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February 24, 2012 at 5:14 pm in reply to: History of Small Clones – identifying / categorizing, sonic differences, etc #117018fivewaysMember
Also some of the models with “lesser” chips sound just as good. Tolerance in electronics makes every unit unique. Try as many reissues as you can and pick the one that sounds best to you.
Seriously, I’m a dude that hooks up 8 in a row. All of them will sound close, no 2 completely alike and some will speak to you more then others will.
fivewaysMemberQuote:On the Memory Toy, there is a trim pot to adjust the modulation depth but not the modulation rate. The trim is labeled as TRIM8. There is an arrow pointing to TRIM8 with a bit of text on the PCB that says “Mod Depth.”Turn TRIM8 clockwise to decrease the modulation depth. You’ll need a small screwdriver to do this and may want to start without power connected first. Once you have a good grasp on turning TRIM8 then you can apply power and listen to how the Mod depth changes as you turn TRIM8.
I recommend you do not touch any other trim pots unless you really know what you’re doing.
I was afraid to hear that there is no speed trim. The mod section is really turning people off the pedal, along with the inconsistent nature of them at this point. Nice to hear these issues are being looked into.
fivewaysMemberBUMP. Some of ours oscillate and some don’t, the modulation is all over the board. Seriously I just I am gonna have to just pop one open and start with a screwdriver because…well…Some sound like shit.
fivewaysMemberQuote:Quote:I see one for mod depth, is there a speed on anywhere? [I’m not willing to go fishing with store stock]The stock modulation is pretty unusable by a lot of people who have been trying it out.
I was wondering the same. That would be cool, but if not, then that’s what the Memory Boy is for.
I love it but a lot of people around here are HATING on the Boy modulation section. Blues guys can’t make it work for them….the interaction is a little much for a plug and play dude.
and seriously, the stock mod speed is not good on our store demo. and this is from the weird and wild guitar section at my store.
fivewaysMemberQuote:Quote:Quote:sorry for the diss, but it doesn’t sound anything like a Bi-Phase. The Bi-Phase kills it in every way possible[yes i do own one].Nobody said anything sounded like a Bi-Phase. I was saying I would love to see Mike & EHX try to attempt making an XO version of the Mu-Tron Bi-Phase.
he said it was built by him, thus implying that it sounds kinda the same [why else would he quote that?]. At least it implied that to me.
fivewaysMemberQuote:Quote:Mike, can’t wait to hear the QBalls, but for the love of god, please recreate the Mu-Tron Bi-Phase in an EHX XO enclosure!That has got to be the tastiest, most musical phasor my ears have ever heard.
PS- And while you are at it, add a three-way toggle switch for Sine/Triangle/Square waves & and expression jack to sweep continuosly between these wave shapes.
Did you see that he also designed the Stereo Polyphase?
sorry for the diss, but it doesn’t sound anything like a Bi-Phase. The Bi-Phase kills it in every way possible[yes i do own one].
fivewaysMemberhahahahah famous mode 7. Is it famous now?
I wonder how much of that fame can be traced back to me in the early 2000’s[not as a player but as a guy talking up that sound on that pedal a lot].
fivewaysMemberPlease make a pedal with sequencing/sample and hold/slicing/pattern tremolo so I can have a 99% EHX board [as i doubt you will make a volume pedal or a strobe tuner].
fivewaysMemberQuote:for my two cents: 24bits 96hrtz, and low jitter…….that would make it very good…also, if it could do some of the roland chooper stuff, that would be way cool
and, fx loop would bring it up a notch…….
also, abelton live is getting popular so if I were designing a new looper, I would take that in consideration
ableton 8 will replace these things on my board/in my collection as it has in a realtime sound on sound sampler:
2880
SMM/H as a looper
Vintage 16 second delay [hosted lowfi vst]
Dl4
Electrix Repeater
Boomerang
Dl4
DD-20
Akai headrush
a couple maneco’s that somedays work…..
a few more.Now if EHX could correct a couple of issues with the 2880, even if it is just unsynching the tracks and adding a multiply i would gladly use it instead of a macbook onstage.
also add to my desires variable bit and sample rate, as i like things burning and lowfi.
fivewaysMemberQuote:Really? Can they improve that much on the 2880? Well, I suppose we’ll just wait and see….yeah with ease. The 2880 has some real weak points to it, like all four of the loop are synched to the master loop, making it kinda pointless. A stutter function, loop multiply, etc etc etc would all be VERY welcome upgrades to it. 24 bit as well.
Take the 2880 and add the functionality of the EDP to it with storage. I’d be all over that.
fivewaysMemberQuote:All of the expression pedal controls mentioned above sound cool. I am a rabid lover of the 2880 and couldn’t see myself without one unless… You were to improve the device with a few things. I would like an effect loop so i could process the tracks with external devices as i see fit. (imagine my POG or Qtron+ creeping in on various tracks of a loop!) An onboard tap tempo would also be grand so i would be able to change tempos mid song, going from a loose amorphous looping improv to a locked in groove. I know you are moving towards a smaller footprint with most of your pedals but i wouldnt mind if the new and improved 2880 was rack mountable like the painfully discontinued Electrix Repeater. You already make one of the best loopers available but with these few additions you would have the greatest looper ever built! Do it!first hey man, long time no see.
second all i need as a improvement from ehx over there already existing loopers is loop multiply and unquantized looping on the four tracks of the 2880 so i can do poly things with it without being stuck with a overall loop time.
tap tempo is nice too.
fivewaysMemberQuote:Quote:I use 4. Never had a issue.[/quotephotograph please
I don’t own a camera. I don’t even have a cellphone.
fivewaysMemberQuote:Quote:That works for me, but I really like the idea of providing references. For example, I’ve heard from a variety of sources that Billy Corgan used a Big Muff, and I’ve also heard that he didn’t. Does anyone really know for certain? Pics? Interviews?I have/had a picture of him with a electric mistress and a muff, he used a microsynth on starla and for the cherub rock solo. Iha used to have a small stone taped to a Flying V. He himself talks about using the muff and microsynth in the liners of a album.
They definitely used a pile of ehx stuff.
And how about later frippatronics with the 16 second delay?
fivewaysMemberEvery boris track. Wata has always used a big muff.
Smashing Pumpkins GOOD material.
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter: Nirvana.
fivewaysMemberQuote:Quote:Quote:The repeats are not as clean as on the reissue. The reissue has an ultra-clean repeat.Yeah, on this one they sound like a digitech pds series delay someone has messed with the trim pots on, or a bit crusher in teh fx loop of a digital delay. there is dirty and there is this one.
It far far far dirtier then my other delays from that time period [couple digitech racks, pds8000, etc]. It sound more like my PDS20/20 that I’ve adjusted the trims on. Actually it sounds JUST like it.
Does this sound broken to you? Do you know anyone who could referb it for me? Does anyone?
The only person I’ve found that could do any work on these is CJ Landry
Thank you very much! I really wanna hear what this thing sounds like at 100%. I got a very good deal on it so I don’t mind dumping money into having it fixed.
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