The Boss DM-101 has made me rethink my pedal boards. I have a dozen or more Strymon pedals along with a large collection of other digital and analog pedals. I'm going back to the beginning - that's the early 80s for me when guitar was king - and building an all analog pedal board with the Boss DM-101 as the center piece. This pedal is so good. No more digital.
I've found these to be extremely similar sounding when dialed to match. The DM-101 gets very different when you do crazy time stretching/turning of the knobs to extreme settings (think the end of Karma Police by Radiohead), but for bread and butter dotted 8th and quarter note stuff they're pretty indistinguishable, maybe a hair more clarity between the delays and the dry signal on the DM-101 because the analog results in a hair more variance between delays.
I only have the Nemesis, but that should have the same algos as the Collider, right? (minus the reverbs of course). Would you be interested in a "Nemesis vs. Brig"-video?
I Agree with you. Just got a brig and after trying it out for 20 minutes compared to an EH Memory Man 550TT the brig simply sounds too digital & modern. It doesn’t have that old sound - no way. I boxed it up and started the return on Amazon.
It's strange, as much as I always loved analog delays, I find it really curious that clock noise has turned from a little unavoidable annoyance to something desirable... I always thought that the best BBD designs were the ones that managed to get rid of it as much as possible, without darkening the repeats too much. To me, the tinny clock noise has never been a factor in the lush, malleable, organic sound of an analog delay. On the opposite, I think it's always been a distraction... I'm really tempted by the DM101, but I'm not sure how much clock noise comes through compared to the best BBD delays on the market (new and vintage). Any opinion?
Update: I took the plunge and bought the pedal. I don't know if I've just been lucky and got a particularly good unit, but to my total surprise, my worries about having to accept some little hiss and clock noise on the repeats were completely unfounded. The pedal is dead quiet, on par with Strymon in terms of the integrity of the direct signal. There is no coloration, no volume cut/boost. The funny thing is that I think I could hear a bit of clock noise in almost every DM101 video I watched on RU-vid. Could it be that the noise is much more perceivable when used with amp modelers or in a 100% digital environment? I've been using it with real tube amps in a stereo rig, and the results have been honestly mind-blowing so far. I've never had such an organic, three-dimensional feeling, even with the best stereo digital emulations of analog delays and tape echoes, nor with the best mono analog delays. Believe the hype. This pedal is special.
I guess the Boss is more “real” because it actually has the analog chips. But I feel,like the Brig has a more idealized musical sound. The Boss is a little too dirty for me and the mod is unusably seasick here (I assume it can be reined in). Maybe the Brig is more like Strymon’s take on bucket brigade perfected. Because it’s a much prettier sound than the Boss here.
I have both pedals, both sound nice! The brig has a cleaner repeat sound which isn’t bad at all! while the Boss has a dirtier sound. I wouldn’t say one is better than the other, it’s down to what the player prefers. The boss has a real nice mod section that can be adjusted where the Brig is limited but still sounds nice. The Boss is great for storing batches but I must say this! Not sure if it’s good for live use as the chips always need to flush out or whatever you call it? So always delay on change! The Brig needs another unit to save patches. The boss has mono IN only! Brig has mono or stereo settings, IN and OUT. I use the Brig more as I save space for an extra two pedals :) I must admit I don’t use all features on the Boss but use all on the Brig :) which is just 3 delay types
