Friday, May 29, 2020

DELAY- TC ELECTRONIC Mimiq Q Mini Doubler ...great idea, well done but...

 TC ELECTRONIC MIMIQ MINI DOUBLER 
It is not hard to figure two guitars playing the same part in
$80.00 USD
unison sounds damn big. Two guys can play close enough in time so it sounds tight but the reason your ear can hear two guitars and not one is the fact is the same note by both guys is plucked either slightly before or after the other guys guitar and  randomly changes throughout a phrase. Studio's found years ago if you delay one guitar by just hair and run the guitar in stereo with a delay you get a usable dual guitar sound.The original full size stereo Mimiq did a great job. 
Unfortunately not too many of us use stereo in our rig. It does work in mono but obviously not near as well. Think of it giving you the fatness of a Chorus but without the sweep.


CONCLUSION
A chorus will do nearly as well a job and a lot more. It will however sweep. I have a couple of Chorus pedals but I use them as a Chorus not a fattener first. I do not like a sweep on a dirt sound but if my dirt sound can be made much fatter then I am all for it.
This is the kind of pedal that from the get go seems like an exotic luxury. Many guys may use it as an always on pedal and I do not blame them. After awhile you will get numb to it and your sound will seem to be not so fat at all. You will then turn it off and find it really does work!  Yes you can use a single repeat on a delay. I use it a lot. I do find it is very coloured sounding and can get a bit in your face. This is one pedal that an excellent Chinese clone for $35.00 would be a must have. 
The price is not crazy but our perceived value for money is low.

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