SHOW OFF YOUR PEDALBOARD!

[dronerstone]

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Where I'm at right now. But I'm honestly wondering if I even want or need the VP4 right now.... the other pedals are so fucking good....

Nice!!!!

Boards look swell, are they both yours, or is the other by a band colleague?

Personally, I'd hold onto that VP4, since there's probably loads of unconventional stuff that it'll do if needed - also thinking of assignment and switching options, etc.

What's that silver DIY-looking pedal on the upper left board, with a toggle and three knobs?

 

[Baba]

Anyone interested in adding MIDI to your board, seriously consider using these CME cables
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They run about $20 for a 4 pack, and are extremely easy to connect and route with the least amount of clearance/proximity issues of pedalboard-friendly cables costing 5 times the price.

I actually have these, (5 pin to 5 pin), exact ones, but will be in need of the 5 pin to 1/4" midi, pretty soon, so thanks for the reminder. :)

 

[Baba]

They're excellent but actually stick out a bit more than some other flat MIDI cables.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Hm, ok, I was wrong, at least regarding the flat MIDI patch cable I own. I thought it was sticking out somewhat less, but it's actually almost identical, maybe a millimeter less, so nothing to drool about. And given that, the CME ones are indeed a better choice as the cables themselves are easier to handle.

 

[gearJunkie]

They're excellent but actually stick out a bit more than some other flat MIDI cables.

Maybe, but the position of the cable is @ 45° (as opposed to 90°) relative to the top/bottom, and it's relatively thin, so there is no issue with blocking ports to the right or left.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Maybe, but the position of the cable is @ 45° (as opposed to 90°) relative to the top/bottom

Oh, didn't see that yet - I thought they were the same plugs as on the ones that came with my WIDI Master, which are 90°.

 

[Orvillain]

Nice!!!!

Boards look swell, are they both yours, or is the other by a band colleague?

Personally, I'd hold onto that VP4, since there's probably loads of unconventional stuff that it'll do if needed - also thinking of assignment and switching options, etc.

What's that silver DIY-looking pedal on the upper left board, with a toggle and three knobs?

Top board is my band mates!!

I think the silver pedal is a tubescreamer, but not 100% sure.

The VP4 is sick. It really is. But so is everything else I have!!

 

[JiveTurkey]

Top board is my band mates!!

I think the silver pedal is a tubescreamer, but not 100% sure.

The VP4 is sick. It really is. But so is everything else I have!!

How is the Oct Psi? Still want that one \m/

 

[TremHead]

What are you using to make all that headphone compatible? I mean, there's no amp/cab sims.

The box underneath the headphones is a cheapo amp that I only use for headphones. I have a bluetooth transmitter in the amp (lol on calling that little thing an amp!) going to bluetooth headphones. I have transmitter on my guitar and receiver into the board. Just the power supply wire so I can transport it easily from the house to the deck outside where I practice.

 

[Sascha Franck]

I have a bluetooth transmitter in the amp (lol on calling that little thing an amp!) going to bluetooth headphones.

Uhm, isn't that a latency nightmare?

 

[Whizzinby]

Added the GFI Duophony to the fx loop board a couple weeks ago.

Think im going to add the MXR Layers in front of it.

 

[HomespunEffects]

I haven’t put a pedal board together for years but figured I’d get something together. Here’s what I came up with tonight.

I’ve got to tidy up the wiring but I’ll probably change it a bunch of times over the next week or so.

 

[HomespunEffects]

I should probably just replace the JCM preamp with the Tonex One.

 

[Whizzinby]

I haven’t put a pedal board together for years but figured I’d get something together. Here’s what I came up with tonight.
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I’ve got to tidy up the wiring but I’ll probably change it a bunch of times over the next week or so.

The problem with tidy wiring is it will just exist as a brief snapshot in time, because you inevitably add, remove, replace, expand the board and have to do it all over again…. until the end of time.

My OCD prevents me from having it look like a train wreck, but I’m much more content with “good enough” these days when it comes to board wiring.

 

[laxu]

They're excellent but actually stick out a bit more than some other flat MIDI cables.

The smallest MIDI connectors I've found are the Rockboard ones.

There's the "Flax" model which allows you to bend the cable up or down or at an angle. The flex part tends to break over time though even if you don't actually move it.

Then there's a flatter version that takes less space depthwise, but its orientation can be a problem as it can block an adjacent port depending on which way it's oriented.

I wish I had known CME offered longer cables, those would have been perfect for my board. I only knew about the very short ones meant for the WIDI Jack.

 

[Sascha Franck]

The smallest MIDI connectors I've found are the Rockboard ones.

Yeah, got 3 or 4 around.

There's the "Flax" model which allows you to bend the cable up or down or at an angle. The flex part tends to break over time though even if you don't actually move it.

Same experience here. Had one once, excellent concept but it just broke at one point.

I wish I had known CME offered longer cables, those would have been perfect for my board. I only knew about the very short ones meant for the WIDI Jack.

Again, same here.

The main issue with all of them is the plug's orientation. From what I know, Rockboard only has one type of flat cable, the orientations of both sides being opposed, which often is fine, but you're f***ed in case you need the same orientation on both sides.

 

[the swede]

The one control midi cable solves that. You can change orientation on both ends. But it isn’t as flat though.

 

[Sascha Franck]

The one control midi cable solves that. You can change orientation on both ends. But it isn’t as flat though.

Ah, good to know. They look as if they could break easily, though.
In fact, mini TRS MIDI is a pretty great thing to go for, no need to care about orientation anymore. Just that it's still not a common thing.

 

[laxu]

The main issue with all of them is the plug's orientation. From what I know, Rockboard only has one type of flat cable, the orientations of both sides being opposed, which often is fine, but you're f***ed in case you need the same orientation on both sides.

Absolutely. The Flex is good that it can at least go in both ways but the flex part adds a bit more bulk.

It doesn't help that MIDI port orientation is a total wild west out there.

Mini-TRS should become the norm.

 

[BahamaDada]

On classifieds today I saw a MT2 for 50€ (Wanted 59). It has a shitty reputation, but let's see.