MIDI footswitch?

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nah, a case that small would be under $200. this stuff is good though, not that trash you get on ebay. his price list is on the website. they are in oregon i think. you don't have to have a power supply or conditioner, but here is what i find:

mega bucks worth of amps plugged into wall power or power strip will get you ground loops and electricity that varies over 20V and frequencies that vary by 10 hz. a combination power supply/power conditioner will smooth all that out, isolate everything from ground loop tendencies and offer overvoltage protection.

wall worts for boss pedals create more ground loops and cause all sorts of unwanted interference. i only use 3 effects myself (flange, delay and line booster) that require power, plus the amp selector. but, i have a Voo Labs power supply with 6 DV leads to power the pedals. all 6 inputs are transformer isolated to protect from ground loops. this will fit nicely on the drawer. they go for about $200 at most any music store online. all of my stuff is on a pedalboard and runs through a pedal-racks true bypass strip. so, the pedals stay on and all this is looped through the strip. stops a lot of tap dancing.

yes, mine has wheels on it.

steve
 
steve_k":2tmmf1yi said:
nah, a case that small would be under $200. this stuff is good though, not that trash you get on ebay. his price list is on the website. they are in oregon i think. you don't have to have a power supply or conditioner, but here is what i find:

mega bucks worth of amps plugged into wall power or power strip will get you ground loops and electricity that varies over 20V and frequencies that vary by 10 hz. a combination power supply/power conditioner will smooth all that out, isolate everything from ground loop tendencies and offer overvoltage protection.

wall worts for boss pedals create more ground loops and cause all sorts of unwanted interference. i only use 3 effects myself (flange, delay and line booster) that require power, plus the amp selector. but, i have a Voo Labs power supply with 6 DV leads to power the pedals. all 6 inputs are transformer isolated to protect from ground loops. this will fit nicely on the drawer. they go for about $200 at most any music store online. all of my stuff is on a pedalboard and runs through a pedal-racks true bypass strip. so, the pedals stay on and all this is looped through the strip. stops a lot of tap dancing.

yes, mine has wheels on it.

steve

Yeah I am gonna call him soon. I booked marked his space. I have a trip I won from work coming up to costa rica, so busy with work and right now we are focused on what songs are gonna make it on our first EP, so we wont be gigging until the EP is done and then I am sure I would like to have one, but be nice to start building one now. I am just hoping it is not so big I cant get it in the front seat of my car :(

So I am thinking the head space, my power conditioner, three pedals, Boss Super Chorus, Boss Tuner, and a Boss Delay. First two in the channel insert. and then down the road get a rack X2 Wirless again or I loved my AKG bug system, and a noise gate. She does feedback a lot. Especially the Vh4 mono as it is was biased very hot like 49-50, but I use the Vh4S and have a cab on each side of the jam room, but gigging I cant bring two cabs in my little two door 07 accord ;)
 
Sean:

Word of caution with the X2 wireless, the 1/8" x 1/4" patch cord from the body pack to the guitar is shit. I went through 3 of them before I finally tossed the thing in the closet :thumbsdown: . Frequent guitar changes I guess caused the connector on the 1/8" end to become stressed and always developed a short. Bought a higher end Sony and was quite happy with it. But, then I went back to basics and got wired up again. Wasn't too happy with the wireless system in general. The X2 does have the cool factor though. However, it deserved a spot collecting dust. Was using a Rocktron Hush with it. Tossed it too. I would especially not use one with the VH4 because of the awesome pick attack capabilities with the volume rolled back on your guitar to 1.

Get yourself a luggage rack for the Accord :lol: :LOL:


Steve
 
steve_k":1sdwudmq said:
Sean:

Word of caution with the X2 wireless, the 1/8" x 1/4" patch cord from the body pack to the guitar is shit. I went through 3 of them before I finally tossed the thing in the closet :thumbsdown: . Frequent guitar changes I guess caused the connector on the 1/8" end to become stressed and always developed a short. Bought a higher end Sony and was quite happy with it. But, then I went back to basics and got wired up again. Wasn't too happy with the wireless system in general. The X2 does have the cool factor though. However, it deserved a spot collecting dust. Was using a Rocktron Hush with it. Tossed it too. I would especially not use one with the VH4 because of the awesome pick attack capabilities with the volume rolled back on your guitar to 1.

Get yourself a luggage rack for the Accord :lol: :LOL:


Steve
yeah I had one and the wire died in two days. I may just stay with getting a AKG bug system. I had one for like 7 years before it died. I loved not having a battery back and I never had any issues with the top coming off etc that people ramble about. As for a Noise gate, I may just think of a simple Boss NS-2? and stick with a drawer of 4 pedals, one furman. I like the boss tuner a lot for some reason :)
 
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