Why can’t the Memory Boy be 100 dollars?

If Malekko can sell the 616 for 150
and MXR can sell the Carbon copy for 150
and Behringer can make the Vintage Time Machine or whatever it’s called for 60
and BYOC can sell kits for 150

Why couldn’t the Memory Boy be 100 dollars?

I think it’s fairly obvious that they aren’t going to use NOS chips in the Memory Boy. When you’re not using NOS chips, the prohibitive cost of making analog delays is eliminated.

So maybe the MBoy will be $100 – if it is, I’m curious to the sound of it!? Also VERY excited about it.

My new prediction is Memory Boy/Toy Late & Vocoder August/Sept, Cathedral October/November. This is based on the price list sent out, and the fact that the POG2, Enigma, & Riddle were all one exactly month late.

I seem to have pinged back from another planet….what great pedals!!! There I was waiting for a Voice Box, now I will be running to the store to ask them to slow down. The Vocoder looks extremely serious. I wonder what sounds the Drone modi will be producing. Can’t wait….

Tap/Infinite on the Cathedral. Winchester or Notre Dame?

…. I’ve been told it’s correct info, but i’m not an official spokesperson for EHX.

It came from someone on Harmony-Central who said he talked to Chip, who is an EH employee. So it’s not official info, but the guy on HCFX cited a credible source.

If you’ll excuse me, I need to do some pedalboard measurements. The MB is mine come August

I like when I’m wrong about these kind of things.

The V256 has two optional internal synthesizers so that you don’t need to have an instrument plugged in to start vocoding. The three Robo sounds (which are all identical) have a synth that makes you sound like a robot. The drone modes have a synth that is more like an organ.

Single Drone is one note, Major drone is a major triad or chord and Minor drone is a minor triad or chord. Turning the Pitch knob in all 6 vocoder modes will set the pitch of the internal synth. Turning this knob fully CCW clockwise will turn off the internal synth so you can use external instruments. You can also use MIDI to control the internal synths.

The bottom three modes are all pitch shifters.

Reflex Tune is automatic pitch correction based on the scale you set it to or the chord you play on your instrument.

Transposition is simply pitch shifting your vocals by a fixed amount, +/- 1 octave.

Instrument Control mode allows you to pitch shift your vocals to whatever pitch your instrument is playing. It is a monophonic effect. Play an E note on your guitar, no matter what note you sing into the effect it will output the same E note your guitar is playing.