TC Mimiq Doubler - Great or Garbage? 

Mimiq really shines splitting the stereo into two amps in the room live

I've used the Mimiq when I want to quickly record an idea and hear how it sounds doubled in a rough mix with drums and later with bass too. This way I can just let the riffs flow and I don't have to worry about being able to double the take to hear the doubling.

Thanks for a very detailed and intelligent review! Well done. I am convinced it will help me get that stereo sound from my two-amp setup, which sounds more like mono! 😊

Hey Leon, just wanted to say your videos are fantastic. You've got the rock n roll spirit, a positive vibe, play great and you manage to be informative while having fun with the videos. Take it easy dude!

I recently added this to my two evh rigs together , not bad , along with the eventide pitch shifter. Not a bad little pedal. It does widen the sound with two amps . The clean tones are pretty good , when you add some modulation effects. Rock on mr todd.😎

Well played Kev and great video Leon. I've had a Mimiq on my stereo rig for the last couple of months and it's almost always on, I like it fattening everything up. There are moments where it seems to freak out a bit but most of the time it gives me what I was looking for.

I wrestled with the Mimiq for over two years, trying to find some combo that could be collapsed into mono for recording purposes. I even used an AmplifireBox down the middle, to sit over a stereo hard-panned Mimiq signal processed by an Axe Fx 3 and summed to mono. Nothing seemed to make the Mimiq "mono friendly". After the Cygnus release, I found that the Mimiq had no advantage when compared to a single guitar signal sent to two amp blocks, each feeding a stereo cab, with only one stereo cab feeding a reverb block, and the entire mixed output going into a crossover/filter to pan the highs out more than the lows, then output to an external stereo mic-pre/parallel comp/EQ. This non-Mimiq stereo sound was just as wide as the Mimiq, but also sounded great in mono. As soon as I discovered this wide stereo setup, which sounded big like the Mimiq and also sounded great in mono, I sold my Mimiq and never looked back. I'm not sure whether my new stereo setup means the end of double-tracking, but I've found it to be more versatile in a "wide guitar" recording context than the Mimiq.

I love this pedal. It works best kicking it off and on when playing and definitely adds to rhythm playing, spreading and defocusing the sound. It lacks something I can't put my finger on, but it's on my board until that thing arrives.

Meant to be used in stereo and sound it’s best. If you’re running stereo, do yourself a favor and get one. You’ll never turn it off

I had one and sold it. To me the pedal would shine in a live situation, with one guitarist and two amps, each side of the stage (what it’s meant for). One amp just sounds like a mess. For the studio, I prefer to double track in the traditional way. And my Kemper, with the stereo widener active, sounds far better to my ears. The Stomp can also do the work. Nice video though.

I got this pedal after JP gave it a good review and used it in his live rig. Been using it for maybe 2 years now in my stereo rig. Love it, sounds massive in stereo. See how it goes when I move across to QC when it arrives🤞

You could by all means try doubling by turning the dry down on triple tracking mode, your two takes remaining dance around your dry signal instead of always being after it as would be the case in double track mode Unavoidable haas effect due to universal law on time 🍺

sounds killer mate. That mk4 is a beast also

Good substitute for the MXR Flanger/Doubler when building a "DIME" rig ;-P

I see someone did not bother reading the manual))) They actually write there that turning the tightness knob to the right for a muddier sound. I did not get the manual with the pedal, so I guess that is the issue. There is a small one page brochure showing the inputs and knobs, but that's not the full manual, so I can't blame you)

I replaced mine with an Arion SCH chorus. Brian Wampler shows how to use it as a stereo widener and, while I quite like what the Mimiq does, I found the Arion works better if I am running another modulation pedal earlier in the chain (Arion last ofc). I think first one was Mimiq.

What would happen if I use two at the same time?

I always thought an effect like this might sound slightly more authentic with a small amount of pitch detune on the effected signal as well as the in-built delay of the mimic (perhaps an eq too). Therefore imitating the timing errors, tuning imperfections and tonal differences of double (multi) tracking.

love this LT👏🔥 are you running the mimiq thru the AxeFx efx loop?

One idea I had for a pedal like this is to get one each for both the other guitar player in the band and myself so that we could possibly achieved quad-tracked tones without actually having to track two separate guitar tracks. I figured this would work perfect for both playing live shows and being able to capture a huge live sound as well as being able to play through some really low output pickups that don’t have that much gain on tap.

Couldn’t you use a delay pedal to do the same thing?

I just recently ran into this pedal and looked into if its good or not, and lo and behold your video answered all my questions as always Leon thank you so much for all the educational video's you post 🤘

Very nice playing! I love good sounding clean tones. And you certainly know how to do it. I love chorus on my cleans.

I picked one up, sounds great to me - what I'm missing is all your high end gear! :)

The Mick Mars pedal! 🤘🏻😷🤘🏻

I'm hearing 90% gravel tones. Sounds thicker, but not doubled. But ya gotta cater to the newbys who need all the help they can get. What about an acoustic elec demo. If it's a good pedal, it should sound great w an acoustic guit.

5:03 sounds like the full tone and somewhere around 5:08 sounds like there’s less top end. But it wasn’t a clear change. More like a nice crossfade

One dub - tightness after 1 o’clock Wet dry all the way up. Best sound for a double track like effect to use live. It’s a killer pedal for this but I still believe that one should double track the good old fashioned way in the studio.

JP uses one but no use in my mono live rig There are numerous ways to get this vibe with all the AxeFx 3 has in the box for stereo So I would not burn $100 to own one Thanks for the review

Hi Leon, "Curious" as you described, is how I've found mine. Quite a hard pedal to use, as those three knobs and three-way switch drive me crazy - I forget what I was actually trying to do with it (Randy Rhoads doubling effect). But I like it for a variation away from the +11/-9 EVH Micro-Pitch thing I use too much.

I'm curious if this would sound better, or after other effects?

Just sounds like a weird flanger. I think the Keeley 30ms does a slightly more realistic job - or my TC1210 😁

Good morning Leon! Thanks for sharing, Kevin and Leon! I have mixed feelings about this. Would work well in a mix I think! Thanks for sharing brother and Be Well All!

Now run it in stereo into an H9 on micropitch and you will have a thicker tone than any human can handle.

1st one was Mimiq. Clearly hear a phasing issues for super short time here and there. But damn - it spreads the mono sound amazingly well.

Is this essentially trying to emulate the Eventide micro pitch thing? Sometimes it sounds almost like a slap back.

They say that Mimiq shines when couples in a fx loop rather than in front of input, do you agree?....

In the quick cut segment, I couldn't tell any difference at all. I thought I heard a difference in the two full segments and maybe the real doubling was segment 2? That may be all in my head, though. Slick unit.

I would almost put this pedal in the modulation camp and use it as such -- not necessarily for doubling/tripling -- more as a chorus type effect. Would be curious to hear how it pairs with other modulation effects...

Hello and thanks for this demo! How does it compares to the axefx enhance blocks or other time based tricks for live use?

How many of you use the Mimiq in your rigs?

I’m curious if this thing would play nice with a stereo chorus or any other kind of modulation

Similar to a compressor its hard to hear the effect its all in your mind.

Sounds like the first play through is the doubled version and the second one is the pedal. There is some less natural sounding aspect of the second one at the end of chords or when the single notes bloom. That reminds me of using the thicken in the G system by TC back in my cover band days.

🤓HOW BOUT USING IT IN THE EFFECTS LOOP ( RETURN ONLY ) WITH 2 MARSHALL DSL 100W AMP HEADS.... FEEDING INTO OTHER RACK GEAR : JMP-1 PREAMP & OTHER RACK EFFECTS ??????

Just got one. They were out of stock everywhere for a long time

Listening with Sony 7506 phones it actually sounds good (to me.) I could use this. The Eventide Micropitch does this doubling effect too but with more options and a full on stereo delay (and a much higher price.)

I run the mini version on one output of a stereo FX unit for a little extra sass

Thanks Kevin!

i think the second one was the real double tracked bit.

I have one…I use it with my AxeFXIII….I think it’s Randy Rhodes in a box…..or Ride the Lightning..I love mine…I use it all the time….I can’t quite get the same sound out of the AxeFXIII…..Randy’s Over the Mountain Solo,this is that sound…

That JP7 in heavy rotation, bro... ;) I need to get one of these to save time in my studio. That way I only have to learn a part enough to be able to play it once!

Did you notice that dry signal is colored and change your input signal sound is changed?

How did you route this pedal through the Axe FX III? I want to hook up my mimiq pedal in my axe rig but not sure how to run it through the outputs and inputs?

How did I miss this? Thanks Kev. I may have to buy one of these. ♥️🤘♥️

I think the second playthrough was the Mimiq, but it's not like it really jumps out. If you haven't tried it as a splitter in front of two separate rigs I suggest you give it a shot. I find having different EQ and distortion/phase characteristics makes it sound even bigger, as well as imo making the "phasey" sound even less noticeable. (You'll still want to stick to 1 dub so dry is coming through one rig and the effect is coming through the other.)

Hi! I'm new here, I mean into a Fractal Audio world, and Why I'm mentioning it here? I've checked Your wideo about enchencer ideas and there was one with pitch from Cooper (G66) so I wonder which one is better in YOUR opinion for live gigs? Mimiq can't be turn on and off but Pitch block can so I can hace a wide tracks on rythm and them solo in the middle sort of speaking. Also. I know that for Mimiq it makes diference but does it also for Cooper Pitch block to use two diferent amps/cabs to even more separate the signal? Thanks for all tutorials!

Can this be used in the mixing stage? ie as a hardware insert? Does it except line level? I get live recordings to mix and sometimes I only get one guitar if they’re a 3 piece etc, be great to get a stereo spread somehow. I’ve been using Waves ADT but it’s not that great

Can you get a close approximation of that detune trick you highlight in the ADA mp1 video you did?

Hey Leon, by any chance you see this or if anyone else can opine, I'd like to know how you connected this thur the axefx? I'm using a axefx2, Im assuming from your comments you use the FX send (1 cable/mono) to the mimq, then return (stereo 2 cables) to the FX return. You said you grabbed the signal from where in the chain? was it before or after any affects in axefx patch? I'm thinking the signal can send just before any time based effects, then returned as to send the double through those effects or even after to have like a dry and wet sound? Some clarity would be really appreciated. Thanks

Stereo - 2 amps of course, 3 dubs and dry knob all the way down/off. 🤘🤘🤘

I feel the TC Mimiq doubler is possiby the best for the task, but the Boss Metalizer caught my ears... the only problem besides if it's good or not, is Mono input/Stereo output. I'm not sure how TC mini doubler how functions because is purely mono... may be it goes to just one amp with a splitter/stereo pedal at the end of the chain.

Is this possible after a multi-effects runs with Amp Sim and IR? (Guitar>Multi Effects>Mimiq>Stereo PA System)? I really want to know if it really works on that method. Hope you reply, Thank you in advance!

Great video Leon - thanks much

after watching ..I bought one..thanks for the awesome review

How is it for metal solo tones? Is this what dimebag used in the legendary domination solo in the Moscow show

KEVINKEVIN!! WHATAWHATADUDEDUDE!!

Mimiq 1st take 2nd double tracked guitar??

Sounds like a there’s just a normal signal and an octave pedal

I think its the second take with the Mimiq. Which is it?

What does the internal switches do

Anyone else getting noise on the effect out? It's like high levels of interference on my end? I'm powering my pedalboard with an ispot pro 12.

Does this pedal work well if you don't have axe effects and pro tools?

i think the second take was the mimiq, also i dont really like the sound of the pedal with any more than just one layer

I currently use a TC Electronic MIMIQ Doubler pedal for my current dual mono rig to split the signal to two amps and give me that bigger sound but I've been wanting to try a wet/dry setup. I'm not sure if this pedal makes sense for wet/dry as it seems to be designed for stereo use. If I run my wet effects through the MIMIQ, will that just sound TOO lose being that the MIMIQ is only effecting my wet affects? (Chorus, tremolo, reverb delay) Any help would be really appreciated!

Can't this be done with the axe FX alone. Kinda

Is the axe fx enhancer something similar to this?

Can such a doubler be created on an FM3 and how? Thank you.

Can you do this thing with the dual detune on the pitch block on the fm3

That JP is sick! What is the color name I wonder.

I don't think they make these anymore...all I find online is the mini version....the stereo version is nowhere to be found.

It kinda sounds like some weird early reflections type thing...

It sounds artificial because it's after the amp. You get a better result if it's the first thing after the guitar.

Great video... Great pedal

Do you have to have 2 amps to use this?

I was listening through my phone in the shower, but I legit couldn’t tell the mimiq apart from the doubled guitars

The first one must be the double tracked one. Otherwise I‘ll have to get a Mimiq and never double track again. 😂

Yay Kevin!

We won’t do the love thing not at all

Are you going to NAMM uncle Leon?

Is it analog or digital?

I'm sorry bro. It's just a waste of space...in mono anyway. I'd have to try it twenty feet apart with different amps...that's the ONLY place I'd use it. Good effort for real but not for me so far.

Take a first doubler. Take two two real guitars. It's completely different to hear this about two real amplifiers. Two guitars sounds much better. If you were to play with a more fluid and less tight sound two guitars would sound even better.

Crap pedal … sorry to be harsh

Mmm. I'm late to this thread but I must say ...the Mimiq immediately sucked any decent tone you had going on. And sounded like a speaker place inside one of the giant John's Manville corrugated irrigation pipes they use under roads to direct water . Fake is the word

This is awesome!

I sold mine. Complete garbage.

His tone is so freakingly distorted, everything sounded like a bunch of awful noise. One dub, two dubs…. everything sounded the same. Just terrible.

Its so distored that you cant get a sense of what the peddle does. Just lame in general. Ive heard the Mimic, it sounds really good when used and recorded properly.