Good to see that the firmware is backwards compatible too.
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I think it got discontinued due to parts shortage. So my guess is that they basically switched out some parts and then kept the rest. Seeing as the firmware works on both new and old Thyme seems to confirm that.
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When I find myself looking at the Thyme (and now the Thyme+), I wonder what the total overlap is with the Octatrack. The OT can do modulated, sequencer-affected delays. If I didnāt have an OT I would go with a Thyme+, but since I already have the Elektron itās not a slam-dunk purchase. I also have a Volante which is an amazing delay, so I find myself intrigued with the Thyme but on the fence. 
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I wonder if the robots inside are nice?
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yeah hopefully this is better, I feel like bastl has upped the build quality on a lot of there stuff, Iāve had a lot of there older kit and friends with them also and pretty much every unit has some weird minor issue in a different way. Bastl bestie is rock solid though, I think softpop2 is also supposed to be pretty solid?
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Bestie and Soft Pop 2 feel like they were made by a different company compared to the Microgranny Monolith. Same vibe of course, but the build and polish feels much better.
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looking forward on thyme+
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Hereās a Red Means Recording video on the Thyme+:
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He mentions that thereās hiss on it at around 5:20. Looks like that aspect wasnt fixed.
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Yep, just came to comment on that. Itās probably the same low quality hardware just in a new box. How much are they asking for this?
Itās $550.
Thatās what it seemed to me. The knobs and box are much better built but the internals seem to be the same. Other than the hiss the wobbly knobs were a big complaint people had higher up in this thread. And the only reason it was discontinued was the chip shortage.
Though to be fair the hiss doesnāt seem as awful as the originals demos. In the original itās like a high pitch ground loop type hiss. Present in most of the demo videos like Cuckoos. This hiss seems more like a tape hiss which would make more sense considering itās emulating a tape. But thatās also one of those things that you should probably give people the option to turn off and on unless itās happening at the DA converter levelā¦ in which case yeah. Seems like cheap components.
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Yeahhhhā¦ I dunno. I preordered it and it still seems really cool and unique but itās one of those things where using it in a basic way (for its filter, bit reduction, or as a basic delay) is sort of a waste as plugins would suffice (and probably be better if weāre being honest) and if you use it to its strengths itās going to obvious that youāre using it on every track and may start to feel gimmickyā¦
Like, again, looks really cool, really unique but itās carrying a lot of weight in its soundā¦ where some more traditional delays can be used subtly and on every track, like the Oto Bim.
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Some Bastl stuff Iām into (will always miss my Bitranger) some stuff I just didnāt jive with (Softpop mostly) but I respect the shit out of them and CasperElectromics.
The nice thing is just them doing their own thing whether or not Iām interested in literally everything they make 
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i think i used to feel a similar way, but the second time i bought one, more recently, i settled into a nice more subtle saved sound which softly looped and created a nice textural bed underneath everything as i played into it with mulitple synths via mixer sends
id say if were doing the typical harware vs plugin argument, this thing wins over most pedals or hardware fx i can think of. the absolute most satisfying hands on control ive ever experienced (talking about the og thyme). it feels liek youre actually using your hands to manipulate a tape deck and stretch out audio like its silly putty or something
and playing with the knobs and modulations is more performative that just switching settings on a chase bliss pedal or something like that. you can actually grab pieces of audio, reverse the feedback polarity, push it into stereo mode, put an envelope on the fine tune which is recursively interacting with the tape speed to flange and slightly warble the sound buffer. you catch little metallic movements in the loop and they become part of your audio, then you can effect that recorded sound further
i mean, i guess this could all apply to like the soma cosmos or an arbhar or something but even compared to eurorack granular loopers, i think this thing is really special . the only thing that compares is the 856 for zellersasn and i prefer this to that one as well
i might even prefer the original to the new one, but ill very likely give it a try one day soon. imjust glad theyāre back in production at a reasonble price again
a mood/blooper/habit is around $449 or something? i would pick a thyme over any of those pedals any day
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Iām delay obsessed as some of you may know! Thyme is special. Just sold the old one to get the new one. Old one was amazing, new one will be too Iām hoping! Itās very playable and unique.
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If this one takes off, then expect a Behringer Dillay to be announced soon. Or maybe a Behringer OreganoBoyThisIsAGreatDelay.
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What other Delays do you own / have owned / have used that might get close?
I do think this is wholly special and unique but thatās almost what has turned me off from it. Only because Iām thinking of practical use and could I get away with using this often in multiple songs or would anyone I show music to be like āheās doing that thing again.ā
Haha yeah I hear you on that. After watching the demoās, I am left with the question of āwhen would I actually ever use that in a real songā?
And if I did, would it just quickly become annoying to the listener?
You know what, fine, Iāll take my herb-themed humor elsewhere. Anise seed my way out.
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