Xvive Memory Man Analog Delay

The Xvive Memory Man Analog Delay is an analog delay pedal that carried a list price of £109 at the time of its release¹. Guitar Interactive Magazine described it as "an authentic, analog delay unit," and noted that it is housed, along with the rest of the range, in a rugged aluminum chassis¹.

What it does

As an analog delay, the pedal produces repeats of your playing rather than a clean digital copy, and Guitar Interactive's Jonathan Graham wrote that it "allows the user to access a plethora of vintage flavoured delay tones"¹. The same report notes the pedal uses "hi-tech filtering and noise reduction circuitry," which matters in practice because analog delay repeats traditionally darken and gather noise as they decay¹.

The Memory Man name has a long history in delay pedals: Electro-Harmonix, whose Deluxe Memory Man is an analog delay, chorus and vibrato unit, has used the name since its own Memory Man analog delay, and Premier Guitar has referred to "the Memory Man analog delay" in that context². Xvive's pedal carries that name under its own branding.

Design and build

The pedal is housed in a rugged aluminum chassis, according to Guitar Interactive Magazine's report on the release¹. Its designer is Howard Davis, whom the same report called "pedal genius Howard Davis"¹.

Where it sits in Xvive's range

The Memory Man Analog Delay was announced by Guitar Interactive Magazine alongside the company's wider pedal range, with the pedal listed at £109¹. Xvive also offers other delays, such as the Xvive V5 Delay and the Xvive Echoman Delay, and the pedal sits in the wider field of delay pedals built around analog and digital circuits.

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