TC Electronics mimiq a live hate pedal...little help?

[morbe]

So I recently purchased a mimiq doubler and I love how it sounds but absolutely hate that it sucks tone. In the past my pedal boards have been very simple. Wah, tremolo and maybe a chorus these are mainly plugged into a blackstar stage 60. And a peavey classic. Absolutely no issues! I have never had any issues with pedals sucking tone or anything but after adding the mimiq every thing is fine until its engaged. When its engaged it completely suck the tone away. From a full meaty crunch to a thin unpleasant sound where the low end just disappears. I've heard of guitarist using eq pedals but my experience in pedal troubles are very limited. Is this pedal worthless or can I add an eq to the board and activate it only when this pedal is active?
Anyone else have issues with pedals that suck tone when active?

[newey]

Does it sound the same if you use it by itself, rather than in a chain of pedals? Maybe it's not this particular pedal, perhaps this was just one too many. Some further experimentation may be in order.

[thetragichero]

details would certainly be nice
played in a buffered effects loop or with 8000 feet of cable in front of the amp?

one thing that we can cross our fingers for: dues it have an internal gain trimpot like my new-to-me analog delay? i was having the opposite problem with it, where i got too much of a signal boost when turning it on. apparently it's there to tailor it for everyone's individual signal chain - neat!

[thetragichero]

other ideas: is your dry knob particularly low

[morbe]

Yes I tried it as the only pedal in the chain. It's still sucks tone.

Dont laugh i am a noob when it comes to pedals.
Here is my set up.
Guitar-wha-trem-mimiq-phaser-amp input.
Using your typical 6inch patch cables and no guitar cables over 10ft.

I believe I do have an effects loop on the amp and was planning on trying the pedal alone. And this way:

Guitar-wah-trem-phaser-amp input
Effect loop out-mimiq-effects loop in.

[thetragichero]

can you take the screws off the bottom of the mimic and take a photo of the guts? I'm hoping there's a trim pot
other thought is that most wahs are REALLY funky with input and output impedances (when i was playing in a metal band the only place i could place the wah was in the effects loop... it was my only effect so i realise this won't solve your problem). can you try removing the wah and reporting back?
also maybe move the mimic to first in your chain? I'm pretty sure the tc pedal is buffered

[newey]

The order of pedals often matters, you can play around with the order as well.

[morbe]

I tried only the mimiq pedal in front of the amp and in the effects loop. It still severs the low end making it unusable. I will be returning it.

[thetragichero]

have you tried the toneprint program to edit the settings?

[morbe]

Jan 16, 2020 23:14:33 GMT -5 thetragichero said:

have you tried the toneprint program to edit the settings?

I didnt know what that was but I googled it and that seems like a very awesome tool. But during further research it doesnt look like the mimiq is toneprint enabled.

[thetragichero]

ahhh
I've never messed with it but it looks like a neat thing that would've solved your problem
i wish my original polytune were toneprint enabled so it could swap tunings

[project413]

Jan 16, 2020 9:17:42 GMT -5 morbe said:

So I recently purchased a mimiq doubler and I love how it sounds but absolutely hate that it sucks tone. In the past my pedal boards have been very simple. Wah, tremolo and maybe a chorus these are mainly plugged into a blackstar stage 60. And a peavey classic. Absolutely no issues! I have never had any issues with pedals sucking tone or anything but after adding the mimiq every thing is fine until its engaged. When its engaged it completely suck the tone away. From a full meaty crunch to a thin unpleasant sound where the low end just disappears. I've heard of guitarist using eq pedals but my experience in pedal troubles are very limited. Is this pedal worthless or can I add an eq to the board and activate it only when this pedal is active?
Anyone else have issues with pedals that suck tone when active?

Try it in the effects loop. John Petrucci uses a Mimiq, and that's how he runs it.

[newey]

project413-

Hello and Welcome to G-Nutz2!

I don't think we've heard back again from morbe since he posted this a couple of years ago. So he may not see your suggestion. But it is valuable nonetheless, because others may have the same issue and google their way to this thread.