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the original's repeats sound a little bit cleaner to me but I actually prefer the TT's! and with the FX loop, subdivisions, expression pedal input & tap tempo it's no competition really
One of the most noticeable differences to me is when playing the feedback/noise game and twisting the knobs. The big box sounds more like a fluid, natural smear when twisting the time knob. The TT version is more like taking slices and glitching them. Both sound good and the features on the 90s TT box are undeniable, but for noise/feedback purposes, I wonder if digital control gets in the way 🤔
The older one sounds a bit better but being a delay pedal, the difference will probably go completely unnoticed 99% of the time. For the price and functionality difference, I'd go the TT.
Yes they Look the Same, but heres simple tips, the vintage ones have a two prong cord, the 3 prong cord is a 90's reissue, and after that they went to the external power supply, so there are the basics to memory mans
Got quite curious about your demo so I went ahead getting both same pedals and repeated your tryout on a '71 silverface Vibrolux. The old big box definitely sounds better, it has more "echo dimensionality". The TT sounded flatter, as if they removed a lot of the "echo" that the big box has. To my ears, it was a notorious difference...
The new is a bit duller. But tap tempo and subdivisions is super convenient. Other features too for some, not for me I don't use them but I can see how into ambient stuff will use those MM big box is the best sounding delay of all time for me
I own tap tempo and own the big box old school MM. If Im using delay to thicken up a live sound I will use a tap, but if my playing is going to be the most present and I need the delay on....its ALWAYS the big box.
The TT was warmer sounding, the original harsher, but I noticed that the overload was always blinking through the demo- might have changed that comparison.
