All user reviews of 4/5 for the Electro-Harmonix Memory Toy

This is a delay of the series Nano EHX

It takes the place of a pedal on a pedalboard unlike Memory Man who eats half.

It is said analog. 1 input, 1 output, 1 9v power jack.

UTILIZATION

- One knob "delay" for the length 550ms which is more than enough.

- 1 for the feedback the number of repetitions that can go to the self-oscillation.

- 1 blend knob, which is a kind of mix. When this is purely live mix, but in an effects loop can act as light boost, nice except that it adds treble not necessarily musical.

- 1 switch modulation unit ... which repeats. Unusable, it sounds just wrong.

SOUND QUALITY

Although at first I struggled with this effect I saw my opinion.

The delay is good, it does not sound Memory Man and it is perhaps better that gives him some own character.

It sounds really good in slapback and reverb false, very soft, very vintage. For solos too, with my G & L vintage sounds. In contrast to the rhythmic separately in clean, crunch or it's too messy.

OVERALL OPINION

I have since the beginning of this year 2013, I had some troubles with power effect would not activate, I changed my diet even milliamps, the effect is active. Both power supplies are working well except that the effect is active with a. It works, I no longer try to understand.

I typed some vintage effects (Chill Jam, Fulltone Wah, Maxon PT-999 etc. ..) but it sounds old vintage, old no.
And therein lies the problem of the effect. When I switched I feel that my hair is turning white, my graying beard and my youth is drawn.

Sure it amuses me in slapback and doing some solos but this is the slap.
I can not recommend this product a little to people looking for a vintage sound not too expensive and not too much space, for others it will think of something else.

Note that I am looking for a one year delay can replace it convinced me that little touch of the hair hedgehog.

analog delay in nano size

UTILIZATION

simple configuration 3 knobs
1 delay time for "time" between the notes played
2 feedback to the number of repetitions
3 blend to mix his left untreated and treated only right that his

the blend knob is a bit annoying to handle, I would have preferred a volume effect rather

SOUND QUALITY

unlike other reviews I did not feel the volume up by this delay against "colored" fairly sound, there is an equalization of difficult "vintage" genre to describe but is very present, it brings warmth to the sound. I possesses another analog that I made DIY (the tonepad rebote) is the sound is more neutral bcp

repeated notes are accompanied by a breath - this is normal is analog even three times as much time have this feature here ...

the sound is good, the settings allow you to quickly find what you want, watch the delay is not very loooong and dirty too if pushed.

chorus mod is nice to radically change his but I do not use it personally

I use it with a Fender Telecaster and a microphone wide in the clear on a fender deville or twin reveb

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a few weeks, I must say that I almost sell after a few hours of use because he went too fast self oscillation: past 12pm on the feedback knob was uncontrollable and I was getting yelled at by other musicians who were "draft" ... after researching on the net I opened the beast pawed the trimpot No. 5 (note gain per side) and I extended the feedback by reducing autoscillation. the shot is impeccable now.

benefits (bought used for 50 euros and small size of the pedalboard) I do not regret my purchase. on the other hand for those who use very often delay I recommend another or as a digital sound is still processed. for the music I play it goes!

Analog Delay 0 -> 600 ms
3 knobs: Mix / time delay / number of repetitions + switch modulation

UTILIZATION

No need for manual, these are the basic settings of a delay.

SOUND QUALITY

Pedal used with a Les Paul Faded on a Kustom bass amp.

So first I find the sound of hell (I also have a TC-Electronic Flashback is a sacred reference) but not against the masses in large settings it has a short delay to thicken the sound , a long delay for solo hard rock using a saturated, clear sound and the modulation switch is nice.
Then the boring thing is that if it exceeds half of the blend knob is not the signal delay (it seems that in an effects loop that has its uses), if more than half the knob from the pedal feedback in self oscillation.
On top of that the overall sound level is increased when the pedal engages.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 3 months I have had a Danelectro 600ms (excellent value), a Boss DSD3 (equivalent to a DD3) and a TC Electronics Flashback (a sacred pedal).

I thought Toy resell the Memory, but I keep it, even with all its faults (auto swing easy, gain volume, blend used as the first half of the race) has a grain, a warmth that I have hard to find on other delay.
Usually the debate / D makes me smile, especially when you compare the stuff cheap digital with analog expensive.
But this one I admit that I tilt to the grain and wild side that starts oscillation in the car for a bit of nothing ....