#312

This is definitely a thing in modular IMO…Call it the “Clouds Effect”. Typically a DSP module that sounds so good right out of the box that it becomes identifiable and generates it’s own niche genre.

BUT

WAIT…THERES HOPE.

Yeah, exactly.

I love it when adding a new module to my system changes the way I’m working or thinking about things, but I definitely prefer a module that I don’t quite get at first but then it grows on me. Makenoise designs generally fall into the latter category, but Mimeophon sounds reaaaaaaaallllly good right out of the box. I think there’s depth there that hasn’t been tapped just yet, so…in true makenoise fashion, they’re just rewriting the Happiness Curve :tm: by making it sound great out of the box AND months later. Obviously.

Erbe Verb is kind of in that bucket…it sounds great right away, but I still find weirdness hidden in the knobs. MN is haunted. Consistently haunted.

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#313

My take is that this pony does a lot of tricks. At its heart, it’s a very very nice-sounding delay that can be simple. and I do think the other tricks are more malleable than with Magneto, but that’s beside the point.

Along the lines of Mr. Thief - it’s a very versatile delay, and that can’t really be a bad thing in and of itself. can’t wait to hear what people do with it.

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#314

All I can say is WOW!! This place is interesting indeed.

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#315

I had never considered stereo image in patches, so it’s making me rethink my approach. Pretty satisfying for me personally. Picked up X-pan to compliment.

#316

I’m particularly interested in using mimeophon as a synth voice, based on the loopop and control demos posted above.

I’m not aware of a delay that sounds as good when used as a standalone voice, which isn’t to say it doesn’t exist… there’s plenty I’m not aware of.

#317

Now that I’ve had some time to play with it, I am astonished by how cool and how different Mimeophon can be. It’s frankly glorious as a sound source or resonator.

I mean, it’s great as a regular delay, but the things it will do in Zone 0 are next level.

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#318

Do you have patch ideas? I want to like x pan but I haven’t fallen for it, the two brief times I messed with it. I was thinking of sending different sets of outs from qpas to x pans ins and fading between different filter bands and then sending that to mimeophon but I’m looking for other cool ideas for x pan in an already stereo setup. Curious how you’re planning to pair mim and x
:slight_smile:

#319

Having spent more hours with it:

  • It can take a while to figure out where you want it to be.
  • The color knob is magical.
  • Halo is a great to have feature.
  • At this point I am more sorry they couldn’t manage a proper feedback path. More than other delays I’ve used, higher pitched feedback seems to want to run away at higher repeat settings. There is definitely some magic under the hood keeping it from evolving into deafening banshee choir, but without a physical feedback path there is no way to eliminate undesirable tones from the buffer without killing your repeats.
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#320

Well you can set the mix to 100% wet, the repeats to zero, use a stereo mixer to mix in the dry signal, then create your own analog feedback path with a stereo attenuator feeding back into the input where you need another stereo mixer again. This way you can add a stereo notch filter to the feedback path and pull out the bad frequency. It involves lots of external modules and very complex patching though and if it really achieves what you hope for is not guaranteed.

I guess MN skipped offering an open feedback path because the routing becomes very complex on a stereo delay module.

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#321

Here’s a little video on this topic:

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#322

Same experience here…

#324

Planning on Xpan next month. Planning to use it along side RXMX with DPO!
I wish with telharmonic you could pan the 3rd and the 5th with the chord that is generated individual from the root. That would be killer

#325

@Lunification @grey also thinking within the Make Noise universe, XPan has the stereo aux input, in which source -> XPan -> Mimeo -> mult to Aux input could be used to process the output through additional modulators before being cycled back into the Mimeophon. I can see the justification of not cramming a stereo feedback into a relatively small module if an external feedback loop can be patched up easily, which in the Make Noise universe it can.

(I know it’s not quite the same with the dry signal level affecting the Mimeo output, but it’s close).

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#326

Going to share this here too. If I’ve made it sound like Mimeophon is entirely unruly, that’s just not the case. Some spots sound better than others, but it entirely depends what you’re putting into it.

An example patch in a techno-y context: Just a beat with repeating Plaits chords through Mimeophon with a touch of extra reverb. (Quickly) explores Rate and Zones with Skew on.

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#327

Just wanted to say +1 on the flint and that I agree with your “sky” comments. I think flint is strymon’s underrated little verb and I’m considering picking one up again :+1:

And now

Back to Mimeophon

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#328

Love this idea. I’m still holding out for my Mimeophon pre order, mid October I’m told. I can handle it because I’m still full of inspiration with my current rig.

But, you’re not alone in the dual XPAN consideration. I absolutely love that thing and as nothing more than a VCA, it’s probably the nicest one Make Noise offers IMO :black_heart:

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#329

Just a heads up that Chuck Levins and Perfect Circuit have them in stock. No need to wait this October.

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#330

I got a Mimeophone in the mail last night.

Its easy to be hyperbolic with a new piece of gear, but I really am pretty blown away with this delay. It sounds great, its inspiring, it has a lot of things to explore. So I’ve been on a pretty long quest for a good delay/looper/mangler and this seems to be the one that is checking all of the boxes at the moment.

In eurorack I’ve owned Magneto, Clouds, Nebulae, Chronoblob. In pedal world I’ve had a Timeline, two H9’s, a Zoia, a Fulltone Tape Echo, countless analog delays and digital dealys. I just recently thought the Zoia was going to be it for me but I started getting really frustrated with the UI and realized I wasn’t having fun making music with it. Plus I relaized how important it is to have full CV control of everything.

The Mimeophone sits somewhere in the realm between the Magneto and the Chronoblob, with a touch of Clouds thrown in. I think its closest to the Magneto, like others have mentioned above but also really different. I got frustrated with the UI of the Magneto, and it was doing unexpected things that drove me nuts. Also, I think the saturation sounded fake to me. I’ve owned a real tape delay and the Magneto doesn’t really sound like real tape. I just don’t think I think I like digital emulations of analog gear. You always get let down.

I like the fact that the Mimeophone takes from analog but is not an emulation. It totally does its own thing. Because of that your expectations are different and you aren’t constantly comparing it to something. I also really enjoy the zone feature. I think its a really neat idea and makes it a cool performance tool, and makes it more of an instrument than just a boring old delay.

The Karplus Strong features in Zone1 and playing like a synth is really awesome. It reacts like playing an eBow on a guitar, which is the first time I’ve experienced that in euro. I actually tried a quick experiment of plugging the pressure out from my Pittsburgh KB-1 into the feedback CV of Mimeo and set the knob to just below feedback, and you can play the Mimeophone with pressure from the KB-1. Then of course with V/O plugged in its great. Also, it you press hold while doing this, it removes the pressure feature but you can just play it like a straighforward synth same as Clouds.

I’ve only spent about two hours with it but I’m really pretty blown away. I love it when companies do something like this, taking an old and well tread effect and pusching it into new boundaries,

One critique, I also agree there should be a clear buffer function as well. Its not the end of the world if you think of it like an Echoplex with a 40 second tape loop, but it would be nice to have that option to quickly clear it.

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#331

I appreciate the heads up :pray: but I’ve been getting in stock notifications and considered it but thats what’s my post was reflecting.

I’m SUPER excited for it but also excited enough with what I already have to wait for it to come. I’m usually not this patient but for whatever reason, I am with this one :black_heart:

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#332

0-coast → mimeophon. only messing with 0c’s amp envelope attack/length. various mimeophon parameters random/sequenced. drone by telharmonic.

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