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Old 11-07-2009, 09:06 PM
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Malekko 616 Review

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To all who did not know, most[all?] of the first batch 616's had calibration issues which made it the delayed notes distort too much. Malekko recalled them and i got a free T-shirt out of it

So here's the D.L.

It's a bucket-brigade analog delay. Similar to that of...let's say a EHX Memory Man. (Not sure if the Memory Boy uses a BBD chip...)

The controls are simple like the MXR Carbon Copy. Modulation on/off, speed, depth and Truebypass/Buffer Bypass occupy the top row of controls. The True bypass/Buffer controls really stand out on the tone of the delay. The Buffer sounds much more bright where as the TBP sounds a lot darker.

IMO, the modulation sounds best with that little hint of it which means the Depth pushed up a bit and the speed on zero. I'm not a fan of trippy modulation. You be the judge in this regard.

The bottom row of controls are Time(~600ms), Mix, and Regen(Feedback). Like all the reviews have mentioned, the oscillation on this is incredible. Almost as good as the Echobox's

All in all, it's not a Carbon copy killer for me. Actually, it can sit right next to the thing. I believe they both have very different sounds. I do like the control of the modulation and more versatility of the 616 though. But we'll see if MXR makes a CC v2....


Differences between Buffer/TBP (in that order)
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8324493

Modulation(Buffer put on in the middle)
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8324534






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Old 11-07-2009, 11:59 PM
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but the carbon copy is already a v2....
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I thought you were just joking with that tee

Thanks for clips! I like the modulation very much.
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Old 11-08-2009, 06:28 AM
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buffered mode sounds brighter because of less signal degredation

if tbp mode sounds much "darker" i suspect you tried it in a reasonably long chain?
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Old 11-08-2009, 06:40 AM
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but the carbon copy is already a v2....
fine, v3. I wouldn't call a slight modulation change a new version...i'd call it v1.2 :P


and no, it was Malekko 616 into the Tonehammer DI out.
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