Hi Kel,
Thanks for the reactions. The Helix does have a LPG at the end of the chain (I think it's the same as the standalone Pittsburgh dynamic impulse filter), but I'm wondering if you were suggesting that more LPG options are in order? I like the one on the Helix very very much, but after checking the Rabid Elephant Natural Gate out for a minute I start to wonder if I should make more space for that (and then lose the Ripples filter in the process).
For delay, I agree with the sentiment for sure. I had very seriously considered the Mimeophon. It would eat up a lot of the rest of the space (so it would be Helix and Mimeophon and not much else), but the Mimeophon itself has so many possibilities!
And now the "you're gonna need a bigger rack" idea starts to come into play, eh?
Here's a possible alternative that does incorporate the delay, keeps the Joranalogue contour, and loses the Ripples:
Natural gate would replace the Mimeophon, I guess, with a smaller delay unit.