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  • June 15, 2011 at 4:14 pm #81723
    colbyd87
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    I have had the Memory Boy for about ten months now and all of a sudden the echos are dramatically off pitch. I know that this pedal has a the “depth” feature, who’s purpose is to change the pitch of the echos, but my knob is turned all the way down. Also, I don’t use the square wave pattern, nor do I use an expression pedal. Is there something internally wrong with my pedal, and if so can it be fixed? Or is there a way to “reset” the pedal’s settings?

    June 15, 2011 at 4:22 pm #115714
    Flick (EHX Staff)
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    I have had the Memory Boy for about ten months now and all of a sudden the echos are dramatically off pitch. I know that this pedal has a the “depth” feature, who’s purpose is to change the pitch of the echos, but my knob is turned all the way down. Also, I don’t use the square wave pattern, nor do I use an expression pedal. Is there something internally wrong with my pedal, and if so can it be fixed? Or is there a way to “reset” the pedal’s settings?

    Does the detune change based on whether the Memory Boy is set to Triangle or Square Wave? It’s possible the DEPTH potentiometer is broken and there is always some LFO leaking through now.

    There are no internal settings to reset with regard to the modulation or LFO.

    June 15, 2011 at 4:59 pm #115715
    colbyd87
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    I’ve tried switching between the Triangle and Square and it still changes pitch. I’ve also tried switching the expression side, knowing that it shouldn’t make a difference, and it didn’t. Ha. If it is the potentiometer, could I just switch it out, or is it more involved than that?

    June 15, 2011 at 6:37 pm #115716
    Flick (EHX Staff)
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    I’ve tried switching between the Triangle and Square and it still changes pitch. I’ve also tried switching the expression side, knowing that it shouldn’t make a difference, and it didn’t. Ha. If it is the potentiometer, could I just switch it out, or is it more involved than that?

    Regarding the Triangle/Square switch, my question wasn’t very clear. When change from one waveform to the other, does the detuning change also in anyway. It still detunes but does it do it differently? This will help determine if the detuning is coming from a leaky DEPTH pot or from somewhere else in the circuit.

    Changing the pot yourself may be a possibility depending on how experienced you are with electronics repair. It’s a bit of a job to get the PCB out of the enclosure. And then you have to find the correct type of potentiometer which might not be easy.

    Alternatively You can send it in for repair.

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