Powering Markbass Compressore

[Badmuthaplucka]

How about just going 12volts on your pedal board? Most 9 volt pedals can take 12vots of power.

 

[bongomania]

Bad advice, not true.

 

[Badmuthaplucka]

Bad advice, not true.

It was a question more than advice. The reason I asked is because of this:Invalid Link Removed

At the very end under "Notes":

"Please note that a lot of 9 volt pedals on the market accepts 12 volt. Lot's of people are not aware of this, because they usually juts use a 9 volt battery to drive the pedal or a 9 volt power supply."

Now I'm willing to admit that this may be marketing hype from T-Rex, however if true this may open up another avenue.....

 

[bongomania]

Wellll... Partly it's that there's a difference between "lots" (a dozen could be "lots"), and "most". Out of the thousands of pedals on the market, I'm sure there are at least a few dozen that can accept 12V as well as 9. But there are also a few dozen where 12V would cause damage, or would cause the pedal to shut down or act erratically. And partly it's that T-Rex makes several pedals that run only on 12V, so it benefits them to sell people on the idea that 12V is "normal", not an inconvenience.

I guess it does make sense to say "since some 9V pedals won't be harmed by 12V, it's worth your time to research and find out whether the any of the ones on your board are like that".

 

[viking67]

So the Compressore is working fine w the T-Rex fuel tank classic. I ran a hot active bass and a passive precision through it and the Compressore didn't struggle or show any other sign of being underpowered.

 

[cbabbman]

ok, so here's possibly a stupid question....

Is there any reason you couldn't use a standard 12vdc 5 amp power supply for video equipment, computers, etc. such as this http://www.powerstream.com/12-volt.htm

Or what about an inexpensive industrial power supply such as this Link Removed

Sure would be a lot cheaper than all that everyone is discussing here...

 

[Robin Ruscio]

Revisiting this issue for the potential purpose of adding the Markbass supersynth.

The T rex fuel tank classic looks viable, or the Cioks chocolate. Not cheap. I was thinking of adding a dedicated power supply anyway for convenience.

Anything else out there?

 

[gadgetgirl]

Voodoo lab 4x4

 

[dropbass]

It will be interesting to see if any of the non-original solutions work out. I will say that I connected up my MB Compressore with a 1200 mA 9v wall wart on accident and it would NOT drive drive the pedal.

I loved the tone of the MB Compressore but couldn't get past the wall wart and the hugeness of it. It's a GREAT pedal compressor, but there others that are equally great sounding without that hastle.

Ive been reluctantly using my one spot with my super booster seems to be fine even in the board.. so weird

 

[adece]

Did anyone actually tried to power a Compressore with 500mA or less with one of the previously mentioned power supplies (Ciokolate, FT Classic, 4x4)?

Did it work?

 

[Highroler79]

does anyone know what Y cable I can use to power the compressor and the super synth off the 1 power supply tat somes with either pedal?
thx

 

[rtav]

does anyone know what Y cable I can use to power the compressor and the super synth off the 1 power supply tat somes with either pedal?
thx

Hey! A little late to the party, but i'm trying to setup a new pedalboard full of MB pedals and trying to avoid using one MB wall wart per pedal for space reasons, etc. Did you find a suitable Y cable to power at least 2 MB pedals from one MB wall wart? Anyone?

 

[Chadwic]

Sorry to wake up an old thread, but will the truetone 1spot cs7 power the compressore? It has the 12 volt options, but they’re 200mA and two 9 volt options at 500mA.

 

[tedsalt]

Sorry to wake up an old thread, but will the truetone 1spot cs7 power the compressore? It has the 12 volt options, but they’re 200mA and two 9 volt options at 500mA.

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Power Requirements - DC input: +12VDC / 600mA minimum*

So it looks like there are (4) 12v 200ma outputs on the CS7. If you got three doubler cables, and used two of them on the four outputs, then take the resulting two outputs from the doubler cables, and could connect another doubler cable? So probably not.

Cioks DC7 powers the Compressore nicely fyi. That's what I use.

 

[jdc866]

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Power Requirements - DC input: +12VDC / 600mA minimum*

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Cioks DC7 powers the Compressore nicely fyi. That's what I use.

Resurrecting this again...single output from the DC7 works ok even though it's only 500mA at 12v? Any benefit in doubling the current with something like this? Or would that double the voltage also?

 

[rcubed]

Resurrecting this again...single output from the DC7 works ok even though it's only 500mA at 12v? Any benefit in doubling the current with something like this? Or would that double the voltage also?

If it wants to pull more than 500mA then you will get a voltage sag and things could get wonky.

 

[jdc866]

If it wants to pull more than 500mA then you will get a voltage sag and things could get wonky.

So would that adapter work then if I set 2 outputs at 12v?

 

[tedsalt]

So would that adapter work then if I set 2 outputs at 12v?

Yes, use Cioks 8800 Invalid Link Removed that's what I used when I had the Compressore and the DC7. There's several on Reverb.

 

[jdc866]

Yes, use Cioks 8800 Invalid Link Removed that's what I used when I had the Compressore and the DC7. There's several on Reverb.

Thanks! Never thought I’d be excited about a power supply...got one ordered

 

[tedsalt]

Thanks! Never thought I’d be excited about a power supply...got one ordered

That's a great power supply and compressor. I've had two of them, original version and v2. Sometimes wish I still had one, but the LA-1A does fine.

You should be excited!