TC Electronic Mimiq Doubler

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Welcome to ProGuitarShop and ToneReport.com. Today we’re doubling down with the Mimiq from TC Electronic. The Mimiq is a precision tone sculptor that imitates the long-used studio method of double tracking. Almost every rock record in the last 50 years has relied upon double tracking to add thickness and character to any instrument under the sun. The Mimiq breathes new life into this technique by giving you the choice of duplicating your original signal up to 3 more times for thick, chewy riffs and sparkling clean tones that will remind you of rock records of yore. The Tightness knob provides a varying degree of spatial separation, from tight, robotic tracking to loose, chorus-like doubling. Dialing in just the right amount of dry signal is a breeze thanks to individual Effect and Dry knobs. The Effect knob controls the amount of doubled signal in the path, while the Dry knob dials in the amount of clean signal. If the Mimiq doesn’t create enough space in mono, it features true stereo ins and outs for an authentic mix-filling doubler experience. And like all TC pedals, the Mimiq is wired for true bypass switching for optimal tonal preservation.

[@patchandy]

Use 10 of these at a time to get the Siamese Dream effect

[@anthonysclafani3963]

Butch Vig is a legend

[@mpape1980]

Bug muff pedal was the Siamese tone

[@anthonysclafani3963]

The joke was that since siamese dream has a million guitar overdubs you'd need loads of doubler pedals to get that sound

[@XChristianNoirX]

The funny thing is.. Their rhythm tones are almost all ONLY 2 TRACKS. The millions if guitar tracks are for all the noises, some of the octave doubling/harmonies, ebow harmonies, and... COMPED SOLOS. The solos were comped. Like singing often is. Otherwise, they'd be impossible (or so close to impossible it wouldn't be worth it). Cherub Rock.. Quiet.. Soma solos.... Amazing! ....but comped. Great joke though.. Awesome! Lol

[@homevalueglass3809]

Heck yeah, I'd love to hear a few of these ran at the same time off of a splitter using separate amps and mics.

[@kintrap5376]

Gah, this guys finger playing always makes me want to trash my guitar and go home

[@charliethegent]

Was about to write something similar. Too true

[@thejship]

Then you definitely don't need to check out Jared James Nichols.

[@CorbCorbin]

Justin Shipley He’s a good comparison. Nichols can fingerpick, and he makes a thumb, or other finger, sound like someone with a pick. Andy amazes me, with the no pick method, because no matter the style or genre of music, any effect he’s demoing, he never sounds like a pick was needed.

[@TempoDrift1480]

Why? Because you can't accept the fact that someone might be better than you? People like you make me want to cave in skulls. You people are the scorage of the music world.

[@tomcaron9113]

Learn from the masters baby! I’ll never be that good and that’s ok but I take away licks and style every time I watch these guys.

[@mikeythedistasteful]

I didn’t need this pedal till I watched this video.

[@JoeyLevenson]

Which is most of Andy's videos....

[@cmartinrel]

I'm impressed! First such effect I've heard that didn't sound like a straight up chorus.

[@Alexander-iq5yq]

Keeley 30ms sounds better imo.

[@DaSlothMaster]

+J583 the keeley 30ms is more of a "retro" vintage pedal. This is way more practical for modern sounds

[@dickphallus7826]

Foe metal(and this is important)"this" like the mimiq or "this" like the 30 ms?

[@eddievhfan1984]

The Mimiq does multi-tracking by using a set of delays that randomize their delay times on almost every note struck, so you get the variation in timing without that pitch warble you get from more traditional chorus pedals. Or at least, the pitch shifting is significantly more subdued. The Keeley 30ms sounds really sexy IMO, but it's intended more for pitch-based doubling like flanging or fixed detuning in the style of an Eventide Harmonizer. If you want a metal wall or something less artificial sounding, the Mimiq is your baby. You want more lush doubling sounds? The 30ms is for you.

[@dickphallus7826]

any reason i would be getting more bass out of one side(probably the original signal)?And messing with the dry knob doesnt help.It makes a change but nothing i can use.Im getting better results from the vocal processor doubler i already had and even that does the same thing if i pand too wide or use a guitar sound with a lot of bottom.The only way i have to use the mimiq is to run the amp mic to the pedal,out of both outputs and into both interface inputs.Id like to use it if theres a way but the difference in the two stereo sides is way to different.One ear takes all the bass.

[@CoffeeRising]

Recognized “That’s The Way” the second you played it. Beautiful riff! Beautiful demonstration!

[@dohertyjamesp]

Should I Stay Or Should I Crowley?

[@LeviBulger]

Ha nice

[@CorbCorbin]

😀 I feel like a Dork. I laughed too hard at this.

[@jeremyhyrkas9541]

awesome use of the jesus lizard, love your song choices in these demos :)

[@mnowaczek8480]

Jeremy Hyrkas Tbh, sometimes I just want to listen to Andy covering songs and the pedals become secondary.

[@noiseismylife]

Right?!? These pedal demo videos are almost always the same showy blues or metal riffs. It's a treat to hear something different, especially something relatively deep in the JL catalog. I bought the pedal based on that segment alone. Kudos!

[@davidkurimsky9269]

Jesus Lizard! I was racking my brain trying to remember what song/band that was...

[@melvined]

yes! the Jesus Lizard!!!!

[@RichRobinson]

What a fucking beauty. This has gotta be a must-have pedal for single guitar rock bands. Two amps - boom.

[@nicolanzarotti]

1:06 heres comes the solo... Noooo wtf andy!!! You nailed symptom of the universe tone.

[@ProGuitarShopDemos]

Haha, thanks Nico!

[@Master4999]

Nico Lanzarotti what song is he playing then?

[@andrewwickliffe9356]

Was waiting for Andy to do something with this one. Definitely not disappointed.

[@vacuumtubed3355]

Don't think I've ever F'n heard an acoustic sound so good, so full!!...

[@Jjosh1358]

I love that eighties hair metal high gain chorus/slapback sound 🤘

[@tonyfoster986]

Your right hand technique is awesome!!!!Never seen anything like it👍🏼

[@William.Driscoll]

2:45 Duane Denison-!! Andy, you are an incredible player- I would love to know more about your album collection & mix tapes/playlists. Thank you for sharing your insights & for enriching my life, as you have, with your work. Wishing you continued success, sir.

[@AndyDemos]

Thanks so much William! I always like to keep the mix eclectic, I grew up on my dad's classic rock but obviously lived through a great period of 90s bands that took me in different directions. Hope to see you on my current channel as well! Andy

[@phnelson033]

goddam right!!! Karpis, baby! "If I cannot have you......nobody will! No, no, no, no, no, no, nooooooo!!!" 😎

[@coryhoy4286]

You should sell your own signature picks..

[@JacobH93]

This is a really cool pedal. Makes me wish I could run a sterio rig to really make use of this. I might still get one eventually though. I also appreciate how this demo used a bunch of different sounds with it. The original ones I saw made it look like it was mainly for metal.

[@PartyChicken407]

Jacob Hartman if you never got around to doing this. Do it. It’s cheap to setup a stereo rig ; just get a garbage amp to get started as your B rig, then slowly upgrade it as you go. I have the mimic in a stereo rig with a Mesa dual running everything, but the Other signal goes back to a peavey bandit + 4x10. Random, but it sounds killer. Try the mimiq in stereo. Amazing.

[@duffman18]

Yeah even doing one of the amps as just a crappy practice amp, this thing sounds AMAZING. One fantastic amp and one crappy amp is fine. Eventually you can get another good amp though and then have this thing running genuine stereo into them. And do stuff like one signal clean, one dirty, which is a fantastic sound, almost other worldly

[@IanMainBliss]

Yeah what these guys said. I have 3 amps.. 2 really nice one and 1 is one of those 80's yamaha 12" jobs. Of course maybe that's not a crappy amp to many but any 2 of them sound great. It doesn't take much to add stereo effect and it sounds WAY better. totally worth doing.

[@MSmifffy]

Andy playing the clash, what a great start to the day 😃

[@IPushHard]

Oh man! This is cool as all holy dam hell! I'm getting this all day long! Hell yes! Good job TC and thanks PGS! : )

[@nailbombroach]

Symptom of the universe!! Nice!

[@leiferickson3183]

Here I am finding out about the Mimiq pedal 6 years after PGSD puts a video out about it and It seems pretty cool when all of a sudden... JESUS LIZARD!!!!

[@onlywhenprovoked]

This dude plays randy riffs with no pick and makes it look easy. What a beast. His demos are always perfect. Does anyone know if he has his own music? I'd like to check it out.

[@jul3249]

Wtf??? How does he do that? Fingers aren’t supposed to sound like picks!

[@onlywhenprovoked]

@@jul3249 honestly he does pickless even better than jeff beck. Maybe he uses an acrylic nail on his thumb, like many classical players.

[@savanaviolenta]

As always great demos from Andy.And behind those great demos stands a lot of effort,audio editing .

[@yeahwhatevermike]

Finally a demo playing the greats Randy Rhoads, Jimmy Page and Tony Iommi, killer demo thanks

[@pedromaiz88]

lol holy crap. I paused "combat rock" so that I can watch this. I was pleasantly surprised to hear your choice of music for this video.

[@AidenBradley95]

That acoustic section sounded great!

[@shatteredsquare]

I bet you could roll this pretty easy with a Zoia now, micro delay running in parallel with an envelope triggering an LFO to nudge delay time by a few micro seconds

[@layerness9892]

So. I am looking for a Stero Setup/Pedal. And now I am here. And you got me right, while you were playing Zeppelin! Thank you!

[@mickronson8039]

Stereoing out one line to and 'octivider' would sound really interesting....

[@jodysanders1111]

Known to play some of the most killer riffs. Andy,generously went all out in this video. Standing ovation is well deserved.

[@ConceptCarMusic]

Karpis by The Jesus Lizard! Nice one Andy!

[@mr.fingers]

first thought: that sounds like jesus lizard's guitar tone! next thing you know, Andy is playing karpis.

[@cebrinpitts]

cool pedal idea. especially if used live with a small band.

[@crustifer]

@1:08 Holy crap Andy, you were always incredible and you're only getting better.

[@charlesweeks5027]

Never give up he is he , and you are you.

[@Ksunbeckett]

Awesome demo with some killer riffs. That Zeppelin song brought me back in time !! Thank you.

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Andy . . . Beastin Again, with the Randy Rhoads. I really enjoy watching you play. Great Guitar Player.

[@ChristinaEarlymorn]

The best on this effect is the guys picking fingers! Do they come with the pedal????? That was insane

[@jonkerrmusic]

What on earth was that part at 2:45? Coolest riffs I've heard in awhile! Another stellar video, PGS. Thanks for all you guys do to spread the gear love!

[@burieddagger8064]

The riff is from Karpis by the Jesus Lizard kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmecmIuvor54Y6c

[@SirThirdFilms]

@@burieddagger8064 I was randomly watching this and was like "This is some Duane Denison shit" and then I was like...oh yeah

[@phnelson033]

Karpis! It's off The Jesus Lizard's 'Goat' LP. Andy just casually sneaks in a riff from the greatest rock/hard rock LP that has ever existed -- and will ever exist in the universe. You know...no big whoop I guess. 🤘🤩

[@paulholod9902]

I’ve been waiting for that pedal MIMIQ all my life! Fat sound! Killer... i loveeeeee IT!

[@jeremyjamesmusic]

How does this guy use his finger as a pick!? Amazing guitarist! WOW!

[@edadpops1709]

Thats the way ,one of Zeps best acoustic tunes

[@relevantinformation6655]

I have 2 Marshall heads and half cabs stacked running in stereo with this pedal. (note: wife says it takes up too much room unless stacked ;) Makes what appears to be a mono set up sound completely different, though it’s best used sparingly to set it apart. Solos etc. I use it with a stereo dimension C Waza and other goodies I’ve picked up over the last 40 years that I cycle in and out. (Read : old guy ;)

[@newmoon54]

FINALLY! A GUY WHO PLAYS LIKE ME, WITHOUT A PIC! I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS A SUPER-ROGUE PICKER UNTIL NOW! GREAT PLAYING HERE!!!!!

[@sega62s]

Andy is getting a great player, keep up the good work

[@AttitudeCastle]

Andy is the literal best

[@thisnameiseitherrestricted6270]

Playing Jesus Lizard in a demo? Amazing.

[@dunebillydave222]

Andy never disappoints! As always, you find great pieces of music that highlight the pertinent features of the pedal. I like watching your videos just to watch and hear you play sometimes. If you're ever touring the East Coast, let me know, and I'll be there with bells on!

[@davidwelch2438]

Dam this guy makes everything sound awesome. Always my go to for a pedal review.

[@davelee3955]

Symptoms of the universe 😎🤘🏼 nice!

[@johnroberts838]

Excellent demo, thank you Andy.

[@blasher4]

That tone is good to say the least.

[@KempoSensei]

His picking hand blows my mind.

[@Mr.Steve-O]

Symptom of the Universe @ 5:22 ... Nice !!

[@mattgilbert7347]

Better than the Luxe. Great for my wet/dry or stereo setup. I can finally pull off the solo from "Money" by myself. Add a harmoniser for "Dogs" and youre Gilmour.

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@Vent-Rat I've never met him. However, I'd say he has earned the right to be as miserable as he likes. Just like his Frenemy, Roger Daltrey...no, not him, um..Muddy Waters? Roger Rogerson?

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@Vent-Rat And don't knock pony tricks until you've seen one. Fucking amazing.

[@Jish1695]

Dang it! I was just thinking about how I'm gonna design a pedal like this one day

[@paniccleo]

Hate to be the bad news guy, but these kinds of pedals have been on the market for ages.

[@Jish1695]

Deet Cologon​ \_(ツ)_/¯

[@paniccleo]

+MegaCrasherMusic moot point.

[@dmitriytampei1953]

he always play my favourite songs

[@BeansMaskSheen]

i doubt this is for studio sessions and most likely made for live shows. Very cool, but i would want to be able to adjust the pan settings for the stereo routing. Without that, it sounds like too much signal in the left channel unless your mixer is not calibrated correctly? and maybe i want dub 1 in the left, 2 in the center and 3 in the right or to be able to switch then around would be a major upgrade. I know its a micro pedal, but a pan knob or something would solve that.

[@JustinLesamiz]

You CAN adjust the pan. That's effectively what the effect and dry knobs do. When you have it set to 1 dub, one signal goes to the left and one to the right. The effect knob controls the volume of the left channel. The dry knob controls the volume of the right channel. So, you can definitely change the volume to make them the same. Andy just chose not to for some reason. Also, the pedal should have just labeled those knobs RIGHT VOLUME and LEFT VOLUME, to make it more clear. Although, I guess it no longer really works that way once you have more than 1 dub, but it probably COULD. I own this pedal.

[@scottyd2262]

Justin Lesamiz I just got this pedal . I've only played with it using mono in mono out. To hook it up to my other amp do l go into the stereo input and then hook both amps via both outputs ?

[@manueldelsol31270]

"That's the way", "Symptom of the universe" : came for the effect, stayed for the riffin' !

[@PoweredbyRobots]

Acoustic was the only setting that truly sounded multi tracked to me. Maybe it was the tightness too high making it sound like a 25-50ms delay instead of true double track. Interested but not sold yet...

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

That's kind of what the into solo on Gimme The Prize (kurgans theme) sounds like on the old Queen album. That doubled sound.

[@SelfPropelledDestiny]

One thing that I keep wanting to see from all the reviews on this pedal, is the actual waveforms recorded onto two different tracks in a DAW. How close do they resemble each other with tightness at the extremes? Or with tightness in the middle? I want to see the imperfections in those waves to see that it isn't simply a sample delay, but something a bit more sophisticated. Couldn't I get a similar effect by automating my second guitar track with slightly moving Has effect (a sample delay moderately sawing back and forth between 0ms and 30ms) and then automate another small sawing of pitch by cents? Point is, show me the waveforms, and turn the tightness knob while recording to see how much of a difference it makes.

[@ProGuitarShopDemos]

That sounds like a good experiment! The TC algorithms are surely more than just a fixed delay or even subtle modulation. They claim it to be a bit more random/human involving pitch shifting and delay.

[@bootlegapples]

"That's the way" and "Symptoms.." haha nice

[@yacovaviv7281]

I would love to play my electric cello through this. I sometimes use chorus and octave pedals to create the effect of multiple instruments and to fatten the sound. I can't shell out for a pedal just based on how it sounds in a review, especially because I play a different instrument. Maybe Guitar Center carries it and I can try it there.

[@tioliak]

Interesting! Do you have a video about your electric cello?

[@hafstrat]

How would I incorporate this into a rig with 2 combos, a tc flashback x4 and a ditto looper? The looper has to go after the echo... so where does the Mimiq go? Before the delay I would have thought? So my loops will only be sent to one amp.

[@savanaviolenta]

I also have two combos and what you wanna do is put the flashback,then Mimiq doubler,then ditto looper then split the signal in the two amps.

[@hhscadets0925]

I wonder how many times Andy has forgotten he's recording a demo and just plays and has fun with it.

[@dapperdanman1956]

Great play PGS Andy.

[@rg2027x]

Great job as usual, Andy 👍

[@Tubes12AX7k]

That's the Way it ought to be.

[@anthonysclafani3963]

+ProGuitarShopDemos Can you still get the doubling effect with this in front of a 1x12 amp or do you need an effects loop?

[@mattgilbert7347]

You need two amps

[@scythe74]

He pointedly says you can use it in mono or stereo.

[@anthonysclafani3963]

@@scythe74 yes but you don't really get the full effect in mono, it sounds more like a weird chorus with a slapback

[@umangu]

3 beautiful guitars!!

[@everonlyallforthee]

That's The Way!!

[@alexschuster1618]

Come for the review. Stay for the playing.

[@kevon217]

I’m sold, thanks!

[@djefferson5669]

Karpis! Props for knowing that tune! Duane Dennison would give you the thumbs up!

[@jeremychamplin1078]

You sir make Slash look like a beginner.

[@onzkicg]

This is awesome.. saves you time to copy- paste tracks in DAW.

[@bumbum4592]

Thanks for play of normal sound

[@fejneerg]

That Randy was really thick. Awesome.

[@DriftingTricky]

Yes!! More Zeppelin Andy!

[@GreenIce101]

Anybody tried the “Stereo Hack” on this pedal in Mono to see how it’d work out?

[@ronj9448]

Interesting esp. the acoustic. And its price bucks the trend of ever more expensive pedals so its an easy buy.

[@buddhamus]

Another nice review. One question, where did you place your distortion pedal in your signal chain. Before or after the Mimiq?

[@drewdemaio4162]

I currently use a TC Electronic MIMIQ Doubler pedal for my current dual mono rig to split the signal to two amps and give me that bigger sound but I've been wanting to try a wet/dry setup. I'm not sure if this pedal makes sense for wet/dry as it seems to be designed for stereo use. If I run my wet effects through the MIMIQ, will that just sound TOO lose being that the MIMIQ is only effecting my wet affects? (Chorus, tremolo, reverb delay) Any help would be really appreciated!

[@althewicked]

If you listen this demo in mono the magic disappears quickly :) But maybe useful for other things ...I dont know. If you like the wide stereo effect then just play it twice and hard pan and you have a much better result and if you listen in mono it sounds more natural. But just for fun playing in stereo quickly its great!

[@zorglub667]

sounds pretty much like a short slapback delay tbh.

[@Scooby743]

Duane Dennison!!!

[@HensleyDon]

Can someone please clarify the jack options for me?? The jacks are described as "true stereo" ins and outs. I downloaded the manual and the setup it describes "one cord in/one cord out" for mono and "two chords in/two cords out" for stereo. While saving for this pedal I got a great deal on a Y guitar cable that has one stereo plug splitting to two 6 foot mono (regular) guitar plugs. The manual is confusing. Watching demos here on YT, I got the impression you could go in the mono and come out the stereo. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[@ProGuitarShopDemos]

The way I used it for this demo was just standard mono cables. One input and two outputs. Best of luck, Andy

[@HensleyDon]

@@ProGuitarShopDemos - Thanks! I come back here often just to play demo again. That lick on the distortion kicks in is an earworm, for sure!

[@Landman_sounds]

I know I’m a little late here but what drive/distortion are you using in the mono section at the end and is it before or after the mimiq?

[@stratman103]

That sounds amazing.

[@azevedo666]

I do believe there s a problem with this pedal. On a stereo set up (where the pedal shound shine) the guitar sound as a left stereo pan predominace (on this video ). This happens cause the short delay on the right makes our brain think the sound comes from the left. It s just how our ears work. I do think the algorithm could be abIt better and i think you can easily achive this result with two amps and any

[@alexschuster123]

Your english is fine, brutha. And I'm hoping this pedal could cut a considerable amount of time in the studio. It would save so much time and money, I wish I had known about this (or anything similar) years ago.

[@GeoAl09]

I wonder what 5 daisy chained in 3 dub mode would sound like

[@alexschuster123]

Perfection.

[@HamsterSpanks]

GeoAl09 No shit! All 5 dialed in with slightly different setting....SQUELCH!!! SICK!

[@salzulli6290]

Not a daisy chain, but in parallel then recombined. You keep it tight enough you could probably get close to the Achilles Last Stand tone.

[@beau-2222]

Andy, all day.

[@johnnydeformed7123]

Was not expecting Jesus Lizard! Kickass

[@zeppelinfan82]

Great songs to show the pedal.

[@kencohagen4967]

I'm building a stereo rig. Does the MIMIQ handle everything you need, ordo you need something stereo aheadof of it to get the sound I'm craving? So far it sounds pretty good, but I want to be sure if this is is it, or do I need a a stereo chorus ahead of itto get the max effect?

[@jul3249]

What is “the sound” you’re craving? I personally am very satisfied with it, tried many combinations. Stereo reverb before, after, going into a cab sim before, after, using 2 different can sims after, all great. The only thing I’m not a fan of is the mono mode and the position “2” and “3”. For me it just phases way too much.

[@Kinger1625]

Funny.....this is the second demo I've watched where not a pinch harmonic in sight. I'm assuming it doesn't do this well, unless perhaps in stereo mode?

[@JamesMcCutcheon]

Great Pedal best demo's every in the world ANDY~!

[@greg4272]

Hi TC Electronic, Can I input line level signal into the doubler? I would use it in a rack rig, after the preamps. Thank you.

[@air9music]

Does Andy have a band? Would love to hear how it sounds.

[@carterthemusician3367]

So how do the stereo inputs work? I just got this pedal and its amazing but how would im not sure how to use the stereo jacks can someone give me a quick rundown?