tap tempo diy delay

[richard the sailor]

hi guys, i'm not new in diy pedals but this is my first post... i'm looking for a "simple" tap tempo delay or mod for rebote delay or pt80....
can somebody help me?

thanks

[earthtonesaudio]

I've not done it, but from what the gurus here have told me, this is the "simple" way:
Step 1. Learn how to program a microcontroller.
Step 2. Buy a suitable microcontroller.
Step 3. Put it all together.


If you don't want to DIY it, maybe the Cusack guy will come out with a nice little add-on tap tempo board for PT2399's.


Other than those two, I don't think there is a simple way.     But we have talked about (but not successfully built) super complex ways:
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=72815.0
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=70391.0
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=57052.0
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=50185.0
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=22292.0
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=21642.0
Welcome to the forum!

[Mark Hammer]

The trouble with tap tempo is that you're asking a circuit to make a judgment.  Judgments take data, and data needs a way to be stored.  And THAT's what makes it a non-trivial task...at least in comparison to the task of generating a delay.