Direct Inject/Input Box, it’s an impedance thang.

It says 9V on the image, that doesn’t actually mean it’ll end up being 9V if it’s just a preliminary Photo but it probably will.

The Memory Boy uses the BL3208 aswell though, none of the Memory Toys/Boys/Mans use MN3005 anymore, those chips are long gone, even the bulk stock they had. The XO Memory Man was using 4 x 3008 (The Smaller Brother of the 3005, hence 4 instead of 2) and I assume they still do and that runs off the higher voltage.

True, but I feel it unlikely, stocks of 3008 would be running low too for there XO Memory Man so EHX are probably converting all there designs over to the readily available 32XX Series, while they could use a charge pump to deliver higher voltages to the rest of the circuit for more headroom, the BBDs will still be the low voltage chips.

They’re the same chips used in the Memory Boy and aslong as the design is the same as the memory man (allowing for the design changes for the new chip, mainly polarity issues) Yes it will most likely sound like a Memory Man, if they change the basic design along with the changes needed to get the new chips to function, then maybe not, that I can’t tell you.

BBDs (The MN3005 or whatever) are a very small part in the overall design when you look at it, they delay and poorly at that, so that’s why they have all that surrounding circuitry to make them work well and makes the pedal sound like it is. So don’t fear these new chips, there’s no Superiority, they’re the same chip every Analog Delay company is using these days, EHX know what the sound of the Memory Man is like and how they got it in the first place so I doubt they’d stray too far from that tested sound.

Man you’ve really got it in for that First Born…

I suspect the Neo Mistress will be Analog yes, atleast i’m hoping (Digital Flanging never did much for me) I assume it’ll use the 3207 chip instead of 5106 the normal Electric Mistress uses… how close in design to the actual Electric Mistress it is remains to be seen though.

Anyway, pretty stoked for that one if it plays out nicely, only other 1590B sized enclosure Flanger around I know of is the MXR Micro Flanger so it’s nice to see some choice on the small pedal front, especially if they get that Electric Mistress (Non-Deluxe 70s Version) sound in an enclosure that small.

The New DMM will be Analog, i’d bet your first born too, I think rather than being a continuation of the ‘Toy Boy’ line, it’ll be an updated version of the original XO Memory Man which is fairly different in design to the new lines. With Digital Control of course, that’d be my guess atleast.

I know the pedal you mean… give me a day or two to see if I can find it… I didn’t know they sold the enclosures but I know what you mean.

You ever seen the Devi Ever emo wah? Never produced but with the base of a 1590A enclosure and a 1590B Enlcosure… i’ll see if I can find a picture, you’d have to do a bit of engineering though.

Regards the main post – http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=77091.0

And a soundclip of said workaround – http://www.aronnelson.com/DIYFiles/up/sample_1-3c.mp3

Pots is pots, there’s no such thing as pots with good tone, they serve a purpose, tighter tollerances would be what you are after, but even that is finite.

Just get the pots with the right tapers and values from anywhere, most places will stock the same ‘Alpha’ Brand pots, they’re used in basically every pedal, from cheap to boutique, even Fulltone.

They’re mechanical, much like the foot switches and as such, tend to go bad as they are worked, however something can be said for not having them board mounted, but nothing related to the issue you discovered, it was just poor luck

Fulltone would use these – http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=555
Smallbear also stock new knobs (I’m assuming you’re located in the U.S)

Hope that helps.

Poly Flange/ Poly Chorus/ Echo Flanger

Black Wire is Direct Out, Red is Effect Out.

Regards Transformer, to the board, Green appears to be hot, brown neutral, to the socket? Can’t See from your pictures.

Hey, New here but I may be able to help a bit…

Mainly what he said ^^^

1. Did it ever have one? Is there a hole where it might have come out?
2. That’s normal.
3. Makes sense
4. That’s normal, it’s not True Bypass is all.

Can you post a gut shot of your unit? It’d be helpfull in debugging it, for now i’ll assume you have the SAD1024, EH-5150 Unit.

There should be an onboard regulator, either a chip or some kind of diode situation, DEM powering isn’t something I know too much about i’ll admit… but it should take 18V (Actually 24, but 18 will be fine aslong as your batteries aren’t run down) and be stepped down to 15V internally by that regulator.

The Clicking is a sign that the LFO is working, sadly, that doesn’t mean your Delay/BBD Chip has survived… but I wouldn’t give up yet, it might just need work around it.

Do you have a Multi Meter? Post voltages for the pins of every chip and transistor, post that gut shot too.