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Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:About a minute or two after turning on the delay (adjusted and tap tempo’ed), the delay speed begins to slow until it’s not even delaying anymore. Any ideas or suggestions? The pedal is only a month old (bought it brand new). Thanks!
Not really sure what’s going on but it is not working normally. There is some sort of defect here. You should send it in for repair under warranty or if you can exchange it for another.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Well. I got the Memory toy too. I’m french. So… Do you really think that these trimpots are here because of the differences that may exist between BBDs? If that’s correct (I think it is), then do you really think that someone check every pedal made with a scope and a screwdriver to set all the trims to the correct value??? I think it unbelievable.
What I think is that the trimpots are pre-seted and soldered in the pedal. Then, if any customer have bad experince with its pedal, then he send it back to manufacturer, and then, a tech may set the trimpots.So, What I think is the trimpots are factory setted to an average value, and they may be re-setted for ideal operation. So the pedal you buy may be very good or very bad, or anything in between, and most of the pedal are just average.
That’s only my opinion, and I’ll probably NOT TOUCH THE TRIMS because I really don’t know wich affects what… I find on the web that trim 1 could affect the feedback level, as when turned clockwise a bit, the deay may self oscilate. But again, I think the average setting is correct for me, even if the delay knob is not very effective and the feedback knob offer no more than 5 decreasing repeats.
Believe it or not we calibrate every single Memory Toy, Boy, DXMB and DMM that we sell. In fact pretty much any pedal with a trim pot is calibrated before it is shipped out.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Well guys, i have to say thanks to electro-melx for sharing his honest opinion which is actually my perception of the advertisement. Anyway let me be clear i’m not fishing for refund or something neither i want to be picky or flaming, i just want to provide you honest feedback on the product which essential for any company. I enjoy ehx products very much so in a sense i’m disappointed when i see some products that are not pushing to seventh heaven like the others…as i said headphone amp is nice well built and perfect to use but i feel unhappy about being limited to use it on clean signals only.Go for a stereo input, simple cabinet emulator headphone amp and you will smash the market of these product category, honestly.
Have a nice day everybody!
Thanks for all the feedback everyone. We are taking it all seriously.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:A cab sim would be cool, but would also raise the price most likely.I have the vintage unit from the early 80s. I’d be curious to know if it’s a comparable design. It’s also very clean – no amp sim either. Works great for clean or acoustic tones.
Yes it’s basically a reissue of the original EH Headphone Amp from the older days. But the output is stereo instead of mono.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorIt could be anything in the effect’s signal path. Most likely a broken ribbon cable connection that connects to the footswitch.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorNo there is no cab simulation on the Headphone Amp.
September 3, 2010 at 1:43 pm in reply to: Want to know if what I’m doing, in terms of making my signal stereo, is “safe” #111237Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorJust to make sure I got this right the only stereo effect is the Line 6 at the end of the effects loop chain? Correct?
There really is nothing unsafe about this set up, it should work totally fine. You may, on occasion, have a ground loop between the two amps through the Line 6 pedal which will sound like some really loud hum. If this occurs, try lifting ground on one of the amps and you should be fine. Some amps have a ground lift on the back of the amp or you could use a 3-prong to 2-prong AC inlet converter, which you can get from any hardware store for like $1.00.
September 3, 2010 at 1:21 pm in reply to: The What Is The Current Draw For That EHX Pedal Thread #111235Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:This is a much needed thread. I’ve taken all the info so far and compiled it into a spreadsheet for easier search and access. I’ll add to it as time permits and info becomes available.That spreadsheet is great! Thanks for making it EH MAN.
September 3, 2010 at 1:20 pm in reply to: The What Is The Current Draw For That EHX Pedal Thread #111234Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorFreeze: 140 mA
Deluxe Memory Boy: 100 mA
Stereo Memory Man w/ Hazarai: 170 mAThe rest will be coming soon.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorTONE
The tonal quality of the Boys and the Toy are equivalent, there might be a hair of a difference but they all basically sound the same. The DMM has a different sound to it.MODULATION
The modulation on the Toy is similar to the DMM but with far less control: the Toy modulates at one fixed frequency which is the same as Chorus mode on the DMM and though the depth is adjustable with a tiny trim pot on the inside of the unit, you can’t adjust the depth once you put the bottom cover back on. The Boys modulation is totally different and more out there with a decent amount of control. The DXMB has the most modulation control because it allows you to adjust both Rate and Depth, the MB allows you to adjust depth and there is a rate switch to choose between three different rates. The DMM allows full adjustment over depth and there is a switch to choose between two different rates: CHORUS and VIBRATO.BBD CHIPS
The BBD chips in the DMM are superior as compared to the BBD chips in the Boys and Toy but the DMM chips are also obsolete.REPEATS
All of the analog delays have been designed to runaway when FEEDBACK is maxed but sometimes it doesn’t happen; usually because the pedal’s calibration has gone south at some point.September 1, 2010 at 4:06 pm in reply to: The What Is The Current Draw For That EHX Pedal Thread #111198Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Ok…. I have a classic holy Grail, I know it comes with a 500mA adapter, but have been told it doesn’t actually draw that much current. I can’t find a solid answer. I would like to connect it to my voodoo lab pedal power 2 plus, which can give me 250mA. Will this work?
ThanksThe classic Holy Grail draw 225 mA. The 250 mA tap from the Pedal Power 2+ should just be enough. The tip is positive on the classic Holy Grail power plug.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:I’d like to use my freeze pedal with my voodoolab power suplly but it gives 9V and it’s written that the freeze pedal needs 9,6V!will it work with the 9v voodoolab? is it bad for the freeze pedal?
9V will work fine for the Freeze as long as the power supply can give it 150 mA.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorThis is strange we have not seen this problem before. It is not worth opening it up, it’s like a computer in there and the buttons are on a second board which is hard to get to.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Hi there,
my 16 second delay is not functioning correctly today. i have not used it for acouple of weeks.
It works in bypass mode- but when out of bypass there is no signal coming through just a “hum”
Lights light up as they should. It is nothing straight forward like audio outputs are turned down.
Any thoughts?
If I need service i live 2 hours from toronto, is there anyone here in canada that services your stuff?It sounds like the input op-amp got fried and needs to be replaced. This is a common repair for the 16 Second reissue. This op-amp is called U2 on the board.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:I have a Nova Delay ND-1 which has a very sensitive tap tempo footswitch. I’ve noticed that the Deluxe Memory Boy’s is not as sensitive. For instance if I step on it twice really quickly, the delay time switches appropriately. But if I step on it two more times immediately afterwards, the delay time doesn’t always change as its supposed to. It’s almost like I have to wait a few seconds before inputting a new delay time via the footswitch. Anyone else notice this?The Deluxe Memory Boy averages the tap entries. It will stop averaging the tap entries after about 2 seconds since the last tap. It also throws out any tap times that are exceedingly long or short compared to the tap average. So if you tap twice at say 400 mS and then wait about a second and tap two more times at say 410 mS, it will average the four taps around 400mS, and throw away the 1 second tap time.
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