Setback Reverse Delay

The Setback is a creative reverse delay pedal that captures your playing and plays it back in reverse in real time, transforming simple phrases into evolving textures, pitch-altered layers, and ambient soundscapes. Rather than functioning like a traditional delay, it focuses on reverse manipulation, variable clock control, and textural degradation, making it a powerful tool for experimental players and sound designers.

Main features

• Real-time reverse processing: Instantly records and plays back your signal in reverse for unique phrasing and textures
• Speed control with pitch change: Range of 7 positions, from the lower octave to the upper octave, for dramatic tonal changes
• Variable clock control (500 Hz – 48 kHz): Adjusts the delay time and fidelity, from lo-fi degradation to clear playback
• Rhythmic Subdivisions (Div): Multiple synchronization options for precise timing or creative rhythmic variation
• Tap tempo and momentary feedback: Quickly adjust the timing and generate evolving inverted pads and infinite swells.
• Advanced DSP Textures: Create glitch effects, gradient repeats, and ambient layers with a single pedal
• Assignable expression control: Dynamically control one or more parameters with an expression pedal
• 3 built-in presets + live mode for quick recall during performance
• Full MIDI implementation: Access 127 presets and control parameters remotely
• Flexible routing options: Mono, stereo, or mono-in-stereo-out configurations
• True bypass or buffered bypass with trails for seamless integration into any assembly

Performance and Workflow

The Setback encourages direct interaction. Use the clock control to shape the character of the effect—from long, faded inverted trails to short, high-fidelity bursts—while the speed control introduces musical pitch changes that can radically transform your signal. The combination of tap tempo, subdivisions, and manual time adjustment allows for both precise rhythmic control and free experimentation.

Holding down the AUX footswitch introduces full feedback, sending the inverted signal back onto itself to create evolving, direction-changing textures. This makes the Setback particularly effective for building ambient layers, drones, and cinematic transitions.

What's included

• Old Blood Noise Endeavors Setback Pedal
• User manual

The Setback isn't a conventional delay; it's a sound design tool based on inversion. Whether you're creating ambient soundscapes, adding movement to clean guitar parts, or exploring experimental territory, it offers a level of control and character that sets it apart from standard delay pedals. Ideal for musicians who want to explore texture, space, and unpredictability in their effects chain.