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Originally Posted by nicfit
get it! 
I got lucky and found a "like new" one over here in italy, yeahhh.
SpectralJ, what's your take on analog delays?
I want an MXR Carbon Copy, but costs quite a lot over here, uff... I want a delay with kinda "long" delay times, that would be a nice choice imo but I never got to try one live...
I know you're a EH freak , so perhaps you have some tips on their memory line (memory toy any good? I heard a few demos online, but my feelings are mixed on it ha ha). |
I haven't tried any of the EH analog delays actually!!
I've only owned one analog delay, and it was an Arion SAD-3.
For the Memory Boy/Toy I'd listen to demos. Apparently there are problems with them having different delay times based on what the temperature is, but that's supposed to be fixed with the new one, the Deluxe Memory Boy. For about 175 USD, you get tap-tempo analog delay with ratios, and expression control over the modulation rate, modulation depth, delay time, or feedback. Also has a gain control.
Other than that, there is the Malekko 616, which is supposed to be really good sounding. I think it uses the same chip as the Deluxe Memory Boy/Memory Boy/Memory Toy/Carbon Copy. These new delays are cheap because they use Cool Audio chips, which are reproductions of older Panasonic chips which aren't made anymore. . . though supposedly the Cool Audio chips don't really sound like the Panasonic ones (which as still used, but are super expensive because you can only get new-old-stock, which is dwindling. The EHX Deluxe Memory Man has this problem, and will be gone within a couple of years because they won't have the chips anymore.)
But here's a pic of the 616:
