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This is a common annoyance – The memory Toy does this too. That’s one of the nice things about his big brother (father?) The deluxe memory man; you can actually control the output gain.
Basically, when the blend knob is at 12 o’clock, it should be unity (same volume level as when disengaged) if you blend more dry, the dry signal will get louder as the the delays get quieter. If you blend the other way, just the opposite. Either way, by the time you’re fully wet OR fully dry, you’re louder than unity. It’s pretty annoying that there really is no unity level for a good mix, IMO, but I guess that’s the price you pay for a smaller, less feature, fewer knob pedal. But by God if it isn’t one of the best sounding delays otherwise… Well, at least I thought so until I just got my stinking mitts on a vintage DMM about 30 minutes ago
Quote:Is it normal for the volume to decrease so drastically when moving the blend knob away from 0%? I’d say after about 5% its less than half of the original volume, even the fully wet signal isn’t nearly as loud as the dry signal.I’m not sure what you mean by “away from 0%”
Are you referring to 12 o’clock as 0%?
And when you say “even the fully wet signal isn’t as loud as the dry,” are you saying that when the blend knob is fully clockwise – fully wet – you STILL hear the dry signal louder?
lol I want to help you but your post is very ambiguous
Quote:I tried both the Memory Toy and Memory Boy in Digital Village last weekend. The Boy had more modulation options all of which were quirky and essentially unusable except for making extreme noises. I am a musician and require something that is musical in nature. The Toy’s modulation was also extreme to the point of being unusable.Why would you in a real live situation want a pitch shift up and down a semitone? – OK for experimenting with silly noises at home – but I grew out of that when I was 20 odd, now I play classic rock and blues, and neither of these pedals modulation would be of use in the real world.
The delay however was something else. Totally musical and warm. I have played with digital delays for the last 25 years and can’t believe what I was missing out on. Ultimately my decision was made based on the delay section of both. The Memory Toy had a much longer delay time than the Memory Boy and was cheaper. It was as though costs had been cut on the delay section of the memory boy to make way for all the modulation options, the extra controls, inputs and the inclusive power supply.
So I bought the Toy. It was a far superior pedal for the money. I later discovered that there is a trim pot inside that can be adjusted to mellow out the modulation amount. Now it is so subtle it is barely noticeable – just enough to sound like the natural flutter of a tape echo.
Perfect.
Oh yea, dude; you gotta pop the back off and adjust the mod trim pot; once you do you will LOVE the mod and fall in love with your memory toy all over again. Cause yea; out of the box the mod is unusable. This is what has prevented me from getting most of their other pedals. I think the only other one I would enjoy is the neo clone (or small clone if I want to deal with the power source).
So yea, to answer the OP’s question – I think you may just be the only one disappointed in your memory toy
Yea it’s normal. Mine does the same. It seems that flicking the switch seems to reset the whole system or something.
EDIT: I just leave the MOD on all the time; once you adjust the trim pot and make it tolerable, it’s quite nice – just a touch
