what can i use the roland fs-6 footswitch for?

[Bjazzman]

i have one of these laying around that i used for a drum machine and it got me thinking.

what other uses besides starting and stopping the drum machine can this be used for?

anyone use it creatively with their effects?

[uaudio]

I have a Moog MuRF on its way that would love a footswitch like that. You can assign momentary or latch, so it would be a cool pattern stepper and tap tempo.

[warwick.hoy]

Originally Posted by uaudio

I have a Moog MuRF on its way that would love a footswitch like that. You can assign momentary or latch, so it would be a cool pattern stepper and tap tempo.

Yup,...make sure you use a 1/4 TRS cable. Will work with Delays. Can use to switch channels on an amp (if need you have one with that capability). ABY Switch.

EDIT: I have one but haven't really used it yet,...I got it for tap tempo on the Moog but haven't quite figured out how to use it. It can be used to switch channels on the Boss SD-2. I'm sure there are a number of boss pedals that it will work with (any number of them with a "Remote" input).

[Bassman 100]

It's a great pedal if you've got an ME50 or-(B) about. I used it for Bank up/down. Also works with the entire Roland Cube amp series. Keyboards Start/Stop Drum fill. PA Reverb on/off & other desk effect functions. I switched back to the two seperate pedals due to the 9V Battery, dying in the last half hour of gig, unforgivable, (my fault yes). At least the FS5L & FS5U will keep working without the battery

[kenstee]

Originally Posted by Bassman 100

I I switched back to the two seperate pedals due to the 9V Battery, dying in the last half hour of gig, unforgivable, (my fault yes). At least the FS5L & FS5U will keep working without the battery

OTOH, if you have a pedalboard power supply just get a Visual Sound 1 SPOT Battery Clip Converter for $4 or so and hook the FS-6 into your PP2+ or whatever.

[Bassman 100]

Originally Posted by kenstee

OTOH, if you have a pedalboard power supply just get a Visual Sound 1 SPOT Battery Clip Converter for $4 or so and hook the FS-6 into your PP2+ or whatever.

Well every day's a school day - never saw that gizmo before on this side of the World - looks just the job, thanks for the advise.

[warwick.hoy]

Originally Posted by uaudio

I have a Moog MuRF on its way that would love a footswitch like that. You can assign momentary or latch, so it would be a cool pattern stepper and tap tempo.

So I got around to actually figuring out how to use the FS-6 with the Bass MuRF. Set up a 1/4 TRS cable in the AB output and you can use the A footswitch (momentary works best) as the step function and the B footswitch (momentary works best) as the tap tempo. I have the polarity set to the left (as you are looking at the selector switches) so that when you push down on the switch the function occurs (as opposed to it function occurring when the switch comes up).