[sdiy] Marginally OT: Boss Pedal question

[Machinerygod]

Saturday, September 07, 2002, 12:32:28 PM, you wrote:

> The point is, I *do* play guitar thru these stomp boxes. Only that the
> guitar is
> a physical model on the VL7 (and I can only dream about playing Fripp-speed
> solos on a keyboard). But I really love the interaction of a decaying guitar
> tone on all kinds of FX devices. One big difference is that I have the FX
> boxes on top of the synth, not on a floor board. So these heavy mechanical
> bypass switches need too much force to operate them with the hands.
> The same type of switch, with a momentary contact, feels better.

I do the same thing with my effects boxes, they're all outfitted with
velco so I can stick them on the top of one of my synths. I know well
the issue of needing more force for a stomp type switch, but I've
gotten around it by just taking one fist and "WHAM" whenever I need to
switch between bypass and effect. It might be nice to wire another
less force-intensive switch in parallel with the other one. so you
could either stomp on it or click it that way.

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