonized delays, reverse delays, chorus, arpeggios, infinite descents, chaotic self-oscillation, and continuously evolving soundscapes.
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Meris Hedra
$299 - A 3-Voice Rhythmical Pitch-Shifter with tap tempo and deep functionality. Choose and micro-tune the key, and harmonize the fundamental with pitch-shifted notes going from -2 octaves all the way up to +2. Each voice can be delayed and fed back in 4 intricate matrices, through a smooth or hard step sweep through intervals, with the option to slide between pitches at the speed you choose.
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Malekko Charlie Foxtrot
$189 - A granular delay with both autocapture and manual-capture of the input signal. Playback and capture can be manipulated through several parameters: The six knobs control the size of the buffer, duration of repeats, pitch mode, threshold, mix, and preamp level. Fully CV controllable.
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Chase Bliss Audio Thermae
$499 - It digitally manipulates the pitch of an analog signal path created by 4 re-issued versions of the BBD chip. This allows to create delays with repeats playing at different intervals, opening up innumerable harmonizing options. Intervals can be sequenced automatically, or triggered manually. It can also be used as a more standard analog modulated delay.
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Alexander Pedals Superball
$199 - An echo pedal that’s as unpredictable as its name. It’s delays. It pitch shifts. It filters. It modulates. It combines these things, and much more, to make something that has to be heard to be believed. Stay tuned for more details!
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Alexander Pedals Quadrant - Audio Mirror
$199 - A compact delay with tap tempo offering four different delay modes: Magnetic, Analog, Digital, and Lo-Fi. Tap tempo, subdivision, alternate functions for each knob and Midi/USB/CV connectivity round up the features.
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Alexander Radical Delay DX
$199 - The NEO version of this ‘80s flavored delay packs extra features like Preset, Morph function, Trails and Ramp, with six delay modes from pitch-shifted to dynamic and arpeggiating delays. and the more ordinary dual and Modulated. The Tweak knob controls mode-specific parameters.
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Cooper FX Outward V2
A digital sampling device that records audio and plays it back in different ways (freezing, stutter, and time stretching effects) depending on the mode. V2 adds a new line of mini-knobs to fine-tune Clock, Tone, Mix and Volume and a new PIT l DIR function that sets the balance of dry signal and octave signal. Exp input is compatible with CV in.
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Mastro Valvola LEM
$299 | An 8-mode tap-tempo and preset-enabled ambiance machine. Prioritizes creative, ambient delay effects, from Reverse to Lo Fi, Octave Up/Down, and Modulated. Four knobs allow control of six different parameters. A toggle switch facilitates control of 6 different parameters via expression pedal or CV.
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Lastgasp Art Laboratories Misty Cave Echo
$245 - A reverby sounding echo producing a sound that creates a resonant pitch. You can control which note oscillates using the D.TIME knob. A "CV PEDAL" jack allows control the "D.TIME" expression or CV.
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Folktek Alter Y
$399 | An experimental Multi-FX pedal, with deep CV compatibility and 7 different modes focused on pitch shifting and time stretching, including: analog delay, reverb with infinite capture and lp + hp filters, choral reverb, palindrome reverse delay / backward/forward repeat, time stretch, pitch shift (notated semi-tones) and time stretch glitch.
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Folktek Alter X
$399 | $399 | An experimental Multi-FX pedal, with deep CV compatibility and 7 different modes focused on pitch shifting and time stretching, including: long delay, tight, notated granular delay, huge plate reverb, shimmering reverb, distortion and multi-filter, pitch delay, stutter, glitch.
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TRADITIONAL DELAY PEDALS WITH CV IN

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Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man 1100-TT
$358 - The classic EHX delay with added Tap Tempo, 1100mS of maximum delay time, Exp/CV Control and an Effects Loop. Five Tap Divide subdivisions deliver rhythmic variation. The Exp/CV In provides real time control over Blend, Rate, Depth, Feedback and Delay. For more affordable versions of this same series (with shorted delay times or fewer features) look at non-deluxe and 550-TT versions.
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Electro-Harmonix Grand Canyon
$271 - Marries 12 delay modes (up to 3 seconds) to a Looper function with 16 minutes of recording time. Other features include tap tempo, nine tap divide settings, 13 presets, programmable EXP pedal settings, trails option to let the delay tail fade out naturally when the pedal is off.
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Pigtronix Echolution2 Ultra Pro
$449 - Born as a modulated delay,. the newer versions of the Echolution are jam packed with features: looper, LFO, envelope and multimode filter, it excels at on-the-fly programming flexibility. Features Reverse, Ducking, Trails, Listen and Ping Pong modes, 60 presets and full Midi integration. The Exp in allows for CV control.
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Chase Bliss Tonal Recall
$399 | 100% analog signal path controlled by a digital brain, it packs the unimaginable in a compact case: tap tempo, MIDI connectivity, presets (2 via footswitches and 100+ through MIDI), modulation controls (shape, rate, and depth), wet/dry knob, a hold function to add self-oscillation and 16 DIP switches on the back panel for extra tweaks.
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Empress Echosystem
$449 - Dual engine delay with 36+ studio quality algorithms including emulations of classics like digital, tape and analog delays, and also ambient, multi-tap and reverb modes. Its dual engine allows two of any of these effects to be used together, routed in either parallel, series, or left/right configurations. Tap tempo with subdivisions, Midi/CV connectivity and Cab simulator are welcome extras.
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Meris Polymoon
$299 - A pedal inspired by the way Allan Holdsworth and Frank Zappa used delay: a multi-tap delay with tons of modulation—it has six LFOs in it. an extremely deep sound design that can take you from well known earthly environments to new shining sonic galaxies in seconds flat.
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Jam Pedals Delay Llama Xtreme
$339 - A beefed-up version of the popular original delay with unusual functionality. 800ms of delay can be manipulated through a 4-Mode section that offers either Vibrato or "tape Age" character or Random repeats or Pitch shifting. Tap tempo with subdivision, hold function, kill dry, trails, and expression/CV input round up the list of features.
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Eventide Rose
$299 - A digital delay that emulates the lush sound of a BBD analog echo while surpassing the originals' limitations: six knobs, delay multiplier, phase invert/reverse playback and shape buttons offering five modulation sources. Five presets, MIDI control and a fully assignable aux switch/expression pedal/CV input offer flexible versatility.
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Alexander Pedals Quadrant - Audio Mirror
$199 - A compact delay with tap tempo offering four different delay modes: Magnetic, Analog, Digital, and Lo-Fi. Tap tempo, subdivision, alternate functions for each knob and Midi/USB/CV connectivity round up the features.
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Malekko Heavy Industry Thicken
$189 - 2 selectable multi-tap delay modes and separate chorus, for three delay lines total. Spread determines the delay times, and increasing the spread exponentially widens the delay times. The addition of Preamp control results in mind-blowing, thicker sound that any serious player needs.
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Adventure Audio Again
$299 - A classic vintage style, modulating delay with the added flexibility to control 5 parameters via control voltage jacks via CV in. When a CV source is plugged into a jack, the respective knob acts as an offset control for the CV signal. Designed around a cascading system of three PT2399s, it can deliver from lo-fi slapback tones to long, tape-like repeats.
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CKK Electronic Fluid Time MKII
$199 | A more affordable take on the BBD delay with digital controls. DUAL TIME mode lets you set up 2 fixed delay times, and toggle between them. TAKE OFF mode gives you an increased feedback momentary swell. STEP OVER delivers a sci-fi effect with pitch-shifting modulation.  Other functions include Six Tempo Subdivisions and Dry Kill, and extensive connectivity including CV In.
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LOOPER PEDALS WITH CV IN

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Chase Bliss Audio Blooper
$499 - Built in collaboration with artsy YouTuber Knobs, this is mainly a looper that ALSO does granular effects. With its 30 seconds of high-quality loop time and 7 undo / redo layers, it can behave like a regular looper but also lets you do a lot of creative things, like crossfade two different loops, give it an analog feel, scramble it into a pattern, just to mention a few.
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Pigtronix Infinity Looper
$449 - A dual looper that hosts a plethora of advanced features ranging from proper MIDI sync to the ability to sample stereo sources or two discrete instruments as well as a unique feature called Sync Multi which allows Loop 2 to be a multiple of Loop 1 rather than being limited to Loop 1's length. The Exp in allows for CV control.
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Red Panda Tensor
Red Panda Tensor
$299 - The Red Panda Tensor gives you live reverse and tape stop effects, pitch shifting, time stretching and hold functions you can combine in creative ways. Slow down, speed up and rewind in real time. Stretch or compress time with no pitch change. Loop, overdub, and randomly slice phrases up to 4.8 seconds.
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Pigtronix Echolution2 Ultra Pro
$449 - Born as a modulated delay,. the newer versions of the Echolution are jam packed with features: looper, LFO, envelope and multimode filter, it excels at on-the-fly programming flexibility. Features Reverse, Ducking, Trails, Listen and Ping Pong modes, 60 presets and full Midi integration. The Exp in allows for CV control.
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REVERB PEDALS WITH CV IN

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EarthQuaker Devices Afterneath V3
$199 - The Afterneath is an otherworldly reverberation machine that uses a cluster of short delays to create wild and cavernous reverberations with scattered, rhythmic reflections. Unlock new realms of immersive ambience with expression or CV control over the Drag parameter now with 9 unique modes as well as tails/no tails operation.
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Electro-Harmonix Oceans 12
$237 - A stereo digital reverb that takes the Ocean 11 one step further (hence the name) by adding an extra reverb engine. The two reverbs (each featuring 12 algorithms) can be run in series or parallel. Tails switch allows reverbs to decay naturally after you switch off the effect.
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Empress Reverb
$449 - Small footprint, stereo 24 studio-quality algorithms and 12 algorithm types, including realistic simulations of Room, Hall, Plate and Spring and unusual Sparkly, Modulation, Reverse, Ghost and Lo-Fi varieties. Beer mode gives you access to unusual/creative reverbs. It can be updated with new algorithms as they become available. Midi/CV compatible.
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Chase Bliss Dark World Reverb
$349 | A feature-rich reverb with a “World” channel designed by Keeley that houses Hall, Plate, and Spring algorithms, and an edgier “Dark” channel designed by Cooper FX. The channels can be routed in 33 ways, creating a varied palette of reverb ranging from subtle, tasteful, and lush all the way to broken video cassette, glitch shimmer, and infinite freeze. Tweakers will enjoy the sonic options delivered by the 16 DIP switches on the back case, and the routing and expression pedal options are a nice extra.
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Meris Mercury7
$299 - An adventurous, Midi integrated, stereo modulated reverb with intra-tank pitch shifting featuring a reverb algorithm inspired by Vangelis' score of the 1982 film Blade Runner. Two reverb modes: Ultraplate, a lush plate-style reverb with fast buildup; and Cathedra, a massive, ethereal and slow-building reverb. Momentary Swell footswitch and full modulation control.
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Alexander Pedals Space Race Reverb
$199 - 6 Reverb Modes, Midi and Presets presets (accessible by holding the footswitch) and Midi/USB/Expression control options. The Space knob controls the amount of pre-delay, while the Tweak one varies depending on what mode is selected. Autotrails feature lets you set up a time for how long the delay trails persist, from instant-off to always-on.
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Dr. Scientist Atmosphere
$399 | A creative and quirky multi-mode reverb pedal that also delivers some more traditional sounds (like the classic spring reverb and swell). But, as its graphics hint, among its 12 modes there are a lot of bizarro lo-fi, bit crushing and pitch/ring modulating options. Includes CV In.
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Hungry Robot Borderland (Tap)
$266 | A complex, creative reverb pedal with a modulation section controllable via Tap Tempo and a resonant low pass filter. The modulation modes include vibrato/chorus, tremolo, three octave tremolo, and a mode that crossfades between a processed signal an octave up from the input signal. An internal dip switch allows the algorithm to be changed from reverb to delay!
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