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Show me your compact pedalboard setup

Pedaltrain Metro 16, with a Cioks DC5 mounted underneath
 

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Got my Metro 24 yesterday. Love the size and the handy gigbag. Cabling is still a bit messy. I use the Dexter and Helix only in one of the bands I play in so it's okay for me that they don't really fit on the board anymore :)

On the board itself:
Korg Pitchblack
Fuzzrocious Cat Tail
Tech 21 VTDI
Sonuus Wahoo
Boss DD-500
powered by an MXR iso-brick

I've been thinking about mounting the power supply underneath the board, though. Any tips how I could elevate the back end of the Metro 24 accordingly? Been messing around with small bits that I sawed out of a leftover wooden board and attached them with zipties. That didn't work too well...

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Updated board pic, definitely should have used these EBS cables from the get go.
Also the new Providence has a tuner out so the tuner is actually out of the chain. This is cool because it allows the tuner to be active when the signal is muted, but also when it is unmuted, very handy for verifying intonation in the studio. (Was turned onto that trick from a Sean Hurley youtube vid, different pedals but same outcome.)

Besides the tuner, the signal flows left to right across both rows.

-Pedal Train Junior
-Decibel Eleven Hot Stone Deluxe.
-Decibel Eleven Power Cables.
-EBS Audio Cables.
-Providence Dual Bass Station
-Sonic Research Turbo Tuner ST-300 mini.
-EBS Multi Comp.
-3 Leaf Audio Octabvre Tim Tuning.
-3 Leaf Audio You're Doom.
-3 Leaf Audio Proton V3.
-Tronographic Rusty Box.
-Tech 21 Bass Boost Chorus.

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Updated board pic, definitely should have used these EBS cables from the get go.
Also the new Providence has a tuner out so the tuner is actually out of the chain. This is cool because it allows the tuner to be active when the signal is muted, but also when it is unmuted, very handy for verifying intonation in the studio. (Was turned onto that trick from a Sean Hurley youtube vid, different pedals but same outcome.)

Yes, I definitely like the always-on tuner, it's not as handy since the mute button doesn't work anymore, but small price to pay to be able to see intonation and tuning while playing. I love the Sonic Research Turbo Tuners because no other tuner is as quick, and now that they have a mini I'm not going to consider anything else.
 
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Yes, I definitely like the always-on tuner, it's not as handy since the mute button doesn't work anymore, but small price to pay to be able to see intonation and tuning while playing. I love the Sonic Research Turbo Tuners because no other tuner is as quick, and now that they have a mini I'm not going to consider anything else.
I like the always-on tuner too, but finding it rather uncomfortable to read when the tuner is so small. Guess my tuner would be the last pedal to switch in for a mini pedal...
 
Yes, I definitely like the always-on tuner, it's not as handy since the mute button doesn't work anymore, but small price to pay to be able to see intonation and tuning while playing. I love the Sonic Research Turbo Tuners because no other tuner is as quick, and now that they have a mini I'm not going to consider anything else.

That's the great thing about routing it through the Dual Bass Station though, the tuner out is pre mute switch, but the normal out is post mute switch. Therefore silent tuning and just general signal-muting which I use all the time on stage is still achieved with a single footswitch, however no matter if the normal output signal is muted or not the tuner can still be used.
 
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That's the great thing about routing it through the Dual Bass Station though, the tuner out is pre mute switch, but the normal out is post mute switch. Therefore silent tuning and just general signal-muting which I use all the time on stage is still achieved with a single footswitch, however no matter if the normal output signal is muted or not the tuner can still be used.
I achieve this same result using a mute pedal I had built by Saturnworks Pedals. The pedal splits 1 input into 2. I send 1 signal to my Sonic Research ST-300 mini tuner and the other to the rest of the pedals on my board. I can mute either 1 or both signals at any time, thus allowing me to monitor intonation while playing and also attend to dedicated/silent tuning with the press of a foot switch.
 
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Updated board pic, definitely should have used these EBS cables from the get go.
Also the new Providence has a tuner out so the tuner is actually out of the chain. This is cool because it allows the tuner to be active when the signal is muted, but also when it is unmuted, very handy for verifying intonation in the studio. (Was turned onto that trick from a Sean Hurley youtube vid, different pedals but same outcome.)

Besides the tuner, the signal flows left to right across both rows.

-Pedal Train Junior
-Decibel Eleven Hot Stone Deluxe.
-Decibel Eleven Power Cables.
-EBS Audio Cables.
-Providence Dual Bass Station
-Sonic Research Turbo Tuner ST-300 mini.
-EBS Multi Comp.
-3 Leaf Audio Octabvre Tim Tuning.
-3 Leaf Audio You're Doom.
-3 Leaf Audio Proton V3.
-Tronographic Rusty Box.
-Tech 21 Bass Boost Chorus.

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Your board hurts my ocd filled head :-)
 
Your board hurts my ocd filled head :)
I definitely hear that haha!
Trust me it's done purely for function not aesthetics. 1 So that outputs are facing the next input reducing longer and/or awkward cabling. And 2 because on stage I like to set the board on my right side, so I wanted to have the last pedal outputting upstage towards the amp.
 
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Got my Metro 24 yesterday. Love the size and the handy gigbag. Cabling is still a bit messy. I use the Dexter and Helix only in one of the bands I play in so it's okay for me that they don't really fit on the board anymore :)

On the board itself:
Korg Pitchblack
Fuzzrocious Cat Tail
Tech 21 VTDI
Sonuus Wahoo
Boss DD-500
powered by an MXR iso-brick

I've been thinking about mounting the power supply underneath the board, though. Any tips how I could elevate the back end of the Metro 24 accordingly? Been messing around with small bits that I sawed out of a leftover wooden board and attached them with zipties. That didn't work too well...

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Hey gup.
I've used rubber leg tips (7/8" diameter) on my mini and metro 24 with great success. Just rubber cement them right over the existing short feet. Gives me plenty of clearance on the backside as well as angles the pedals towards me.
Simple....effective.
Cheerios!