{"id":24483,"date":"2012-11-20T10:01:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T18:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9n2.ac0.myftpupload.com\/1313\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2012-11-20T10:01:57","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T18:01:57","slug":"delayed-distorted-mf-104m-mf-104z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24483","title":{"rendered":"Delayed &#038; Distorted (MF-104M \/ MF-104Z)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve recently added a Moog MF-104M &amp; MF-104Z to the\u00a0arsenal. I didn&#8217;t\u00a0originally\u00a0plan on keeping both, but they ended up being very different\u00a0beasts. The 104M has fuller bandwidth, smoother sound, &amp; modulation.\u00a0Not to say that you can&#8217;t drive the hell out of it,\u00a0It&#8217;s covers a lot of sonic\u00a0territory. The 104Z has a grit &amp;\u00a0chaotic\u00a0feedback loop that I love. I pulled out the D-Scope &amp;\u00a0analysed\u00a0the two. You can see the\u00a0frequency\u00a0response &amp; THD+N of the dry signal &amp; the\u00a0BBD Short\/Long delay modes in the images below.<\/p>\n<p>I shot a comparison\u00a0in my\u00a0dimly\u00a0lit room. \u00a0The 104M audio is in the Left channel &amp; the 104Z\u00a0is the Right. The last 2\u00a0minutes\u00a0or so show off the self\u00a0oscillation.<\/p>\n<p>Setup<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instrument &#8211; MFB-522 \/ Rhodes MK1<\/li>\n<li>Gate\/under-clocked BBD &#8211;\u00a0KOMA BD101<\/li>\n<li>Delay\u00a0MF-104M \/ MF-104Z<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6VuEruoChAU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N9mktvEzmFc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24483&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-24483 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delayed-distorted-mf-104m-mf-104.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delayed-distorted-mf-104m-mf-104-150x84.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delayed-distorted-mf-104m-mf-104-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delayed-distorted-mf-104m-mf-104-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delayed-distorted-mf-104m-mf-104-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delayed-distorted-mf-104m-mf-104-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delayed-distorted-mf-104m-mf-104-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delayed-distorted-mf-104m-mf-104-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delayed-distorted-mf-104m-mf-104.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"24484\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?attachment_id=24484\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delayed-distorted-mf-104m-mf-104.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Delayed &#038; Distorted (MF-104M \/ MF-104Z)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delayed-distorted-mf-104m-mf-104-1024x576.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve recently added a Moog MF-104M &amp; MF-104Z to the\u00a0arsenal. I didn&#8217;t\u00a0originally\u00a0plan on keeping both,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24483\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Delayed &#038; Distorted (MF-104M \/ MF-104Z)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,180],"tags":[268,38,317,318,78,103,135],"class_list":["post-24483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","category-hardware","category-videos","tag-analog-delay","tag-distortion","tag-mf-104m","tag-mf-104z","tag-moog","tag-rhodes","tag-video","excerpt","zoom","full-without-featured","even","excerpt-0"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/delayed-distorted-mf-104m-mf-104.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24722,"url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24722","url_meta":{"origin":24483,"position":0},"title":"Pedaling: Sunday Improv Experiment.","author":"Eric","date":"October 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been feeling pedals as of late. 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