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DigiTech Whammy Mods?

#54
Here are some answers to your questions:

Question: "i have another question. if you choose not to get the footswitch mod, does the rotory select still lock up?"

No, the rotary encoder never locks up. Occasionally what happens is the footswitch doesn't function after you use the rotary encoder. This does not happen every time, maybe every three times. It starts working again after you turn the rotary encoder once or twice to reset the microcontroller. We have yet to see the footswitch lock up after powering on when you only use the footswitch.

To answer your specific question, the rotary encoder never locks up, with or without the Footswitch Mode Select Jack mod.

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Question: "Also, could the PushButton Jack be placed on either side of the pedal, or is that the only location it functions?"

We found a little room up at the very top of the right side of the box by the rotary encoder. We could also send it out the front edge of the enclosure.

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Question: "did you do the hack with the Pitch limiting control? Or did you make it to where one of the other settings just becomes the much wanted 5th/oct with the root still there???"

To get the 5th>Octave setting you need the Lower Pitch Limiter Control mod, then put Whammy in the Octave Down>Octave Up setting and dial up the Octave Down to a 5th up harmony. After that, a 5th harmony will occur when the pedal is rocked back and the Octave Harmony will occur when the pedal is rocked all the way forward.

With the Dual Pitch Limiter Controls, you can dial in any combination of harmonies between an Octave Down and an Octave Up when in that mode. They will always go low to high from pedal back to pedal forward.

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QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS:

Would it be helpful to have a dual switch that overrides the Pitch Limiter Controls? It could be custom made on a small aluminum enclosure with a switch on each side, one for each limiter control. It would look similar to the Tap/Hold switch for our TOGGLE pedal, and would also use any 1/4" stereo cable so if the cord goes bad you don't need to get rid of the switch:

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Is that something you would want?
 
#55
MoltenVoltage said:
Here are some answers to your questions:

Question: "i have another question. if you choose not to get the footswitch mod, does the rotory select still lock up?"

No, the rotary encoder never locks up. Occasionally what happens is the footswitch doesn't function after you use the rotary encoder. This does not happen every time, maybe every three times. It starts working again after you turn the rotary encoder once or twice to reset the microcontroller. We have yet to see the footswitch lock up after powering on when you only use the footswitch.

To answer your specific question, the rotary encoder never locks up, with or without the Footswitch Mode Select Jack mod.

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Question: "Also, could the PushButton Jack be placed on either side of the pedal, or is that the only location it functions?"

We found a little room up at the very top of the right side of the box by the rotary encoder. We could also send it out the front edge of the enclosure.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Question: "did you do the hack with the Pitch limiting control? Or did you make it to where one of the other settings just becomes the much wanted 5th/oct with the root still there???"

To get the 5th>Octave setting you need the Lower Pitch Limiter Control mod, then put Whammy in the Octave Down>Octave Up setting and dial up the Octave Down to a 5th up harmony. After that, a 5th harmony will occur when the pedal is rocked back and the Octave Harmony will occur when the pedal is rocked all the way forward.

With the Dual Pitch Limiter Controls, you can dial in any combination of harmonies between an Octave Down and an Octave Up when in that mode. They will always go low to high from pedal back to pedal forward.

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QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS:

Would it be helpful to have a dual switch that overrides the Pitch Limiter Controls? It could be custom made on a small aluminum enclosure with a switch on each side, one for each limiter control. It would look similar to the Tap/Hold switch for our TOGGLE pedal, and would also use any 1/4" stereo cable so if the cord goes bad you don't need to get rid of the switch:

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Is that something you would want?
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I'd use it.

P.S. You guys are totally awesome.
 
#56
I think it would be...if i am understanding this all correctly, the upper and lower limit controls would work on every patch. That would make it a problem if you have it set great for the OCt up/Oct down setting, but then if you switch to another preset, You would not get the new preset, you would get the lower and the upper based upon where the pots were already set...does that make sense??? Am i right on my thinking.
Great work!!
Jeremy
 
#59
Question:
"I think it would be...if i am understanding this all correctly, the upper and lower limit controls would work on every patch. That would make it a problem if you have it set great for the OCt up/Oct down setting, but then if you switch to another preset, You would not get the new preset, you would get the lower and the upper based upon where the pots were already set...does that make sense??? Am i right on my thinking."

Yes you are correct. The settings on the rotary controls affect every patch a little differently.

That is why the suggested bypass switches might be very useful, so you can dial in your perfect setting with the Octave Down>Octave Up mode, then be able bypass the Pitch Limiter Controls and use the standard presets.

This is also why separate switches for each Pitch Limiter Control would be useful, so you could have your 5th>Octave harmony setting with the Upper Pitch Limiter Control bypassed (in the Octave Down>Octave Up mode), then a pitch shift up of an octave and a third with the Lower Pitch Limiter Control bypassed (in the Two Octave Up mode).


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Question:
"the limiters remind me of the boss ps-3.... what i didnt like about it was i had to be in a quiet place or mark off the surrounding area of the dial to know where exactly each semi tone was, does your knob click at each semi tone or do i still have to listen carefully?"

You need to be able to hear the output to dial in your harmony settings. The pure pitch shift settings can be dialed in using a tuner.

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Question:
"Another thought instead of the two button toggle...could you just put an on-off button or switch on the unit that would just bypass those pots?"

Yes, it could be done with a single switch, but there isn't room left on top of the enclosure for another footswitch, so it would need to be separate.

If you are going to the trouble of bypassing each of the Pitch Limiter Controls using an external footswitch, it seems like you might as well have a separate switch for each, don't you agree?
 
#60
MoltenVoltage said:
Question:
"the limiters remind me of the boss ps-3.... what i didnt like about it was i had to be in a quiet place or mark off the surrounding area of the dial to know where exactly each semi tone was, does your knob click at each semi tone or do i still have to listen carefully?"

You need to be able to hear the output to dial in your harmony settings. The pure pitch shift settings can be dialed in using a tuner.
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the only draw back i see and its such a big one to me :( a read-out may be asking for too much, but some dials with notches in them would be awesome
 

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