If we read left to right. ..

[Hank-]

These sound like the words of a man who has never mastered the heel-toe downshift in an automobile.

I drive stick, what is this heel-toe downshift maneuver, I'm having hard time even imagining a move like that with my foot on any of the three pedals:drive:

 

[Chistopher]

I drive stick, what is this heel-toe downshift maneuver, I'm having hard time even imagining a move like that with my foot on any of the three pedals:drive:

It's called that, but most people use the left side of their foot to brake, and the right side of their foot to rev. The easiest way to get a feel for it is to sit in the parking in neutral and try to rev your engine with the brake in.

It's not "needed" in everyday traffic, but it makes abrupt slow downs into a turn more comfortable.

 

[ehdwuld]

It's called that, but most people use the left side of their foot to brake, and the right side of their foot to rev. The easiest way to get a feel for it is to sit in the parking in neutral and try to rev your engine with the brake in.

It's not "needed" in everyday traffic, but it makes abrupt slow downs into a turn more comfortable.

Witchcraft

 

[JamesPaul]

If we're going for crazy ideas . . . I think that pedals should all have standard sized cases and fit together like lego. Power and audio can be automatically connected as you snap each new pedal in line. There would be no real need for a pedalboard, because the pedals themselves would make a tight/flat unit.

Delete this post and then market these!

 

[Artie]

I drive stick, what is this heel-toe downshift maneuver, I'm having hard time even imagining a move like that with my foot on any of the three pedals:drive:

This is a left-over from the days of non-synchronized transmissions. On a downshift, as you're braking, you'd tap the throttle with your heel, to bring the input side of the transmission up to speed to match the output side. This would allow the two gears to slide together smoother.

 

[Chistopher]

^^It also let's you downshift in a modern car while slowing down

 

[ehdwuld]

This is a left-over from the days of non-synchronized transmissions. On a downshift, as you're braking, you'd tap the throttle with your heel, to bring the input side of the transmission up to speed to match the output side. This would allow the two gears to slide together smoother.

on modern synchronized transmissions
that is unnecessary
And possibly damaging

Back in Thw 90s , when i got my CDL
the Old timers would rev the engine and "float the transmission " and never use the clutch

Synchronized transmissions make that difficult to do
What i mean is in cars

 

[Artie]

Back in Thw 90s , when i got my CDL
the Old timers would rev the engine and "float the transmission " and never use the clutch.

On that same note, I love what some Honda motorcycles are doing with the DCT, (dual clutch transmission), where they "float" both sides of the tranny, so it can do what it needs to internally, then reconnect back to the "system", so to speak. If I was a younger man, I'd have a Honda 700 DCT.

 

[Chistopher]

Synchronized transmissions make that difficult to do
What i mean is in cars

It's not that it's any harder to do, it's just that if you mess it up you won't feel it, but the engine will. If the rpm of one gear is too far away from the rpm of the other gear, the synchos will happily absorb the difference. You shouldn't really do it in cars either way because the gear ratios, even on a 6 speed, are too far apart.

 

[Ascension]

Why are our pedals set up right to left, meaning input on the right side and output on the left

What is the first pedal in your set up, and why?

Please explain your signal path to me like I'm 12.

First off, some of it simply pedal design. Input on the right, output on the left. As far as order, some of it is personal preference and some is function. For me, I run pedals like a wah, compressor and or any type of drive through the front of my amp. Wah always goes in front, but the order of the drive and compressor will depend on what I'm running and what type of tone and feel I am looking for.
All time based effects will always run through my amps effect loop. I also now run a boost/ buffer in a Xotic Super Clean or super sweet as the first pedal in my loop. Reason is the long cable run to and from my amp, and it keeps my signal up and prevents the loss of high end. Without them, it's like having a blanket over the amp tone wise. As far as order for me, it's modulation like say a chorus then delay and Reverb is always last. That is personal preference because of how pedals interact and what I am looking for tone wise.
That is what works for me and have the same basic set up on both my board at Church and on my play out board.
Hope this helps a little.

 

[Chistopher]

I definitely have a more unique signal path for when I do have my board setup

Fuzz Face -> overdrive -> outboard spring reverb -> overdrive -> H90 -> IR-2 -> front of house

Fuzz face has to go first. The first overdrive is my overdrive, then it goes into my spring reverb, the second overdrive is basically a compressor for the reverb, the H90 covers all my over the top effects, and then the IR-2 pretends to be an amplifier and a cab.

If I'm using an amp, my only effect is usually fuzz