TC Electronic is shipping their Nova series of effects pedals: the Nova ND-1 Delay and Nova NR-1 Reverb. These are the first in the Nova series to be shipped out.

The TC Electronic Nova Delay shares some similarities with their TC 2290 Dynamic Digital Delay processor, but TC Electronic has added some new tricks to the ND-1. The ND-1 features six types of delay:

• Delay line
• Dynamic
• Reverse
• Ping-Pong
• Pan
• Slap-back

On top of that, the selected delay type can be combined with a style of delay dating back from vintage tape styles to modern digidal delay styles. To spare you from getting into permutations and combinations, the ND-1 allows you a fair amount of options.

The options continue as the ND-1 allows several ways to set the tempo of the delay. The most interesting of these is Nova Delay's new Audio Tapping feature which allows the user to hold the tap tempo button while playing a rhythm on guitar. The ND-1 detects the tempo and sets it automatically. Of course, delay tempo can also be dialed in by milliseconds, beats per minute, or standard tap tempo.

As for the NR-1, TC Electronic's Nova series Reverb pedal, borrows from a classic TC piece as well - the M3000. Featuring dual footswitching action, the NR-1 allows selection between manual and preset reverbs allowing the user to select to use the positions of the current dials or a stored setting.

The NR-1 allows selection between 5 different types of reverbs:

• Room
• Spring
• Hall
• Plate
• Specials.

The NR-1 also includes a new, unique feature called DynaMix, which allows for some pretty useful tone control. DynaMix adds a ducking effect that turns the reverb's level down while playing and turns it up while the notes are decaying to prevent large hall reverbs from muddying up the sound while still putting that huge reverb through. For an even crazier sound, the DynaMix effect can be reversed so that the amount of reverb swells while playing and recedes as the notes decay.