Electro-Harmonix Nano Deluxe Memory Man brings Deluxe Memory Man to compact chassis

December 29, 2022 · 4 sources

Electro-Harmonix released the Nano Deluxe Memory Man, a compact version of its Deluxe Memory Man analog delay, chorus and vibrato pedal, according to the maker's product page¹. The page lists the year released as 2021¹, and MusicRadar and gearnews both reported the pedal on October 12, 2021²³. Delicious Audio covered it on December 29, 2022, describing it as "a new (analog) chapter" in the Memory Man line⁴.

The pedal is a single-footswitch design with six knobs: Blend, Feedback, Delay, Level, Rate and Depth². Delay time runs from 30ms to 550ms¹⁴²³. MusicRadar reported that this is an increase over previous versions, which had a maximum delay time of 300ms². The Feedback knob controls the number of repeats and will push the unit into runaway oscillation at high settings¹⁴². Blend sets the wet/dry mix; at 100 percent wet the pedal produces vibrato and at 50/50 it produces chorus, per MusicRadar². Rate and Depth control the modulation speed and amount¹. An overload LED lights when the delayed signal begins to clip¹²³.

An internal, user-accessible Tails switch sets whether echoes decay naturally after the pedal is bypassed or are muted immediately; with tails off, the pedal is true bypass¹². The circuit is analog and the audio is mono¹. The maker lists dimensions of 4.5 x 2.75 x 2.1 inches, a current draw of 150mA, and an included 9.6VDC-200mA power adapter¹.

The maker's US list price is $213.30¹. MusicRadar reported a price of $203 at launch². The maker's page carries this description:

MusicRadar noted that the original Deluxe Memory Man was introduced in 1980 and had a switch selecting between chorus and vibrato². To approximate those settings on the Nano, the maker's manual suggests setting Rate to 9 o'clock for chorus and 2 o'clock for vibrato¹².