The Hungry Robot Moby Dickk has evolved significantly. Now in its third edition, this stereo tape-style delay expands from a straightforward (mono) five-knob emulation into a sophisticated eight-control workstation for textured, multi-headed echo . It is less a simple vintage replica and more a creative laboratory built around the warmth of worn tape.
The defining feature is the Multihead toggle, which shifts the rhythmic subdivision between dotted eighths and quarter-note triplets—or switches the effect off entirely for a standard single-head delay . This is paired with five dedicated tone-sculpting controls:
- Saturation adds harmonic richness;
- Wow & Flutter generates organic pitch instability;
- Tape Age darkens repeats with a filtering weariness; and
- Double Tracker introduces fullness and subtle chorus via layered doubling.
- The experimental heart lies in FM Texture, a white noise frequency modulation circuit that introduces lo-fi degradation and de-resolution—a genuinely uncommon voice in this category.
Blend and Repeats function traditionally, while tap tempo remains onboard.
In practice, the Moby Dick V3 rewards exploration. Its voicing knobs interact to conjure everything from pristine multi-head echo to degraded, nearly granular artefacts. For players seeking a fully stereo, hands-on tape delay with both period-accurate warmth and genuinely original textures, this iteration is a compelling and distinctive evolution.
Hungry Robot The Moby Dick V2
Hungry Robot’s Moby Dick is well known for its chimey, tape-emulating delay line. With its slightly lo-fi imperfections and subtle modulation, the pedal is a “back-to-basics” effect in the world of multimode DSP delays.
The newly updated Moby Dick V2 brings a number of improvements to this celebrated pedal. In addition to a smaller footprint, it features some exciting circuit updates that further explore the sonic capabilities of tape-emulation, specifically in a “lo-fi, wrecked-tape” context.
While the original pedal emulated the gritty saturation of tape delay, the Moby Dick V2 pushes this to the limit via a new Lo-Fi knob, which allows players to add even more tape saturation to the delay line. The circuit accomplishes this by applying pre-gain amplification to the front end of the PT2399 delay chip, which responds with warm and organic character.
The Moby Dick V2 also improves on the original’s subtle chorusing effect, increasing modulation depth dramatically to more extreme pitch-bending territory. Crank up the Mod and Lo-Fi knobs, and you can create an effect similar to that of a broken tape-deck. But dial the controls back, and you can achieve the character of the original Moby Dick pedal.
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