hbombgraphics wrote:very sweet
and liking the brick pedal board
It's easily the heaviest board ever
kbithecrowing wrote:Sick board, Mini at the end
Have you ever played a Memory Boy? I'm curious as to how the MM550 compares.
The mini is one of the few pedals that's become part of what I call
my sound. It soooo good
I haven't compared them in person, I briefly had the Deluxe Memory Boy and I remember it fairly well. The MM550 is far more hi-fi, they both play well with the incoming signal thanks to the gain knob. I did really like the square wave modulation on the boy, the depth and wave-shape controls are one and the same on the boy, the man only has the sine-wave. The man could get this really nice infinite noise thing going on that was sweeet! The man has two secret modes: 1-programmable footswitchable oscillation 2- I call it power ranger mode, it'll cycle through the tap-divide modes according to how the rate knob's set (if you have the delay time set short and the repeats set on the edge of oscillation it sounds like a crazy arpegiator). I'm pretty sure the boy has the oscillation, but it doesn't have power ranger mode...
Overall if having an insanely clear analog delay and power ranger mode is worth the extra 100-150 to you, then get the man; if not, then get the boy and make some awesome square-wave modulated sounds!
rustywire wrote:Glad you got your E600D.
If you're curious to try an E600B (to compare) let a fella know and we can arrange a temp trade or something. Assuming I still have it...because it's for sale/trade once again...for now
Also how does it contrast with the DMM TT, tone-wise?
As to the first PM'D!
As to the second, their both sonically orgasmic to the extreme! Generally, the man is very bright in comparison to the dark, and you're never going to lose the delay signal to dirt with the man but that's a risk you take with the dark. It's a little like the difference between a digital and analog delay in respect to the bright/dark contrast between the two.
The man feels a lot bouncier in the way it interacts with the incoming signal. The dark can get kinda bouncy, but if you're trying to layout a rhythmic stream of sound for your signal to fly over the man is more like building a sand castle and watching the waves slowly degrade its form. Whereas the dark is more like building that same castle under those waves. It'll look good for a second, but it quickly disintegrates, melted by the waves.
At just the point before oscillation the dark creates a deliciously warm cloud of sound that'll slowly change directions, but everything's just a beautiful swash. At the same point on the man it's a bit like throwing paint on a wheel. The colors slowly degrade and blend together but you can still see some of their original color and form, never quite creating a wholly homogenous picture.
One important thing to note is that no matter how hot of a signal you slam the dark with the repeats never distort, the man, on the other hand will distort fairly easily if you push it a little. It's both a good and a bad thing.
I'm going to keep both if I can, right now the dark is more in line with what I need from a delay (something that does ominous and mysterious well). The man, though, I'll never get rid of because I think it makes a great guitarist's delay because of the frequencies it really hits on.
Long post is long
I feel like videos demonstrating pedals sometimes covers up how the pedal plays with the incoming signal (delays are the biggest offender when it comes to this). In these cases words are much better for describing how the pedal behaves
I don't think I could ever let it go
