Laney Black Country Customs Tri-mode delay THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE Guitar Pedal Analog Digital Dynamic Made in UK

POWERFUL DELAY ENGINE
The Difference Engine superbly emulates three classic eras of delay.

Analogue
Digital
Dynamic

Its powerful processor then allows you to manipulate time by combining features from each era to form new and stunning unique delays

THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE is the ultimate in delay pedals. Handcrafted in the UK, by Laney’s own Black Country Customs team, deep in the depths of the Black Country. The Pedal combines 3 distinctly different, superbly crafted eras of delay into a compact box. Careful consideration has been taken to ensure the highest sonic quality that would rival any top end studio gear.
The BCC-TDE is ideal for instruments and line level equipment, making it at home in any set up, whether on a pedal board, in a rack, or in the studio.

ANALOGUE
The tape echo era – modelled around the RE space echo family of delays featuring all the warmth and analogue nuances of tape.

• Warm sounding analogue tone.
• Delay times up to 1250ms.
• Straight delay from a single head.
• Multi-head delays - classic overlaid delay effect.
• Tape artifacts - WOW & FLUTTER

DIGITAL
The digital era – based on the crisp sounding digital delays of the 80’s with tap tempo and freeze functions.

• Straight digital delay - 2500 MS of delay.
• Multi Tap Delay
• FREEZE.
• Modulation on repeats.
• Tap tempo.

DYNAMIC
And thirdly the Dynamic Digital era – based of the power delays of the 90’s with modulation and ducking features

• Based on the legendary 2290.
• Straight DUCKED digital delay, up to 2500 MS of delay.
• Modulation on repeats.
• Phase reversal on delay repeats - wrap around delays.
• Multi Tap delay

COMBINED POWER
Combine features from each era to create unique delays

ARTISTS

100 PATCHES
The Difference Engine is preloaded with 50 artist patches created by the players themselves. This handcrafted and gorgeous delay engine comes ready to use with stunning presets pre-loaded. Artists such as Tony Iommi, Lari Basilio, Tom Quayle, Martin Miller, Billy Duffy, Alex Hutchings, Vernon Reid and many more have crafted bespoke delay patches in addition to some remarkable presets in the style of players such as EVH, Slash, Andy Summers, to name but a few.

LARI BASILIO
"...Such a cool pedal!"

MARTIN MILLER
"...The core sound is very good! I especially enjoy what the colour-function is doing to the sound and the tape delay is especially cool"

TOM QUAYLE
"...I am amazed at how intuitive and easy this delay unit is to use (no manual required!) and the sound quality is off the charts, especially the incredible analogue tape delays and modulation"

PETE HONORE
"...It sounds brilliant!!"

ALEX HUTCHINGS
"..the sign of any great bit of gear is that you can lose yourself in the Music, I really enjoyed it – sounds great, looks cool and the screen is brilliant"

MAX CLILVERD
"...It’s an amazing bit of kit, really intuitive"

STEREO & EXPRESSION
True stereo in and out means you can use a single input to produce a stereo output or run stereo in and out.

Take control of various delay parameters in real time, with the use of an expression pedal.

MIDI CONTROLLABLE
Full featured MIDI input and output supporting both MIDI CC numbers and Program Changes.

PERFORMANCE GRADE DISPLAY
The Difference Engine features an ultra-sharp, stunning 2.43” OLED display screen. Perfect for all types of performance environment and vantage point.

2.4" OLED SCREEN

CONTROL SURFACES
Powerful functionality, beautifully expressed…

ADD MODULATION
Controls the amount of modulation of the delay repeats.

FIND THE BALANCE
Controls the overall level of the delay repeats.

SHAPE THE TONE
Controls the tonality of the delay repeats.

CONTROL THE FEEDBACK
Controls the duration of the delay repeats.

MULTI-FUNCTION ROTARY ENCODER
The Edit control lets you select the unit of values to be edited. When editing MS values press once for seconds, again for tens, again for hundreds. This makes scrolling up to long delay times very convenient.

PRESS AND ROTATE
Pressing the Edit control allows you to enter/select a parameter to be edited, rotating the Edit control to adjust the selected parameter.

SPECIFICATION
Item dimensions: 59mm x 150mm x 121mm (HWD)
Carton dimensions: 80mm x 210mm x 150mm (HWD)
Item weight: 0.6kg
WHAT'S IN THE BOX?
High quality MIDI to USB cable included.

THREE INTO ONE
Three eras of delay built in to one powerful machine. The Difference Engine emulates three classic eras of delay. Each preset is built from one of these eras.
ANALOGUE TAPE ERA
DIGITAL ERA
DYNAMIC DELAY ERA
COMBINED POWER

Modelled around classic vintage tape echo units, such as the RE501 space echo, featuring all the warmth and analogue nuances of tape.
• Warm sounding analogue tone.
• Delay times up to 1250ms.
• Straight delay from a single tape head.
• Or select multiple tape heads – for that classic overlaid delay effect.
• Add tape artifacts with WOW & FLUTTER controls.
The digital era – based on the crisp sounding digital delays of the 80’s, such as the KORG SDD3000 – with the modern benefits such as Tap Tempo, Freeze and BPM display.
• Up to 2500ms of crystal clean delay.
• Multi Tap delay enables complex delay patterns.
• Ability to freeze repeats using the freeze function.
• Advanced routing options for stereo, wet/dry and mono options.
• Modulation on repeats to add colour.
And thirdly the Dynamic Digital era – based on the huge sounding pumping delays of the 80s and 90s.
• Up to 2500ms of delay time
• Settable boost and ducking ratio to dial in the severity of compression.
• 0.1ms to 120ms attack times gives subtle to extreme ducking.
• 15ms to 6secs of release time.
• Threshold control allows fine control of ducking with dynamic inputs.
• Combine features from each era to create unique delays

FEATURES
• 3 distinct and superb delay modes.
• An ultra-sharp stunning 2.42” OLED screen.
• Compact pedal board friendly format.
• 100 user recallable and customisable presets.
• Stereo In and Out via 1⁄4” Jacks.
• External expression pedal configurable control.
• MIDI IN and OUT via 5 pin DIN for presets and parameter control.

WHATS IN THE BOX
• BCC-TDE delay pedal
• Black country customs presentation tin
• BCC-TDE quick start guide
• USB to MIDI adaptor

CONTROLS
• COLOUR
o Sets the level of modulation present in the delay repeats. The type of modulation is
controlled by the mode and the modulation settings of the preset. See the MODULATION
section for more details. • MIX
o Turn to adjust the overall level of the delayed signal in the overall mix.
• TONE
o Sets the overall tonality of the delayed signal. At 50% the tone has no effect, values above 50% will increase the level of brightness, below 50% will darken the tone of the repeats.
• REPEATS
o Sets the number of repeats of the delayed signal. At minimum settings you’ll get a single
repeat and at maximum you’ll get runaway feedback that goes into self-oscillation.
• DISPLAY SCREEN
o The OLED display will show the current mode and preset details to you. Note: You can set the contrast and auto dim options in the SETTINGS MENU
• MENU
o Press the MENU button to display the inbuilt menu on the Screen. Whilst the menus are
displayed pressing the MENU button will enter the current selection.
• MODE
o Press the MODE button to swap between PRESET and LIVE modes. When viewing the menu, MODE will act as an exit / back button. The two modes are described in detail in the
o PRESET & LIVE MODE section.
• EDIT
o The EDIT control is a multifunctional endless encoder with a tactile button press. Turning
the EDIT control left or right will scroll or change parameter values and pressing the EDIT control has different functions depending on what you’re doing at that time.
▪ In PRESET and LIVE modes, the EDIT control will change the current delay time, pressing the EDIT control will change which digit of the delay time you want to change. Great for dialling in those exact delay times.
▪ When browsing the menu system, the EDIT control allows you to scroll up and down and select/enter with a press of the EDIT control.
▪ When editing a parameter, turning the EDIT control will change the value of the parameter and pressing the EDIT control will scroll through the digits.
• LEFT FOOTSWITCH
o This footswitch has two functions, in PRESET mode it is used to scroll down the current
preset. In LIVE mode it is used to enable/disable the BCC TDE Effect.
• RIGHT FOOTSWITCH
o Like the LEFT footswitch, in PRESET mode it is used to scroll up the current preset. In LIVE mode the RIGHT FOOTSWITCH handles both TAP TEMPO and the FREEZE FUNCTION.
Note. Check out the PRESET & LIVE MODE for more information about the two main operation modes.

CONNECTIONS

EXPRESSION
o Connect a TRS 1⁄4” Expression Pedal here to control a wide selection of parameters.
Checkout the EXPRESS YOURSELF section for more details. • INPUT
o Unbalanced 1⁄4” Jack Connections for your guitar, bass, mono pedals, keyboard etc. If you’re using only one input use the LEFT input, for stereo devices connect both LEFT and RIGHT inputs.
• OUTPUT
o Connect these 1⁄4” unbalanced outputs to other pedals, directly to your guitar amp input of
FX loop or into an audio interface etc. When running in mono use only the LEFT 1⁄4” output.
• MIDI
o Connect your MIDI gear here, the BCC-TDE supports a variety of different MIDI messages.
See the MIDI section for more details. • DCIN
o The BCC-TDE requires a 9V DC power supply (not included) and supports most standard 9V DC pedal supplies such as the type you may already have on your pedal board.
o PSU plug type should be centre negative, 2.1 x 5.5 x 10mm plug type.

SPECIFICATIONS

• BCC-TDE (The Difference Engine)
• Stereo Delay
• Input Impedance 1MΩ
• Output Impedance 100Ω
• Signal to Noise 115 dB typical 20Hz to 20kHz +8dBu
• Regulated 9V DC PSU (Not Included): centre negative, 2.1 x 5.5 x 10mm connector type
• Current Consumption ~100mA (150mA PSU recommended)
• Controls Colour, Mix, Tone, Repeats, Edit/Menu/Mode, On/Bypass, Tap/Freeze
• Inputs Left, Right, Expression (6.3mm Jack), Midi In (5 pin DIN)
• Outputs Left, Right (6.3mm Jack Socket) Midi out (5 pin DIN)
• Unit dimensions (HWD) 59 x 150 x 121mm, (2.3" x 5.9" x 4.8")
• Unit weight 0.6Kg, (1.3 lbs)
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