Effects Switcher Recommendation

[Len Rabinowitz]

Thanks for everyone's help on the pedal board. A 32 inch Pedal Train is on its way!

Now I am thinking that I need an effects switcher, and I would like some recommendations on that.

Here are the effects I have:

Boss DD-20 Delay
Boss CE-20 Chorus
Boss RC-50 Loop Station

Thinking of getting a Moog Moogerfooger Murf as well.

I would want a switcher to be true bypass.

I would want it to give me any effect individually or in any combination.

Not totally sure on any of this. Certainly, you might want to mix chorus and delay (I'm thinking Police). The Looper maybe not because it is a recorder and not an ear candy effect. You might want to record clean and then run it through effects.
Not sure on the Murf either. It has some delay like and chorus like sounds, so you might want to isoalte it, but you might want to put it through the looper.

Thoughts? Recommendations?

Thanks!

 

[RockStarNick]

This is what you need.

http://www.voodoolab.com/commander.htm

Standard pedal TBP strips won't cut it, if you want combos of pedals. You need a pedal with some "smarts" in it, so it can route the signal do different combinations of pedals, and store then as patches.

Apparently acheives true bypass via gold plated relays, which is great...

 

[Len Rabinowitz]

I thought about this- But you have to have the pedal switcher as well, right? Not just the commander?

Anybody have any experience with the Voodoo labs switching stuff?

Thanks!

 

[Perttu]

How about Carl Martin Octa-Switch?

 

[Len Rabinowitz]

I'll check it out. Is there a web link or something?

 

[smdb]

lehle d loop... it's expensive but it works great!!

 

[Len Rabinowitz]

it looks good- but it actually doesn't look like it could handle more than two effects. Can you lock a few together or something?

 

[MkIV]

Perhaps something like the G-lab GSC-2 might be interresting?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feYvbiVPIT4

http://www.glab.com.pl/offer

 

[smdb]

it has 2 seperate loops on it. you can put as many effects as you want on each loop. but yes... it only has 2 loops.
works great for me!!

 

[Len Rabinowitz]

Perhaps something like the G-lab GSC-2 might be interresting?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feYvbiVPIT4

http://www.glab.com.pl/offer

Yeah, that definitely does it- I am willing to bet it is pricey though...

I am actually starting to think that the Voodoo labs switcher may do it. For the moment the only ones that really can go together are the delay and chorus, and the voodoo labs has the commander that I could get if I wanted to mix the delay with the looper or something like that.

This is gonna take a while. Keep the suggestions coming!

Thanks!

 

[Flump]

The other guitarist in the band I was in most recently had the octaswitch. That thing is great. I just had my pedals in a rack and used midi switching, but the octaswitch is a great product for the money.

 

[Len Rabinowitz]

I liked how the octaswitch looked as well. That is defintely getting consideration as well.

I appreciate everyone suggestions!

Isn't spending money sooooooo much more fun then earning it?

 

[jimosity]

I really love the Axess Electronics GRX4 for this sort of thing, however, putting a loop pedal in a loop isn't the best place for it.
I'd keep it at the end of your signal chain before the power amp.

 

[Len Rabinowitz]

I have the Tourmaster 4212 combo- I'm not sure I can do that. I generally use the effects loop. Should I aviod that? I have sometimes had problems with these effects when plugging them in between the guitar and amp.

 

[jimosity]

You could try to put the loop pedal in your fx loop, then you can send it clean signals that are repeating and stay clean and play distorted over top (or vice/versa).

 

[Len Rabinowitz]

I never tried this on the Egnater because the effects loop is so good, but when I had my Mesa and would put effects in between the guitar and the amp it never worked very well because it would react so differently when I changed channels. A good sound on the clean channel would sound awful on the distorted channel, for example.

It has struck me that many of these switchers are, in effect (ha ha!) an external effects loop, gassed up.

I have kind of decided to go with the Voodoo labs switcher. Good idea, you think?

Any more thoughts, suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[vjd3]

Return the Pedal Train, get a GCX and just mount the pedals in a rack drawer. One rack space for the GCX, two spaces for the drawer. Put the Ground Control Pro on the floor and power it from your rack over the MIDI cable. You will not believe how much your tone improves doing that.

 

[jlbaxe]

Return the Pedal Train, get a GCX and just mount the pedals in a rack drawer. One rack space for the GCX, two spaces for the drawer. Put the Ground Control Pro on the floor and power it from your rack over the MIDI cable. You will not believe how much your tone improves doing that.

 

[muudrock]

Return the Pedal Train, get a GCX and just mount the pedals in a rack drawer. One rack space for the GCX, two spaces for the drawer. Put the Ground Control Pro on the floor and power it from your rack over the MIDI cable. You will not believe how much your tone improves doing that.

I agree with this. When I ditched the pedals out front and put everything in the rack through a switcher, much better overall tone.

 

[jlbaxe]

Return the Pedal Train, get a GCX and just mount the pedals in a rack drawer. One rack space for the GCX, two spaces for the drawer. Put the Ground Control Pro on the floor and power it from your rack over the MIDI cable. You will not believe how much your tone improves doing that.

I agree with this. When I ditched the pedals out front and put everything in the rack through a switcher, much better overall tone.

here is my new system. No noise, nice and quiet without a noise suppressor and no ground loop problems. Put the pedals in a switcher!!!!!