can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
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Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
12v is probally the way to go
12v is probally the way to go
RushOfBlood
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Re: can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
The Boss "Double" pedals like the RC-20 need 18v, regular singles need 9
The Boss "Double" pedals like the RC-20 need 18v, regular singles need 9
PFDarkside
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Re: can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
Rid, why would you say 12V? All Boss compacts are 9V technically, granted there are differences in the PSA and ACA adapters, but still. (The ACA is 12V unregulated, so it can be 12V, but drop down to around 9V I believe...) All current Boss pedals are PSA, and you can use older ACA's with a PSA and a daisy chain...
Rid, why would you say 12V? All Boss compacts are 9V technically, granted there are differences in the PSA and ACA adapters, but still. (The ACA is 12V unregulated, so it can be 12V, but drop down to around 9V I believe...) All current Boss pedals are PSA, and you can use older ACA's with a PSA and a daisy chain...
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
Because most components can take 12v at the very least, only oddball chips like BBD's and such cannot take more than a measly 5v
And always use regulated powersupplies if you want a humfree operation, it cannot be stressed enough, cheap powersupplies hums, they have very little filtering and are mostly made for office usage.
Because most components can take 12v at the very least, only oddball chips like BBD's and such cannot take more than a measly 5v
And always use regulated powersupplies if you want a humfree operation, it cannot be stressed enough, cheap powersupplies hums, they have very little filtering and are mostly made for office usage.
PFDarkside
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Re: can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
I still don't understand, why would you recommend 12V when the manufacturer's spec is 9V? It's not like 9V supplies are rare, everyone from Boss to Line 6 to Guyatone and EHX all make good 9V supplies.
And the ACA is unregulated, it's part of the design.
I still don't understand, why would you recommend 12V when the manufacturer's spec is 9V? It's not like 9V supplies are rare, everyone from Boss to Line 6 to Guyatone and EHX all make good 9V supplies.
And the ACA is unregulated, it's part of the design.
HolyDirt
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Re: can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
Different voltages can have pleasing sonic qualities. On some distortions and overdrives, for instance, using less voltage than normal gives a pretty nice sag quality to the tone.
Different voltages can have pleasing sonic qualities. On some distortions and overdrives, for instance, using less voltage than normal gives a pretty nice sag quality to the tone.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
Because 9v does not give much room for the plus minus swing....4,5v or less on either side....can be somewhat muffled and flatsounding.
It is just one of many stange quirks in guitarland...which has plenty of those to spare!!
Because 9v does not give much room for the plus minus swing....4,5v or less on either side....can be somewhat muffled and flatsounding.
It is just one of many stange quirks in guitarland...which has plenty of those to spare!!
PFDarkside
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Re: can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
I see... I understand using different voltages especially for fuzz designs, I guess those Boss boxes make me nervous for some reason. Buffers and stuff. I don't know.
I see... I understand using different voltages especially for fuzz designs, I guess those Boss boxes make me nervous for some reason. Buffers and stuff. I don't know.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
Buffers are made out of transistors, either located in op-amps or discrete ones.
And the majority of those are 12v parts
But what might trash out is the regulator, if that one is a 9v one.
Buffers are made out of transistors, either located in op-amps or discrete ones.
And the majority of those are 12v parts
But what might trash out is the regulator, if that one is a 9v one.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
No where did you get that silly idea???
Well I have some home made bomb I could stick in that green thing...somewhere!
No where did you get that silly idea???
Well I have some home made bomb I could stick in that green thing...somewhere!
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
^Oh yeah huge amounts
^Oh yeah huge amounts
Pierre
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Re: can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
4.5V is 9 divided by two.
Picture a sine wave.
If we use say...3V...the sine wave will clip sooner on one side for instance. So we have to make the most room possible above AND below its x axis. Hence 9/2 = 4.5
So more headroom would basically mean... well... more level I take it, for one, so more boost possibility. Also, I THINK you'd have a little more travel on the gain pot with less gain, but the gain may be more open and less... dunno. Thin?
Rid, if you don't find this bomb, send it over here, shouldn't be a problem. I have a hammer.
4.5V is 9 divided by two.
Picture a sine wave.
If we use say...3V...the sine wave will clip sooner on one side for instance. So we have to make the most room possible above AND below its x axis. Hence 9/2 = 4.5
So more headroom would basically mean... well... more level I take it, for one, so more boost possibility. Also, I THINK you'd have a little more travel on the gain pot with less gain, but the gain may be more open and less... dunno. Thin?
Rid, if you don't find this bomb, send it over here, shouldn't be a problem. I have a hammer.
Pierre
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Re: can i run boss pedals etc in 18 volt?
:laugh2: :headbang:
By the way I'm not sure AT ALL of my explanation. I just said what makes sense to me but I may be totally off for all I know hehe...
You two little mofos... TS-9 and EMG 81 is a GREAT combination. Big fat lead tone with sustain and everything.
Thanks for the explanation
:laugh2: :headbang:
By the way I'm not sure AT ALL of my explanation. I just said what makes sense to me but I may be totally off for all I know hehe...
