LED help w/ foxx tone machine clone

Started by Bandwagonesque, October 24, 2014, 12:39:27 AM

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Bandwagonesque

 I have a foxx tone machine clone w/ switchable octave that uses a bi-color LED to discern between regular and octave fuzz modes. I'm having trouble using it live as I go back and forth between both modes and often forget which i've left on when bypassing it only to come back later to deal with some happy accidents. I want to add another LED so the bypass and octave switches have their own, but i'm having trouble as the wiring is different than any wiring diagrams I have on hand to compare it to.

Could someone tell me what i'd have to reroute to add a second LED on there? Heres a diagram as to where everything is as of now. thanks alot for any help.


bluesdevil

#1
Really the best thing to do is just use the standard bypass LED status light and a separate LED that turns on when you switch on the octave. That way the octave light will work even if the bypass light is on or off.
EDIT:
What I'm trying to say is ditch the bi-color LED's and use standard 1 color LED's wired separately on each switch so the Octave will turn on and off in it's own regardless of what the bypass switch is doing. Sorry, I need to get to sleep!
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antonis

#2
I'm not sure that I understand your diagram but if you want allways to have an optical indication about the status of your effect (regular or octave fuzz) you can wire the bi-colour LED direct to GND and change the status by the boost switch...
(if your switch have unused connections..)

P.S.
Something like the schematics in here: http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=80534.0;prev_next=next

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