Synths + Pedals: Vintage Boss DSD-3 & RV-3 as delay/Reverb w/ analogue MiniMod Eurorack synth

Trying out 2 80’s/90’s Boss guitar pedals on simple synth notes using the 3-VCO MiniMod voice from AJH Synth for some fat Minimoog sound. This video was mainly to hear what the delay of the DSD-3 sounds like, but I thought I’d add the RV-3 on the end of the signal for some reverb too, to keep it all-guitar pedal. No post-processing, just the raw output of the pedals.
The 1987 Boss DSD-3 is apparently internally identical to the 1985 DSD-2, and shares the ‘long chip’ of the rack-mount SDE-3000. Here I’m just using it as a delay effect, but I’ll experiment with the sampling function in a future video. Excuse the typo in the on-screen titles - this was an 80's pedal, not 90's.
The 1994 Boss RV-3 however is quite a lot different from the 1987 RV-2 - a later and more advanced processor, so it’s bound to sound a little more modern, although it does seem to have that vintage digital metallic quality to the reverb tails sometimes, at least to my failing ears.
You buy these pedals for their character, not their realism, but for me they’re also pedals I wanted when I was a broke teenage guitarist back in the day, so there’s nostalgia and curiosity in them too.
The Synth: The MiniMod is a Eurorack modular synth system, accurately based on the vintage circuitry of the original R.A. Moog Minimoog. It has that huge, rich, warm sound, but with the open architecture/flexibility that modular offers.
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[@Mailbreaker1]

You make incredible music and have inspired a guitar player to dip the toe (actually dive head first) into synths! Keep playing music for us, we love it!

[@DreamsOfWires]

Thank you very much, that's really nice to hear. Glad it's of some inspiration.

[@FRMTHREE]

Had no idea Boss made a digital sampler. So cool

[@thamelmusic]

I own many delays, too many for sure, but my dear old DD3 is always close at hand. I bought it when I was 18 (1990), this was my very first delay pedal, it changed my life and I kept playing it ever since.

[@DreamsOfWires]

Good job, they're getting pricey to buy now, but particularly nice to have something you've owned for many years. There's so many great pedals and brands nowadays, but I still love the Boss stuff, old and new.

[@RCAvhstape]

My whole synth system is a mish mash of synths and guitar pedals. I observe Eurorack from a distance; hoping to never get the bug. I have enough on my hands learning to use gear I bought almost 10 years ago without adding more gadgets, plus everything is more expensive now, so I'm mostly safe for the moment. Pedals, on the other hand, I will pick up a new one from time to time. The most useful ones are, of course, delays and reverbs.

[@DreamsOfWires]

I think I know where you're coming from there - I'm ok with most modular stuff, but I've given up on and sold almost everything that required too much time to learn, mostly stuff with menu screens and multiple combination button presses. Something you can just pick up and play, that's so immediate and hands-on, feels more like an instrument, intuitive rather than stressful.

[@zirouzen5567]

I like the sound like Yamabiko.
great as always

[@DreamsOfWires]

Thank you very much. I don't know Yamabiko, is it a band?

[@zirouzen5567]

@@DreamsOfWires
It's about the echoes of the mountains.

[@DreamsOfWires]

Oh I see, thank you for telling me about this word.

[@Michell0115]

So cool ♬♬♬

[@DreamsOfWires]

Thank you