Operation; Design Features - Diamond Guitar Pedals MEMORY LANE User Manual

Thanks for purchasing a Diamond Memory Lane analog delay! We hope you
have as much fun playing guitar through this pedal as we did designing and
testing it.
The Diamond Memory Lane is a sophisticated analog delay device with many
interesting features and capabilities. Please take a few minutes and read
through this short user manual – at a minimum skim ahead to the 'Operation'
and 'Quirks' sections for some important operational notes before plugging
everything in and getting started.
Remember to protect your hearing and wear appropriate hearing protection
when playing loud...

Operation

Using the Provided 24V Adapter
The Memory Lane ships with a 24VDC wallmount adapter with standard P5/9.5
mm adapter plug with positive center pin. The Memory Lane internally regu-
lates this to both 5 and 15V, so any 18 to 24 VDC supply with 200 mA or more
available current will work. It is important to highlight that the Mem Lane re-
quires a positive center pin – most commercial pedalboard supplies that have
18V available are negative center pin. Diamond Pedals will soon supply a small
adapter cable to crossover the negative to positive pin to allow the Memory
Lane to be used in such a configuration.
It is also important to note that the standard P5 plug that the Memory Lane
adapter uses will also fit into the DC jack on most 9V powered effects. PLEASE
DO NOT PLUG THE MEMORY LANE ADAPTER INTO ANY OTHER EFFECTS, AS IT
MAY CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THEM.

Design Features

550 ms approx analog delay time using 2 NOS MN3005's running at
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15V
tap tempo footswitch control of analog delay time, OR footswitch-
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able modulation on/off: 'feature' switch allows selection of foot-
switch for either tap tempo operation or modulation on/off
vibrato modulation depth and speed controls
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tilt EQ in delay / feedback path provides subtle control over fre-
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quency spectrum of repeats (from increasingly dark repeats to flat
to increasingly bright repeats)
'kill-dry' delay only output for amplifiers with parallel effect loops
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inserting cable into delay only output jack automatically removes
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delay signal from mix output giving separate direct only and delay
only outputs
true bypass operation for mix/direct output
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pristine signal paths using premium opamps, polypropylene caps
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and metal film resistors
expression pedal input to control feedback level
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ability to use standard 1/4" stereo to two 1/4" mono insert cable in
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expression pedal input to insert an effect or chain of effects into the
feedback loop (can also be used to insert a standard volume pedal
as feedback control)
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