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New Pedalboard Pt 9

Finally got around to adding proper power and USB connections to the side of the board. Routed out some holes and then joined power using Wago connectors which I later wrapped with heat shrink. Having a power switch is quite an upgrade! USB means no wear on my pedal ports.

Central IL people, come see me play in my band Sunwise tonight at Matt Talbott's bar!

Had a blast doing about 9 straight hours of bass and guitar tracking with Matt and Bill from Forbidden Seas this weekend. Had four different amp setups all going at once via splitter with mics and cabs all in the separate live room.

Forgot the link: www.airwindows.com/pop-vst/

Enjoy!

Been mixing lately and it's reminding me to share one of my most used plugins: Pop by airwindows. Not Pop2, but the original one. I bus all my close mics (kick, snare, toms) together and then send via aux to another track with Pop on it. It's the punchiest thing ever. Only three settings. Rock. 🤘

Behold, the pedalboard in its natural habitat: the floor of the local drinking establishment.

New Pedalboard Pt 8

Used the wife's Cricut to make some glow in the dark vinyl labels for the patch panel. They were a little tricky to apply perfectly, but good enough for rock n roll. There's the 4 cable I/O as well as two relay outputs and a guest pedal loop. Next week we'll add some USB-C ports

Hey St. Louis, come and see my pedalboard in action!

New Pedalboard pt 7

It's alive! It may look a little chaotic underneath, but there's quite a bit of cable management going on. In the future I'll probably upgrade power and find a cleaner solution for the ML10X splitters. Replaced the Slo with a Meris Mercury X. Found a used case on FB for $30!

Maybe eventually I'll get a fancy boost but for now all I need is a volume knob and it does exactly what I was hoping for. No reason to pay big bucks imo, kmise all the way

New Pedalboard pt 6

The fun stuff! This step was all about testing and programming, nothing permanent yet. Got the pedals laid out how I think they will end up, and did temporary patching of power, midi, and signal in order to get going on programming the Morningstar ML10X and MC6 Pro.

gonna start posting build pics on onlyfans!

New Pedalboard pt 5

Painted it black, added some nice handles, and got the Velcro on! Finally we get to the fun part: pedals and wiring

The actual plug ports are on little circuit board modules, and they're actually maybe too tight imo. They don't have the cutout problem though. You might want to look into Neutrik locking jacks (pic), that's what I use on my old board and have had zero problems.

They're modules from a Neutrik 1/4" patchbay I had lying around. Looks like they still make them, model # is NYS-SPP-L1

more pics

Pedalboard Update

Finalized the 3D printed junction box and did a final print in black. Added a piece of wood to secure the front panel, and then finished off attaching the top pieces that the pedals will sit on. Next I need to paint the whole thing black and add the velcro.

My band dropped a new song today! If you dig bands like Swervedriver, HUM, or early Smashing Pumpkins you should check it out.

Started building some prototype input boxes for the new board using my 3D printer. I had some old Neutrik patchbays lying around and decided to rehouse the modules. 16 1/4" jacks felt like plenty of I/O for one board in case I want to do anything fancy. Still a few changes to make, but a good start!

Santa was real nice this year! Going to post everything going into my new pedalboard build this next month or so.

A used H9 might actually be my best value option by far.

It's hard to choose, guess I just need to get them all eventually!

The Chroma seems like it has fewer options than the others, but all the sounds are really really good. The price point also makes it attractive. Will check out the VP4, thanks!

I love everything I've heard in demos for sure. I wish it had slightly more modulation options, but other than that it does everything I'd need and more. Probably what I'm leaning towards as of right now.

Meris LVX, LIne 6 HX One, or Hologram Electronics Chroma Console: which would you choose? Anything else I should try? Looking for an all-around MIDI pedal to start off my new pedalboard after I get a Morningstar MC6 Pro in a few weeks.

#guitarpedals #guitareffects

A guitar pedalboard next to a wooden frame of a future pedalboard.

The current pedalboard next to the future one. Lots to do still, but hoping to have this thing up and running by February. MIDI is coming!

Poster for the Cold Moon Train twitch raid train hosted by MrSpok_SynthGuy

Streaming some live original music this weekend as part of the Cold Moon raid train on Twitch! My set starts at 9pm CST on Saturday night, but be sure and check out the music going on all weekend long.

Not sure if this drink has a name, but it is the hit of my holiday season:

2oz bourbon
1oz banana liquor
0.5oz cinnamon syrup
2 dashes angostura bitters

Stir in a mixing glass over ice, and then serve in a rocks glass with a giant fancy cube. Enjoy!

Some local #BandcampFriday recs for you from this past year-ish:

terminusvictor.bandcamp.com/album/everending

vaudevileins.bandcamp.com/album/lights-out

briefcandlesus.bandcamp.com/album/unfinished-nature

mothpoint.bandcamp.com/album/songs

thefantasticplastics.bandcamp.com/album/dimensions

How can I tell Google that I've never cared less about anything in my entire lifetime than I've not cared about this?