MXR Model 126 Flanger-Doubler

MXR Model 126 Flanger/Doubler

For more than 30 years now, both engineers and musicians have relied upon the MXR Model 126 Flanger/Doubler as one of best-sounding bucket-brigade* flanging effects ever made. Through its signature flanging, doubling, and delay effects, the MXR Model 126 Flanger/Doubler imprints a very unique sonic signature on guitars, bass, keys, drums, or just about any source needing depth and movement.

MXR Model 126 Flanger/Doubler Details

The MXR Model 126 Flanger/Doubler is an analogue delay processor that uses “bucket-brigade” technology to create short signal delays. The delay time can be modulated manually, or automatically with a low frequency oscillator (LFO).

The delayed signal can be mixed with itself in a feedback loop (regenerated), and its polarity can be inverted. The amount of processed signal relative to the original signal is adjustable. All sonics and control behaviours are authentically modelled, including the inherent aliasing characteristics and dry signal path coloration.

Flanger
The flanging effect in the MXR Model 126 Flanger/Doubler is generated by using very short delay times whereby the delayed (wet) signal is not heard as separate from the original (dry) signal. When this delayed signal is combined with the dry signal, the comb filtering that is the essence of the flanging effect is generated.

By modulating (sweeping) the delay time, the response of the comb filtering is modified, and the characteristic “swoosh” is produced. Additional sonic options are possible by increasing the delayed signal feedback (regeneration) to produce a deeper and more resonant effect, and/or reversing the polarity (invert) to give the sound a more “hollow” character.

Doubler
When in Doubler mode, all controls of the MXR Model 126 have the exact same functionality as Flanger mode; the only difference is that the available delay times are longer in this mode. The delayed signal produces a very short echo, hence a “double” of the original signal is heard.

*A bucket-brigade device is an analogue circuit that produces a delay by storing the signal in a series of capacitors, passing the stored signal from one capacitor to the next with each clock cycle. Because the signal is degraded with each pass, audio delay lines using bucket-brigades tend to significantly colour the signal.

Specifications

  • Maximum Input Level: +20 dBm, LEVEL control past ‘3 o’clock’ or 20 dB above limit threshold
  • Maximum Output Level:
    • +20 dBm (unloaded)
    • +18 dBm (600 ohm load)
    • (LEVEL control past ‘3 o’clock’)
  • Residual Noise: Greater than 80 dB below limit threshold
  • T.H.D. (Total Harmonic Distortion):
    • Less than 0.1% near OVERLOAD level (1 kHz)
    • Less than 0.5% near OVERLOAD level (40 Hz–7 kHz)
  • I.M. (Intermodulation Distortion):
    • Less than 0.1% (60 Hz/7 kHz, 1:1)
    • Less than 0.5% (60 Hz/7 kHz, 4:1)
  • Level Matching Range: −20 dBm to +15 dBm
  • Power Requirements:
    • 105–125 Volts AC, 50–60 Hz, 0.3 Amp, 37.5 Watts
    • 210–250 Volts AC, 50–60 Hz, 0.15 Amp, 37.5 Watts
  • Dimensions: 89mm x 483mm x 178mm
  • Weight: 4.1 kg


The above specifications are an estimate based on similar model

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