Switching system for guitar

[Dimitree]

Hi everybody! I'm from Italy so sorry for my bad english.. ;)

I hope this is the right section to post.

I did some search on this forum but I can't find an aswer for my question.

I don't have any experiences with MIDI.

I'd like to build a switching system for my guitar setup. I use almost analog pedals, so I'd like to rackmount these pedals and to control them activating/disactivating, remotely.

Basically I want to build something like these:

the looper: http://www.voodoolab.com/gcx.htm

the floorboard: http://www.voodoolab.com/gcontrolpro.htm

A rackmounted looper, with loops where I connect all the pedals and other units, and a floorboard that control this looper remotely and let me choose which loop is active and which is not active.. Then this floorboard should have 2 using mode: the first is the one I said (every footswitch active-disactive its corresponding loop, with a led for every loop), the second let me choose presets instead of loops (every footswitch recall a preset, every preset is a combination of activated/disactivated loops, and recall also presets from MIDI units, such as Korg A3 or Whammy, for example, with buttons for bank up, bank down, etc). I think the second mode is a sort of program change..

Maybe the infos on voodoolab site that I linked could explain better than me..

How can do that? I don't have problem with soldering, etching PCB, etc.. So the hardware should not be a problem.. What modules should I build? How many presets and loops would I got (voodolab has 8 loops)?

thanks so much!

Dimitri

[stryd_one]

Welcome aboard!

I found too many search hits to list. Try this: open the search link in my signature, search for 'guitar' (without the quotes) and sort results by most recent topics.

Then try the same thing with 'switch' and also 'floor' and 'pedal'. You'll find LOTs of good stuff :)

HTH!

[Dimitree]

Thanks HTH!

I did that befor posting..but maybe because of my bad english I did not manage to find a simple answer.. I'll try it again!

[stryd_one]

If you don't have any luck, let us know :)

(oh... HTH = Hope That Helps :D )

[Dimitree]

(oh... HTH = Hope That Helps Cheesy )

sorry about that.. :-[

[stryd_one]

Heheh, I don't mind that at all :) Don't worry mate, around here, there are people who speak languages from all over the world.

So, you are welcome to post, and you never need to worry about your English. If we don't understand, we'll just ask :)

Also, don't forget Forum Italiano, where you can post in your native language and get replies that way also - no confusing Australians like me ;)

[cimo]

Ciao Dimitri

benvenuto!

conta con  me se hai dei problemi a tradurre posts... err mi sa che il mio itlaiano e un po arruginito, comunque...

Simone

[Dimitree]

Thanks guys! I really appreciate your help! This seems to be the best forum I've ever discovered!

grazie Simone! se dovessi incontrare difficoltà non esiterò a chiederti aiuto  ;) grazie ancora

A little stupid question before I start studing all these infos.. Does the signal of my guitar pass through the MIDI circuits, or the MIDI circuits do not affect at all the sound of my signal?

[cimo]

Does the signal of my guitar pass through the MIDI circuits, or the MIDI circuits do not affect at all the sound of my signal?

la seconda ch' hai detto ;)

yep EDIT: audio and MIDI data can t and won t ever be mixed up, they re just 2 diffrent beasts, worries about a matrix switcher could come from the solid state/not solid state relays "clicks".

[Dimitree]

Do you think that the GCX switcher I linked before use DPDT relays or a Matrix switcher? I would choose DPDT relays if with the matrix switcher could create problems..

what are the differences between the 2 solutions?

[cimo]

Good reading

http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,11262.msg95260.html#msg95260

[Dimitree]

Ciao Simone..scusa ma ancora non riesco a capire la differenza tra i DPDT relay e il Matrix Switcher.. Sono due modi diversi per fare la stessa cosa? il sito della voodolab dice che la GCX ha i relay in oro.. Quali sono i vantaggi/svantaggi di questi due metodi? grazie ancora

sorry for speaking italian this time for this post  :-[

[cimo]

let s move italian talking (with hands waving and all) to italian forum..

[stryd_one]

(with hands waving and all)

Mamma Mia!

[flo]

@Dimitree:

I'm in the process of making a 7 DPDT relais FX looper with the midi-box a bit like: the looper http://www.voodoolab.com/gcx.htm

Check:

http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,11705.0.html

Just got he midibox kits and the relais etc. Still in the process of creating clear requirements / achtitecture / software design.

My current goal is to create a very simple but perfectly usable 7 FX true bypass relais switcher, without a need for a user interface. Only 7 indication LEDs will probably be present indicating which looper is enabled/disabled.

[flo]

@Dimitree:

I'm in the process of making a 7 DPDT relais FX looper with the midi-box a bit like: the looper http://www.voodoolab.com/gcx.htm

Check:

http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,11705.0.html

Just got he midibox kits and the relais etc. Still in the process of creating clear requirements / architecture / software design.

My current goal is to create a very simple but perfectly usable 7 FX true bypass relais switcher, without a need for a user interface. Only 7 indication LEDs will probably be present indicating which looper is enabled/disabled.

[Dimitree]

thanks flo..I saw all your posts/topic.. But as a beginner I find it hard to understand some of these things.. So I'd like to start from begin.. First of all I'd like to know the differences between DPDT relais and Matrix switcher..if these are 2 ways to do the same thing, etc..

[cimo]

.. i forgot to link you

http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,11849.0.html