Sascha Franck
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They're excellent but actually stick out a bit more than some other flat MIDI cables.
SHOW OFF YOUR PEDALBOARD!
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They're excellent but actually stick out a bit more than some other flat MIDI cables.
dronerstone
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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
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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. :)
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Sascha Franck
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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
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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
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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°.
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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
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How is the Oct Psi? Still want that one \m/
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
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Uhm, isn't that a latency nightmare?
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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.
I’ve got to tidy up the wiring but I’ll probably change it a bunch of times over the next week or so.
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I should probably just replace the JCM preamp with the Tonex One.
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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
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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
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Yeah, got 3 or 4 around.
Same experience here. Had one once, excellent concept but it just broke at one point.
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.
Sascha Franck
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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.
