What the hell is an SMMH?

wow, that’s a hard one… the thing is the SMMH is a pure digital delay. Although it’s very natural sounding, it is digital and it isn’t trying to simulate tape or analog character at all

so basically you can’t really get those sounds it would completely miss the tape saturation… sorry, bro

BUT if you don’t mind spending some more money, i can recommend you getting a Danelectro Reel Echo. that’s a good tape echo simulation, even though it’s digital, it – again – sounds very natural, has a decent modulation built-in, you can choose between solid-state and tube character and it can do this crazy oscillation

You could probably dial in something on the SMMH, then it mix it with a full band, and no one else will notice that it isn’t an echoplex or space echo. C’mon, that’s the reality with this stuff.

The difference between using a digital delay, or a tube/tape delay is largely only appreciated by the musician using it. But that’s not negligible. I think gear choices should be driven largely by what inspires us.

So if you think that you are going to be more inspired by playing through a real echoplex or space echo, then you should get one. But if you just want an approximation, and feel just as inspired with it, then the SMMH should do just fine.

As you already mentioned, just roll off a touch of the highs around 11 o’clock.