Yes, you are correct. In my original post I was comparing the Zen Delay to an Eventide Rose, which has more of the signal path you are looking for.
But they are both very cool delays.
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ahahaha my thoughts exactely! Who the hell uses HP when you have that beautiful BP. You are not wanting all the bassy muddiness anyway (and if you want them, use LP and cut the little highs that resonate) and you also cut a lot of noise with BP. Also, with BP you make the gorgeous risers that ZD is made for!
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True, but what’s cool is that you can filter ‘a part of’ the signal using the dry wet, and especially when turning the cutoff knob in BP mode this yields interesting/beautiful effects.
As far as I know, not many delay / reverb pedals have such a dedicated and extreme filtersetting
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Hello!
This is my first post on this forum, I’ve read alot, but i think it’s time to join.
Has anyone ever used the Zen Delay as some sort of low end enhancer with the hpf and a resonance bump? Haven’t seen any video’s of someone doing that. There could be a reason that no one does that, but i’m just curious what the unit does, maybe i’ve overlooked something.
The Zen Delay is a really great device for building dynamics and sonic weirdness. Here I use it on the master output of all the melodic devices, bringing the song up via the Zen’s drive, and then the delay brings it into some really wild territory.
I have other effects, but nothing generates a unique sound of its own quite like the Zen.
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It depends on the flavor of bump you’re looking for. The resonance gets extreme pretty quick and the polivoks filter definitely has its own character.
But the big reason you don’t see it used in this way is there’s no presets and no key scaling. So you’re kind of setting it up each time and it’s only good on monotonic parts like kicks.
Also, if I’ve got it in my chain, there’s no way I have the discipline to set-it-and-forget-it like I’d have to just to boost bass. Fiddling with those knobs is just too inviting 
EDIT: corrected my embarrassing misidentification of the filter circuit.
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Great use of that drive! It get’s overlooked way too often. It’s so controlled and juicy, it deserves to be right up front with the delay.
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Has anyone actually confirmed that this has a Polivoks style filter in it?
I thought it had the AS3320 chip in it.
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Yeah, seems more plausible. I emailed Erica with the question, because why not.
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I’m so ashamed! I’ve been claiming this was a polivoks all over here since I got it. I thought it was in the manual, but now that I’m looking I can’t find a single thing to back it up. I’m not sure how I got it in my head. Mea culpa.
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I think there’s a couple of reviews and whatever that mention Polivoks, but the specs say 24db multimode, which is more likely to be an AS3320 than anything inspired by a Polivoks, which is 12db and doesn’t usually have hp as an option (although I’m pretty sure harvestman put a high pass mod on their Polivoks module).
Bloody nice filter either way.
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Hello. The chip used is the AS3320. Have fun with your Zen Delay!
There you go!
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Knew it.
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I knew you knew it.
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Calm it, Rumsfeld.
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Donald?
Rumsfeld was the worst secretary of defense in American history. Being newly dead shouldn’t spare him this distinction.
It was a pretty deep reference, to be fair.
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For a Canadian bastard like me, yes.
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but to be fair, nobody’s BS had more swag than Rumsfeld’s, more than anyone in recent memory he cared the most about not caring at all, his own face could never believe what came out of its mouth.
I miss the guy
