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With eight effect modes in a single pedal, Keeley’s ME-8 Multi Echo is a time-manipulation toolbox par excellence. It can range from warbling ADT to vintage and modern delay to a handful of reverbs that can serve the most fickle delay and reverb chameleon. And though stuffing so many functions in a compact enclosure creates challenges, this box is a contender for the echo-flavors-per-pedalboard-inch championship crown.
The Keeley Multi Echo’s small footprint means multiple functions for the tone knob, so unless you like figuring out a pedal’s intricacies on the fly, it’s not exactly a plug-and-play experience. A little investigation of how functions change depending on the effect is time well spent. The effect selector rotary knob provides eight echo-mode options: ADT (automatic double tracking) modern, ADT vintage, tape echo, analog delay, digital delay, room reverb, chamber reverb, and hall reverb. The time, depth, and blend knobs function more-or-less conventionally for each selected effect.
The tone knob’s function varies from mode to mode. In ADT vintage and analog delay mode, the tone knob functions as a rate control. When digital delay is selected, the tone knob controls repeat subdivisions—ranging from quarter notes to dotted and triplet eighths. In room reverb, tone controls an added distortion effect—a tip of the hat to Phil Spector’s “room compression” technique. Smartly, Keeley added a quick-reference guide to these functions on the backplate of the ME-8.
Structurally speaking, the ME-8 feels very solid. The circuit layout is compact but predictably crowded given all those functions, and there’s no room left for a 9V battery. The single output is mono only. Sorry stereo echo lovers!
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