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Post by jmoose on Feb 25, 2021 19:12:23 GMT -6
The Boss tuner pedal can act as a distributor. I've been using one that way for like 20 years. OneSpot to tuner, tuner to the rest of the pedals (unless a pedal has different voltage/current requirements, in which case it gets its own supply). Right but that's not a Boss supply, the 1 spot is the actual power source. I've got nothing against the 1 spots they're great for certain situations & have a couple myself. My two main boards have voodoo labs boxes & I've put em on boards I've built for other people. There are advantages to fully isolated supplies... lower noise, no interaction between pedals, ability to mix voltage & current... plus IMO it's cheap insurance. Once you start dropping $200 on things like Earthquaker boxes there can be some real money on an average board. Not sure I want to run $2k in pedals on a $25 power supply. Even they aren't fool proof & I've run into weird stuff with things like in rush current... Trutone makes an awesome gadget called the ma meter... milliamp meter. Stupid easy way to measure the current draw of a pedal & see what it's actually doing under load. Highly recommend it if your deep into stompboxes. truetone.com/ma-meter/
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Post by timcampbell on Feb 25, 2021 19:17:34 GMT -6
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Post by ragan on Feb 25, 2021 19:23:12 GMT -6
The Boss tuner pedal can act as a distributor. I've been using one that way for like 20 years. OneSpot to tuner, tuner to the rest of the pedals (unless a pedal has different voltage/current requirements, in which case it gets its own supply). Right but that's not a Boss supply, the 1 spot is the actual power source. I've got nothing against the 1 spots they're great for certain situations & have a couple myself. My two main boards have voodoo labs boxes & I've put em on boards I've built for other people. There are advantages to fully isolated supplies... lower noise, no interaction between pedals, ability to mix voltage & current... plus IMO it's cheap insurance. Once you start dropping $200 on things like Earthquaker boxes there can be some real money on an average board. Not sure I want to run $2k in pedals on a $25 power supply. Even they aren't fool proof & I've run into weird stuff with things like in rush current... Trutone makes an awesome gadget called the ma meter... milliamp meter. Stupid easy way to measure the current draw of a pedal & see what it's actually doing under load. Highly recommend it if your deep into stompboxes. truetone.com/ma-meter/Yeah, I understand the distinction, I was just letting you know what Kcat was probably referring to when he said "the old Boss system".
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Post by jmoose on Feb 25, 2021 19:24:29 GMT -6
An ancient relic? I've never seen one of those...
Anyway it doesn't seem to have an AC plug, says power in so it doesn't seem to be an actual power supply? It's getting power from another source & passing it daisy chain style?
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Post by kcatthedog on Feb 26, 2021 3:41:20 GMT -6
So our gold star award goes to jmoose and all those who specifically suspected the psu with honourable mentions for the grounding: implicit power issue suggestions. Jmoose and I were chatting off line snd cus of that I thought try the units dedicated psu and run the pedal board for everything else. Tested unit by itself worked fine , redid cables to pedal board , powered it up, noted at 4 am amps worked best not in standby:), low and behold , unit passed its sound through to amp! Yea. Had a very groovy sound going, started ruffing, so wrote a heavy riff track at 4:10 am: why not ? Went and made tea cus I’m so fab and will now go confirm I can run all boxes in parallel just to confirm but I think I am out of the woods. Thx everyone for all the helpful suggestions!
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Post by kcatthedog on Feb 26, 2021 4:29:24 GMT -6
Yup, everything working now !
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Post by Omicron9 on Mar 10, 2021 11:50:18 GMT -6
Snip!..... Went and made tea cus I’m so fab .....snip! This made me smile. Nicely said. A fellow tea drinkist, -09
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