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PYPB 44: ...like Tetris with boxes, wires and cables

#4,001
bassbrad said:
Really? Ever stop and wonder this is PYPB #44 now on page 200........

It is a long time addiction for me bought my first pedal in 1968 a used Hammond wahwah and I have always tried to buy used whenever possible. Probably have 50 effects including some rack units.
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Used to be limited to 50 pages. Technically, just 2350 pages, more or less.
 
#4,003
MRDOOM said:
That's the best looking pedalboard I've ever seen. What's the Ron Swanson pedal?
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Thanks @MRDOOM !

The Ron Swanson pedal is made by idiot box. It's a Ron f-ing Swanson super fuzz.

I rehoused and etched it and did the extra LEDs. The stock artwork is pretty cool too, but ya know......
 
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#4,004
Current board:

I somehow managed to squeeze the cathedral & the rat stache on the back riser and instantly made me want to keep the cathedral on the board. This is quite a relief to my psyche as I REALLY like this pedal, but it doesn't always play nice with it's side jacks.

I also surprisingly don't hate having the elements and the bit quest on their sides as they fill in available unused space and are of middling height, allowing a "three-tier" feel to the board.

As of now the TAFM and Coldcraft are place holders until my MythFx Triton arrives and I figure out what I am going to do with the available space. Leaning towards a dedicated phaser, but that really depends on if the phaser on the Triton is as good as I remember it being. I could potentially fill in the space with my boost pedal too, but that's a lot of dirt/boost options for one small board. The flip side of that is that this board pulls double duty in my indie-rock style gig and my riff-filled doom band.

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My latest version:

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Signal path:

  1. ST-300 tuner
  2. Sonic Spark
  3. H9 Max Loop 1
  4. Musicomlab EFX 62M Switching system
  5. H9 Max Loop 2
  6. Volume Pedal
(I am going to put the H9 Max Loop2 after the volume pedal once the patchbay comes in.)

Signal Path of Switcher:
  1. FEA Labs DE-CL
  2. Brimstone Crossover Distortion
  3. Dunwich Volt Thrower
  4. Darkglass Duality
  5. 3Leaf Wonderlove
  6. 3Leaf You're Doom
The 62M allows for three independent loops. The first one has four S/R pairs and the other two each have one loop. This is a very flexible design. The output from the first loop group goes into the input of the next one. The output of that loop goes to the H9 loop 2 input, (for now). The third independent loop is used by the S/R of the Wonderlove. The send from the Wah goes to the loop input. The output from the loop goes to the return of the Wonderlove. The input of the YD goes to the send of this loop. The return of this loop goes to the output of the YD. This way I can run the Wah by itself in loop 5, or I can run Wah with fuzz in its effects loop by using loops 5 & 6 simultaneously. Unfortunately, to run the YD alone, I will need to switch off the Wah manually.

The 62M also has some other nice features. I can control the H9 and the SA Reflex via midi. All loops are programmable as presets. I can also create songs with 4 presets assigned to each song. I can arrange songs into up to 9 sets. Plus there is a global preset that can always to be accessed. That is my comp only sound for now. I still have a lot of programming to do.

The Source Audio Reflex expression controller controls the Wonderlove and the H9. I can even do both at the same time using difference wave forms as oscillators. The H9 provides midi clock to the Reflex. So the oscillators are in time with the tempo.

There is a three button switch for the H9 to control up and down effect scrolling and the turn on the hot button.

I also changed the power cable to a Neutrik powercon True1. I have a locking 1x1 patch bay on order. I've had unexpected disconnects happen before with IEC connectors and standard jacks. I like to avoid them.
 
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Yup. The latest firmware allows you to use loop 1 and 2 as independent loops. You assign each effect to PRE or POST based on which loop you want to use it in. So, I have 3 harmonizer effects: ovtave down, detuned, and octave up in my presets. Those are all set to PRE and come out of loop one. All my time based effects are POST and come out of loop two. This is just how I choose to set it up for now. But I could easily have one phaser effect pre and one post.
 
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