DSD-2 Digital Sampler/Delay
1985 digital sampler/delay. Same long-chip architecture as the DD-2 with 800ms sampling capability.
The DSD-2 Digital Sampler/Delay was Boss's first sampling pedal, released in 1985. It combined the DD-2's digital delay circuit with a sampling function that could record and play back short audio passages.
Using the same custom delay chip as the DD-2, the DSD-2 offered 800ms of digital delay alongside a sampling mode that could capture and loop audio. The sampling function was basic by modern standards, but in 1985 it was remarkable to have any sampling capability in a compact pedal.
E.Level, F.Back, D.Time, and Mode controls. At 21mA it draws modestly. The Mode switch selects between standard delay and sampling functions. Produced from 1985 to 1986.
Historically interesting as Boss's first foray into sampling, predating the loop station concept by over a decade. The DSD-2 proved that digital audio capture and playback could work in a compact pedal, laying groundwork for the RC series that would follow years later.
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