Keeley Electronics - RK2000 Funk Siren Delay

There's something beautifully unhinged about a delay pedal that doesn't just repeat your signal — it *transforms* it. The Keeley RK2000 Funk Siren Delay takes the raw, gritty soul of the 1983 DM2000 rack delay and drags it into the present day, kicking and screaming with character. The original DM2000 was a rack unit with a reputation — that 12-bit conversion gave it a grainy, lo-fi warmth that modern hi-fi digital delays have been chasing ever since. Keeley has nailed that texture here. The 12-bit architecture means your repeats have *bite* — they're not clean mirror images of your dry signal, they're slightly degraded, slightly alive, the way tape and old circuits breathe. Stack that with the pitch-shifted ping-pong delays and you've got echoes that feel like they're moving *around* you, shifting in pitch as they bounce left to right. It's disorienting in the best possible way. Then there's the Hold feature. Hit it and your signal freezes mid-air — a shimmering, sustained loop that you can solo over, swell into, or just let wash over the room. Combine that with the dramatic modulation and things get genuinely strange. Chorus-drenched swells, vibrato-soaked repeats, warped and wobbly textures that sit somewhere between a vintage chorus rack and a malfunctioning satellite signal. It's the kind of tone that makes you forget you were supposed to be playing a song. For players who want to push it further, the RK2000 is loaded with modern control options that the original rack unit could never dream of. Full MIDI integration means you can sync it to a rig, call up presets mid-set, and automate parameters without ever bending down. Remote switching for Hold and Mod means your hands stay on the guitar. Expression pedal support opens up real-time control over modulation depth, delay time, or whatever you want to map — sweep the pitch-shifting live, fade the modulation in gradually, or slam the Hold on at just the right moment. This one's built for players who think of their pedalboard as an instrument in itself — ambient architects, funk and R&B players chasing that vintage rack sound, experimental guitarists who want repeats that do something *weird*, and anyone who's ever wished their delay had a little more personality. It's expressive, it's tactile, and once you find the sweet spot between the Hold and the modulation, it's genuinely hard to put down. --- **Specifications:** - Brand: Keeley Electronics - Model: RK2000 Funk Siren Delay - Architecture: 12-bit digital - Inspired By: 1983 DM2000 rack delay - Delay Types: Standard, pitch-shifted ping-pong - Modulation: Dramatic onboard modulation with remote switching - Hold Feature: Yes — freeze/sustain function with remote switching support - MIDI: Full MIDI integration - Presets: Yes - Expression Pedal Support: Yes - Remote Switching: Hold and Modulation switchable via remote - SKU/UPC: KRK2000