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Remembering pedal settings

#43
okabass said:
One guitar player takes the knobs off, find good settings, and put the knobs back all pointing 12 o'clock.
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Exactly what I have heard too. As long as the shaft is a circle and not a D shape, most ore the circle in my experience. I haven't had an issue yet, but my OS is programmed anyway and that has the fuzz and the filter which wouldn't survive the travel well and are specifc.
 
#45
JakobT said:
I’ve always struggled with the settings of my pedals changing whenever I take my board somewhere. It’s always the same - when I remove my board from its bag, some settings have altered since I put it in.

I figured out a solution today. I recently needed a slightly bigger board, and upgraded from a Pedaltrain Nano to a Metro 16, which is wider, and has three rails instead of two. It turned out that I couldn’t make the pedal placements work the way I’d hoped to, so I ended up with an empty rail at the top.

Today it struck me that I could use that rail to make a note of the knob positions on each pedal, so I made some cards with my standard knob positions on the front, and velcro on the back. Whenever the knobs go out of alignment, or I want to make temporary adjustments, I can now return to the original positions in seconds, and if I should ever want to change the order of pedals, or swap one out, I can easily swap out the card as well.

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#47
Pull the knobs off, slide a small rubber washer or o-ring to the base of the shaft so it rests on the nut, put the knobs back on. The result is a knob that still turns, with enough pressure, but it won't turn in your case or bag and even a foot bump likely won't move it. I've done this for years and it works perfectly every time.
 
#48
JakobT said:
I’ve always struggled with the settings of my pedals changing whenever I take my board somewhere. It’s always the same - when I remove my board from its bag, some settings have altered since I put it in.

I figured out a solution today. I recently needed a slightly bigger board, and upgraded from a Pedaltrain Nano to a Metro 16, which is wider, and has three rails instead of two. It turned out that I couldn’t make the pedal placements work the way I’d hoped to, so I ended up with an empty rail at the top.

Today it struck me that I could use that rail to make a note of the knob positions on each pedal, so I made some cards with my standard knob positions on the front, and velcro on the back. Whenever the knobs go out of alignment, or I want to make temporary adjustments, I can now return to the original positions in seconds, and if I should ever want to change the order of pedals, or swap one out, I can easily swap out the card as well.

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Lucky that your pedals all only have one row of knobs. Your labels would get more complicated with multi row knobs and switches to deal with.

I only have a few pedals and have a pretty good feel for how the knobs should be set, or how to adjust them to get the sound I'm looking for. But also my pedalboard never moves...
 
#49
You can also remove the knobs altogether and leave them off. Shafts without knobs aren’t gonna turn easily but they will turn so you can establish your settings. Draw a line on top with a Sharpie at 12:00 if you need to.
 
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#52
If you don't want to snap a photo with your smartphone or carry around some time of written/printed reminder, I always felt this was a pretty decent method, too (starts at :56... it's what 43ManSquamish describes on page 1)...

 
#54
Eddie LeBlanc said:
Me too.
But I also wrap rubber bands under knobs to aid in stopping them from moving easily. It has always worked for me. and sometimes I wrap rubber bands between two knobs. Do this underneath the knob, and it adds enough friction to stop the knob from turning easily.
I do this with all my pedals.

The knob can still be turned, but it has some friction associated with it.
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Good idea. I bought some rubber washers for my Empress Compressor, since it was the only one giving me trouble.
 
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#56
O rings work but not always - some shafts are too short (she said).
I like the colored dots on stuff like filters where for example, red is dubby, yellow is octave up, etc.
One thing no one mentioned - whiteout pen - you can make a little dot, peels right off when it's dry, but stays on well. It's great for dirt pedals where you have mebbe two or less settings to save.
 
#60
I like it. My OCD does not. The stickers need to line up with with the pedal it represents. For example on your board starting on the Left side....Pedal markers number 1,2, & 4 are driving me nuts. Pedal marker above #3 is good. I had to go to using an H9 with a Midi controller. Nice board you got. Could you realign the pedal markers though.
 

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