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Winston Psmith

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  1. One difficulty would be sending each CC on a discrete MIDI Channel? I can't imagine wanting to send 16 different CC's to one device via one EXP Pedal or Controller? In theory, with enough MIDI Patchbays or Splitter boxes*, you could use one EXP Pedal, or other Controller to send CC's to 16 different MIDI devices, but you run into the reverse issue, figuring out which CC you want each device to Receive, and how to send multiple CC's, without a Sequencer, or something like it.
  2. Not about this product in particular, but many Pedalboard-style MFX will also allow you to "assign" (Boss' term) the onboard EXP/Volume Pedals to send various MIDI CC commands from the MIDI Outs on the MFX. It's possible to design a group of User Presets that focus on the MIDI Control aspects of the MFX, essentially using it as a MIDI Footswitch Controller. I know that Behringer makes a MIDI Footswitch Controller with two onboard EXP Pedals, and a simple 1X4 MIDI Splitter box would allow you some of the same functionality as that Lake Butler Controller.
  3. If you want something a little less "light industrial" looking, you could add something like this to the wood risers - Screw-on rubber bumpers 3/4 inch They'll also give you just a little bit more space for the power brick and cables. I use these - Cable tie base - with cable ties, to keep all my audio and power brick cables neatly bundled under my Pedalboards. You probably don't need 100 - yet - but FWIW, the 3/4-inch size fits perfectly under the rails of a Pedaltrain board. 1-inch bases are too wide to be completely invisible from the top of the 'board, but they're barely visible, and they work.
  4. I'd be wary of folding legs on anything that I'm going to step on. I was thinking more of taking a 2x2 and cutting short lengths for risers.
  5. Can't help with the Italia site, but this looks like the sort of upgrade you had in mind - Dano; Red "Crackle' Sitar - Sweetwater
  6. Welcome aboard, and my respect on calling your space a "Music Room." (My own preferred term for my own Music space, because calling it a Studio would be hubris.)
  7. Welcome, @Sparquelito! I've long been an advocate for the MFX-direct-to-FOH approach. Along with the ease of use, and much lower back strain, there's the fact that for most of us here in the Forums, few, if any, of the venues we perform at have the kind of space to justify hauling a 50 or 100-Watt Amp. Sure, I have fond memories of Rock Idols standing in front of Stonehenge-inspired backlines, but honestly, no one needs those things anymore, unless you're playing a stadium or an outdoor festival, and even then . . .
  8. Sincere respect on building your own Pedalboard; those things are absurdly expensive, for what they are. Given that, my thought is to put some feet or risers underneath the 'board, to create enough space to mount the Power Supply underneath, clearing space for your pedals. Cheap and relatively easy solution. IKEA used to offer an inexpensive shelving unit called GORM. It looked a LOT like a Pedaltrain-style Pedalboard, but made of wood, and there are a lot of them posted online. Later on, IKEA switched to a design called HENJE, that, IMHO, looks even more like a Pedalboard. For some reason, the HENJE line is being discontinued as of July, so it looks as though most stores only have the entire assembly, rather than the individual parts? I got a 2-pack of the HENJE shelves for around $15, some time back.
  9. Is your board large enough to try the "staggered" mounting I used on my Novo 24? It definitely saved me some space on that lower tier. My other suggestion would rely on your Amp having some kind of Channel Switching? Not the same as having two different settings for your DS-1W, but it would allow you to have different Gain or Drive levels for different tones.
  10. Allow me . . . This is from a famous D.C. concert, way back when . . . One of maybe three songs that made me wish I was any good at Slide Guitar.
  11. It doesn't appear so, not altogether. The three on the bottom left are Boss' original "Traffic Light" series, the Spectrum (I think it was the SP-1?), the OD-1, and the Phaser, the oldest of Boss' compact pedals. Way up in the uppermost corners, right and left, there are two PSM-5 Power Supply/Master Switches, with their boxes, mid-80's vintage. They were meant to work in Boss' BCB-6 molded plastic Pedalboard/Carrying Case. I had one back then, to go with my BCB-6. It powered 5 Boss compact pedals, and doubled as a sort of Master Bypass, where you could stomp on it and bypass, or engage, the Pedalboard. There are a few others that look like they're out of place, if it were meant to be a chronological line-up, like the deep red XT-2 Xtortion on the left-hand edge, with a Fuzz above it and next to it, but all in all, it's hard to be sure with the scale of the photo, and the glare on some of the pedals?
  12. I have 2 Pedaltrain Pros (don't ask . . .) and they come in at 32 inches. Doing a quick layout check here, even with flat-head cables connecting the pedals, it would be an effort to get 20 compact Boss pedals on one Pedaltrain Pro. I can comfortably get 9 pedals side by side, with connecting cables. Late edit - This might be more helpful, a photo of a Pedaltrain Novo 24 where I staggered the bottom row of pedals to make more room. I managed to get 13 pedals on the board, arranged this way. FWIW, most of these pedals are right around the size of a Boss compact pedal, enough to make a good representation.
  13. Much agreed. I have a number of "boutique" pedals that I picked up for decent "used" prices, by watching and waiting.
  14. It also lacks some of the alternate model #'s, and even color schemes, of the "complete" collection. OTOH, it doesn't claim to be a complete collection of Boss products, which would include the twin pedals, like @Caevan O’Shite's RT-20, or the ME-80 that @KuruPrionz showed us. I have five different Boss MFX Pedalboards, and three Delay pedals that don't show up in that collection, either. As to value, or pricing, some of those Boss pedals are collecting absurd prices for original "vintage" models, like the Slow Gear; those are listing for somewhere between $600US and $800US on reverb. Not suggesting the whole lot is really worth $73,000, but, for some rabid collectors, being able to buy up the entire lot at once, instead of hunting down individual pedals, might be an incentive to just buy the whole thing, and maybe sell off any duplicates?
  15. Still waiting for someone, anyone, to give us a RI of the Roland Funny Cat, Distortion & Envelope Follower. That thing had a truly unique sound.
  16. @p90jr- That's why I keep a notebook. Old-school tech, literally, but it works, it goes anywhere, and if it's written down, I don't have to rely on my poor, tired brain.
  17. @Scott Fraser- Like I said, I'm overcautious, even paranoid. I keep a plain 3-for-$1 notebook where I write down everything I'm bringing to a live set, down to picks and cables. I even have a Cable Tester, and before every live show, I check all the cables I'm planning to bring, including the backups. I'm dead serious about redundant systems, in terms of my gear. Stuff breaks down, and if you don't have a spare Guitar cable, like you said, no show.
  18. Picking up some parts at my FLMS the other day, I saw this - WARM Audio RingerBringer If it looks familiar, it's supposed to . . . It's pretty much a clone of the original MoogerFooger MF-102 Ring Modulator, complete with extensive CV I/O's, in a slightly smaller enclosure. This has a Behringer kind of vibe to it. Even the name seems like a big hint, or maybe a big middle finger to Behringer, who are supposed to be working on their own MF clone series. As happy as I am to see the product being made available again, I'm wary of anyone ripping off Bob Moog's legacy? In spite of that, I'll probably wind up buying one. I already have an original Big Briar MF-103 12-Stage Phaser, and a mini-MF Ring Mod, but the MF-102 was practically an Instrument unto itself, and I first fell in love with the sound of a Ring Mod back in the mid-1970's, so it's hard to resist. Sideways thought - AFAIK, as the only current manufacturer of BBD's, Behringer pretty well controls that market, and some of the most sought-after MoogerFooger models are the MF-104 Analog Delays. Unless WARM Audio and Behringer have come to some sort of arrangement or agreement regarding the MF clones, I could see where Behringer might hold back BBD's to release their own MF-104 clones, and keep WARM Audio waiting.
  19. @Scott Fraser- Anything that I rely on, particularly for live use, I have at least one backup, and that includes Guitars, Synths, MFX, and yes, power supplies. Yes, I'm overcautious, even somewhat paranoid, but WTH, it works for me. I have at least three or four 1 Spots, and a couple of PA-9 Power All's (basically the same thing, a 1700mA power supply), that aren't dedicated to any one device, so I can always count on having a backup available. I even have a little toolbox designed for first aid gear, where I keep all of my backup power supplies, and adapter cables. At right around $20US, you can't afford NOT to have one!
  20. Well understood, and your response is well appreciated.
  21. I have to agree with @Caevan O’Shite regarding Fuzz & Filter effects in most MFX; they lack something critical, a certain tonal quality that just doesn't come through. I have, however, been able to sculpt some very nice OD & Distortion effects from Digital MFX, even some very . . . dare I say it . . . "warm" sounds. Couple of thoughts here. A Digital Pedal, like the Iridium, wherein all the DSP is dedicated to one type of effect is very likely to outshine a similar effects model within a Digital MFX, because the Digital MFX has to divide the total processing power of the DSP among a legion of different effects models. Many MFX are still configured such that you can only stack effects up to the limits of the DSP, so adding the Stereo Pitch-Shift Effect means you might have to give up the Gated Reverb, or the Ping-Pong Delay? Others are configured so choosing any given effect from within an effects type means that you can't have another effect of that same type; you can have Phaser or Flanger, not both, and forget about redundant effects, like CHO+CHO. OTOH, some Digital MFX also offer more exotic, even bizarre, proprietary effects that you probably won't find in a pedal . . . which is fine, IF you really need or want those sounds. I'm sure I've said it before in this thread somewhere, but there is no ideal "One-Size-Fits-All" rig; either way, there are trade-off's and considerations, flexibility, portability, dependability, affordability, and even repairability, or replaceability. FWIW, I play Mix-&-Match depending on what I need at any given time. My Ambient Pedalboard has a handful of individual pedals feeding into a compact MFX, which doubles as an Amp Modeler. A Voodoo Labs 4X4 power brick powers everything, so I only need one power outlet to plug into, and I can go direct to FOH front the MFX.
  22. Can't argue with that, as it fits exactly with what I've observed. I have no other way to test it, and would learn nothing from dis-assembling it. "Oh, look, I've totally screwed it up!" Something ain't right, that's for sure, and it's not worth risking any of my pedals on it, nor getting upset over it. It has the older Visual Sound logo underneath, instead of the TrueTone logo, so I know I've had it for a good while. Like I said, it's a quandary, not a crisis, I was just curious if anyone else had this happen, as I know a lot of us use the 1 Spot. I have more, and all of them seem to be working well. Thanks, everyone, for responding.
  23. @CEB- I've been using 1 Spots for quite a while, as well, and I've never seen this, either? Even now, I have an older model 1 Spot, with the skinny cord, rated at only 1000mA, and it still works? Hell, I have a couple of old Boss PSA-120's from the late 80's/early 90's, along with an Ibanez 9-volt adapter from the same period, and all of them still function. I try to be good to my gear, so it tends to last. The pedal in question powered right up with another 1 Spot, and with the 500mA Boss AC adapter, as well, so it's definitely not an issue with the pedal. Among my other at-home tests, I tried using the problem 1 Spot with another Delay pedal, and again, no power-up. The truly weird part is that the 1 Spot is clearly putting out some power, and I'd been using it just the day before, with no problems. FWIW, the Tuners only draw around 20mA, and they powered up with no issues. It's a quandary, not a crisis. The pedal is fine, and I have more than enough power supplies to go around. I'll get in touch with TrueTone, see what they say.
  24. I respectfully disagree, as I often use a single 1 Spot, including the one that just failed on me, to power a single high current draw pedal, so long as it's a 9 volt pedal. IIRC, the Deluxe Memory Man and PolyChorus weren't just high current draw, but also much higher voltage than a 9 volt power supply could manage. The Polychorus alone is a 24 volt pedal. The 1 Spot is supposed to put out 1700mA, far more than the 225mA needed for this pedal, and after switching to another 1 Spot (I have five or six?), the pedal powered right up. I've also used a single 1 Spot to power my Line 6 Delay Modeler, which is supposed to draw around 300mA+/-? FWIW, the Boss power supply that's recommended for this pedal only puts out 500mA, more than twice the 225mA current draw of the Delay, but less than one third of the 1700mA output of a fully functioning 1 Spot. I'm used to power supplies just plain giving out, I've never had one suddenly drop in output before.
  25. The other day, plugging one of my Delay pedals into a 1 Spot, I got no power-up, nothing. Swapping out pedals and power supplies, it was clear that the pedal was fine. For experiment's sake, I pulled out a low current draw Guitar Tuner (20mA), hooked it up to the 1 Spot, and it powered up, no problem? I tried another Tuner, again, it powered right up. Going back to the original Delay pedal, rated at 225mA, no luck. I've tried just about every simple A/B comparison you might think of, trying different outlets on a power strip, plugging directly into the wall outlet, trying another high current draw pedal (no luck there, either), you name it, same result. I don't have a way to measure exactly how much power the 1 Spot is putting out, but it's nowhere near 1700mA. Not a tragedy, I have other power supplies, and my Pedalboards all run off of Voodoo Lab power bricks. Still, I would expect that the 1 spot should either work or not, rather than stepping down the power output? FWIW, I've never had any power supply do this before. I've had them wear out and stop working altogether, usually after long use, but not this. Has anyone else run into an issue like this with a 1 Spot?
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