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  • April 6, 2011 at 10:56 pm #81563
    benvereen
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    I’ve been hunting for an analog delay pedal, and the Deluxe Memory Boy seems to have the best bang/buck ratio in it’s price range. But I need to be sure of a couple things before I order one.

    I heard that the DXMB is digitally controlled. Is this true? Obviously the tap tempo will be digital, but what else is digitally controlled? I’m not so knowledgeable in circuitry so I need a plain answer on this one. I trust that the audio signal path is 100 percent analog.

    Also, does the DXMB suffer from the same problems as the MB? There are complaints all over the net about the MB being unpredictable and unreliable. Some say they love that aspect of the MB, but I’m looking for consistency. (Plz don’t suggest a digital pedal. :p) If the DXMB is digitally controlled then I assume this won’t be much of a problem.

    Basically I need to know if I can rely on this thing. Is it going to get all wonky on me after heavy use? I take good care of my gear but sometimes analog stuff just decides to behave badly.

    EDIT: This could be a dumb question but… If I plug a stereo signal into the DXMB, will it play both tracks as mono, or will I only hear the left track?

    April 7, 2011 at 2:11 pm #114929
    TheGhostMachina
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    ‘Unpredictable’ is kinda relative. I’ve had my DMB for almost a year now. I use it almost every day. And I know exactly how it’s gonna react. I believe you are right tho’.. It’s a digitally controlled analogue signal path. I think the tap and divid are the only digital aspects of this pedal. But I reservethe right to be wrong;)

    Hope that helps,

    TGM

    April 7, 2011 at 10:44 pm #114933
    benvereen
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    Thanks for the reply! By unpredictable I mean, will I have to do things like let it warm up? Will my delay time vary because of things like temperature? And will I have to regularly perform maintenance (or pay for pro maintenance) just to keep it in working order? I know these things are common with other analog pedals, but I thought this pedal might be different because of the digital control.

    I don’t want to be playing at home, then bring it somewhere, and turn it on to find out that I have to readjust everything to make it sound like it did earlier. I want consistency. And from what I hear, the MB is notoriously inconsistent.

    Basically, I’m looking for analog sound with digital reliability and I thought I found it in this pedal. If I could get a straight-up answer from an EHX employee (or possibly a signal-flow graph??? EHX should put these on the site!!!) I would really appreciate it. I just want to know exactly what I’m buying before I put down 200 on it.

    Oh yeah and I need an answer on the stereo-to-mono question.

    Help is greatly appreciated! I just want to buy the thing already!

    April 7, 2011 at 11:50 pm #114935
    TheGhostMachina
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    I have never needed to have my DMB adjusted. And I didn’t notice the temp thing until I read about it and experimented. Cause I always let all my gear warm up before I play, especially when on the road, it needs to climatize first.

    No piece of gear is going to sound identical in two different environments. If you rehearse in a basement, but gig on a medium or larger stage, then chances are you are gonna be adjusting a lot of things, not just delay, to make it sound right. That being said, in regards to my memory boy, it’s prob the least adjusted pedal in my setup. The main thing I do is adjust the gain knob, depending on the size of venue, etc.

    As far as stereo goes.. It’s a mono pedal, only one input/output. The effects loop is an insert into the signal path, not a seperate signal path. If you’re talking about using a trs 1/4 cable into the input, I’m not sure what will happen.. Either a mono sum or possibly just some portion of the original stereo signal. Did you have a specific application in mind? I can try it out and let you know..

    TGM

    April 8, 2011 at 12:27 am #114936
    benvereen
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    Thanks so much for the second reply! Very helpful!

    You pretty much said what I was wondering about the mono input. I want to know if plugging a TRS 1/4 into the mono input will result in a sum of the two signals or if I’ll hear only half of the signal. If you could test this out I would be eternally grateful! I will mainly use the DXMB as a guitar pedal, but I want to know how nicely it will play with stereo synths/samplers. My guess is that it will play only the left half of the stereo signal as one mono signal, but I hope I’m wrong!

    April 8, 2011 at 9:39 am #114937
    calif
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    Thanks for asking about it…i was looking for similar info.

    April 8, 2011 at 11:38 am #114938
    TheGhostMachina
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    I’ll run my Korg R3 thru it, TRS, this weekend. Results to follow;)

    TGM

    April 25, 2011 at 8:13 pm #115090
    benvereen
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    Thanks for the help EHX forums! I bought a DXMB and I’m loving it!

    I ran my Mopho through the DXMB and to my disappointment, but not to my surprise, the DXMB hears only the left half of the stereo signal. Really that is my only complaint so far, and it’s not really a legitimate complaint since this is a mono guitar pedal. I would recommend the DXMB to anyone looking for an analog delay. There just isn’t a better analog delay in it’s price range.

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