allbutromeo
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Re: Power supply advice
https://reverb.com/news/how-to-choose-the-best-power-supply-for-your-pedalboard
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Power supply advice
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devastone
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Re: Power supply advice
Sorry, just getting back to this, but yeah, it can inject noise into the signal chain, all the grounds of the pedals are tied together through the cables. I had an old Korg tuner that was really noisy, it may have been defective but it went away quick.
Sorry, just getting back to this, but yeah, it can inject noise into the signal chain, all the grounds of the pedals are tied together through the cables. I had an old Korg tuner that was really noisy, it may have been defective but it went away quick.
Re: Power supply advice
Don't mean to contradict Devastone but if you are going to be using an isolated supply, then the individual dc outlet's grounds of the power brick are isolated from one another. If you use a quality wall wart type power supply for the tuner it shouldn't be a problem as that power supply output ground would be separate from those of the power brick. That doesn't mean that you are guaranteed to not have any noise if you use a separate wall wart for the tuner. Just thinking that you will probably be ok as long as it's a quality, filtered supply. That, however, doesn't have much to do with whether the pedal is true bypass or not or mutes the signal when on. If the supply is noisy or one pedal doesn't "get along with" something else in the chain, there can be some noise, regardless.
That said, I'd hate to have to run a wall wart for one pedal when everything else is supplied from a nice brick. A wall wart or daisy chaining an outlet can be unavoidable if something is added to the signal chain after a board is already set up and all the outlets are occupied. But I'd hate to set up a board like that from the start. It would bug me to no end. But that's probably just my OCD talking.
Don't mean to contradict Devastone but if you are going to be using an isolated supply, then the individual dc outlet's grounds of the power brick are isolated from one another. If you use a quality wall wart type power supply for the tuner it shouldn't be a problem as that power supply output ground would be separate from those of the power brick. That doesn't mean that you are guaranteed to not have any noise if you use a separate wall wart for the tuner. Just thinking that you will probably be ok as long as it's a quality, filtered supply. That, however, doesn't have much to do with whether the pedal is true bypass or not or mutes the signal when on. If the supply is noisy or one pedal doesn't "get along with" something else in the chain, there can be some noise, regardless.
That said, I'd hate to have to run a wall wart for one pedal when everything else is supplied from a nice brick. A wall wart or daisy chaining an outlet can be unavoidable if something is added to the signal chain after a board is already set up and all the outlets are occupied. But I'd hate to set up a board like that from the start. It would bug me to no end. But that's probably just my OCD talking.
RockinProf
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Re: Power supply advice
Thanks all,
Lots of great comments. I ended up going with the Friedman, but using a Y cable with two all analog pedals that will never be on at the same time (the HBE Detox [for cleaning up a dirty signal with a volume pot roll off but also with a three band EQ at the same time] and the MXR Microamp plus [which I just use to bring up the volume for over driven solos]). It's dead quiet and all the noise I had previously when either overdrive or the Friedman boost were engaged is just gone. I live in a neighborhood that's a new build, where there's a TON of RFI/EMF pollution too. Normally I have my pedal board running through the old Furman PL Plus I had in my long hair but short on thought, huge rack days but even without the Furman the Friedman leaves things dead quite. seriously impressed. Will leave the Furman in the chain though for surge protection.
Anyways, if you need a power supply for a bigger board, get the Friedman.... just do it!
Thanks all,
Lots of great comments. I ended up going with the Friedman, but using a Y cable with two all analog pedals that will never be on at the same time (the HBE Detox [for cleaning up a dirty signal with a volume pot roll off but also with a three band EQ at the same time] and the MXR Microamp plus [which I just use to bring up the volume for over driven solos]). It's dead quiet and all the noise I had previously when either overdrive or the Friedman boost were engaged is just gone. I live in a neighborhood that's a new build, where there's a TON of RFI/EMF pollution too. Normally I have my pedal board running through the old Furman PL Plus I had in my long hair but short on thought, huge rack days but even without the Furman the Friedman leaves things dead quite. seriously impressed. Will leave the Furman in the chain though for surge protection.
Anyways, if you need a power supply for a bigger board, get the Friedman.... just do it!
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Little Pigbacon
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Re: Power supply advice
I think I’m going to get a Friedman. According to dimensions, two of them will fit under my board.
I think I’m going to get a Friedman. According to dimensions, two of them will fit under my board.
PFDarkside
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Re: Power supply advice
Is the Friedman a switching power supply? If so how does it compare to the Truetone and Strymon?
Is the Friedman a switching power supply? If so how does it compare to the Truetone and Strymon?
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Little Pigbacon
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Re: Power supply advice
Dave’s not here, man, but his power supply is, and everyone says it’s dead quiet into even the most sensitive pedals at point-blank range.
Dave’s not here, man, but his power supply is, and everyone says it’s dead quiet into even the most sensitive pedals at point-blank range.
