TC Electronic Mojomojo Overdrive: is it... digital?!?

[lux_interior]

I recently bought the Mojomojo od from TC, and I am very happy with it. Not only it's huge value for money, but just a fantastic OD that you can find everywhere. Everything you read about it in previous TGP threads is true: detailed and versatile, from Timmy-like grit to more serious almost Marshally gain, while also being "rougher" and far more responsive than a TS (it's particularly good at this).

Anyway, while taking a look on its back I saw a label that says: "This Class B digital device meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-causing Equipment Regulations..." etc. There is a similar reference in the manual. So according to this it's digital!?

It needs 40mA and I read on the PGS description that it bumps up the voltage internally to 3 - 4 times the usual OD one (9V), but I don't quite see the need for TC to produce a digital drive pedal, especially since they have a very good analog OD in the Nova Drive. Don't get me wrong, I think the Mojomojo sounds great and that opinion doesn't change a bit (it would be hypocritical to do so), but if it's really digital then my appreciation for TC will increase even more. Can we get a confirmation on this? (by Tore, if he is reading?)


P.S. And if it is analog, does anyone have a clue on what it is based? A Super Screamer or Son of Screamer with a wider gain range? A modded Bluesbreaker? Something else?

[JRBain]

I'm curious as to the answer to this...

[aziltz]

take off the back and take a picture. we should be able to tell you if its digital or not.

I have a hunch that its either analog with digital control, or its just a carry-over from the manufacturing process with their other pedals, because it was cheaper to change as little as possible in the manuals and labels.

[juri]

Pretty sure it's not digital, they would have definitely added a knob to select the type of overdrive or a USB port for a tone print if it was.

[FenderBigot]

^^^ it doesn't have Toneprint because it's not digital (as Juri say above)... I remember Tore saying something about this on another thread. TP enabled TCE pedals are digital.

[lux_interior]

I can't take off the back because similarly to the other new TC pedals, there is a black metal case with the circuits all sitting behind it. It can only be removed with weird star-shaped allen keys.

I also thought about the Toneprint feature: it doesn't have one, and if it is really digital then it seems a waste of horsepower and technology not to include a Toneprint feature. Drive Toneprints from famous artists in a stompbox would be an Oscar-winning idea. However, the fact that it doesn't have Toneprints does not rule out the possibility that it is indeed digital.

By the way, why would it need digital control? Such a feature is needed for complicated functions like the ones that the Nova Drive has. However, the Mojomojo could not be simpler: volume, gain, treble, bass (and a toggle switch that changes the lower midrange).

[aziltz]

By the way, why would it need digital control? Such a feature is needed for complicated functions like the ones that the Nova Drive has. However, the Mojomojo could not be simpler: volume, gain, treble, bass (and a toggle switch that changes the lower midrange).

only because they can.

it makes me think it might be digital if it has the fancy black cover on the inside. the star driver is not that uncommon. any multi-screwdriver would have them.

[FuzzGazer]

You think it sounds good right? Then why care?

[lux_interior]

I care because it sounds great, and not with any digital artifacts in any way. It doesn't affect my own opinion of it, but if it is indeed digital then I would say it's a leap forward in digital drive stompboxes, and like I wrote earlier my appreciation for TC would increase even more.

[lux_interior]

Bump for anyone that has details... I will also email TC.

[Zeon45]

The MojoMojo is a great sounding OD. I pretty sure it's not digital. Very amp like and organic sounding. I think I like it better than my Timmy.

[solitaire]

The Mojo Mojo is very analogue indeed. TC has never been in the game of emulating analogue distortion, though possibly even the Mojo Mojo does have digital controls, much like the Nova System's analogue drives.

[lux_interior]

Update: I received an email from TC (very well organised, quick and professional support section). It's fully analog. Even though I was trying to imagine the moment where we all found out it's... digital. I was actually hoping for that a bit, because it sounds great and it would be a step forward in stompboxes, and because I would never imagine it could be digital as suggested by its manual and label.

[cwcashiniv]

You think it sounds good right? Then why care?

:agree

[lux_interior]

Ι already commented on that two or three times.

[abnerfm]

You think it sounds good right? Then why care?Because if it was digital it would probably sound worse at real life volumes

[FuzzGazer]

Because if it was digital it would probably sound worse at real life volumes

In the year separating this post from my original in this zombie thread I have learned to try and avoid the temptation to disabuse someone of their beliefs; sometimes it is all they have.

I don't always succeed, but I do try.

[abnerfm]

Buddy, I have nothing against digital (I use a Wet reverb), except for overdrives...

[lux_interior]

Because if it was digital it would probably sound worse at real life volumes

...like the Axe FX, Kemper etc etc etc?

[tibbon]

Because if it was digital it would probably sound worse at real life volumes

Yea... I'm not sure I follow that logic. And certainly not the science.

[abnerfm]

...like the Axe FX, Kemper etc etc etc?I don't know these brands but, again, I have nothing against digital (I use a Wet reverb), except for overdrives...

[abnerfm]

Yea... I'm not sure I follow that logic. And certainly not the science.Remember, we're talking about overdrives, not delay, reverb, etc.

[jnepo1]

The MOJO overdrive is analog not digital. It requires 16mA at 9V. If it were digital, it would require well more than 16mA.