I know of a lot of professinoal versions of this like from voodoo lab (pedal switcher + commander). but how would you go about making it yoruself because if it wasn't that complicated to do, you would have come up with something great. i can think of some ways of doing it using transistors/logic gates but is there a less tone sucking/more sensible way of doing this?
this looks great - if you could build a rackmounted pedal tray type thing that slides out you'd be onto a winner, you can use your pedals under remote control, and access them to change the settings with ease.
With a rack the control switching could be done via a switching device as well. I have a TC2290 and a Kenton midi switcher that could do the job.
Or are we reinventing the Roland GP8 here??? Also - it sounds like I've just described the way method that The Edge, Dave Gilmour etc all use to control their pedals!
what we really need is a 'whizzer' like Neil Young uses to turn the knobs on his fender amp, but built into a 2U tray where the pedals sit, so you can switch off a midi controller to change the settings either in realtime or from presets.
Mat: Interesting... MIDI switching and rotary controllers for the knobs (you could use volume control assemblies from remote control amplifiers - the type where the knob turns when you press the button on the remote - just drive the Boss knob with a rubber pad/tube). Makes it much bigger and much more expensive though. I do like the thought that you could set presets - like "scenes" in a lighting controller.
nosi0: I already do the true bypass switching with miniature relays in my board. The footswitches are just to turn the relays on and off (simple switch+relay is cheaper than just a complex switch). No tone lost at all.
Knob Extensions
Posted - 03/03/2008 : 13:28:50
