Hi guys, let me show you my biggest project. This is programmable footcontroller with all effects inside. Similar to Pete Cornish's pedalboards. The guy who order me this project give me all pedals except booster. Almost all of them are BOSS. You can see one Crybaby, and one Ernie Ball volume pedal. I must made all in one footcontroller including all pedals wired in specific order with programmable presets, send-return, external effect with supply output and headphone amp. For switching system I use my 6 channel programmable footcontroller:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/6chFootswitch.jpg)
This unit can control also external amplifier, and can store up to 16 different presets.
First I need to make a sketch for this project. Here was my design. The guy like it very much:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Miro%20pedalboard/97eb9cf3.gif)
I wish to make all pedals with similar colors like the original ones. In this case I use different sheets for each pedal. The labels of this sheets are made using laser engraving /see pictures below/.
Ok. now I start with making. First the box:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Miro%20pedalboard/1.jpg)
For the fontpannel labels is used silkscreen.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Miro%20pedalboard/2.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Miro%20pedalboard/3.jpg)
For flexible project like this it's better to have a place where you can write with permanent marker the preset's names. For this I install small stainless sheet at the bottom, below the buttons. Because this is stainless, it's easy to clean with any type of cleaning stuff.
Ok, I got the box and some of color panels for the pedals Other ones was not ready, and I start with the solder.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Miro%20pedalboard/5.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Miro%20pedalboard/4.jpg)
After a lot of time, I was ready with everything inside the board:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Miro%20pedalboard/6.jpg)
For the supply I use swithcing mode power supply unit, shielded with iron sheet and copper foil. The supply was division by consumption of the pedals by 4 power supply circles.
If you look carefully, you will see 2 small boards at the back of the tuner and noise gate. All pedals, without wah and booster, have the same ones. I use it for startup. The guy like when the footcontroller start, some of the boss pedals to be in working mode - ON. This small board turn on the pedal after 2 seconds. This boards are based over pic10F200 microcontroller and turn on the pedal using small mosfet. The small blue board at the top is headphone amplifier. There is no volume control pot, but the volume is controlled by volume pedal. I can't find good place for this pot and this is why I use volume pedal for headphone volume control.
And finally all pedals are placed inside the pedalboard:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Miro%20pedalboard/7.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Miro%20pedalboard/8.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Miro%20pedalboard/9.jpg)
I spend about 3 months to do this project....
PS: sorry for my bad english... :icon_redface:
Niki.
Beautiful, Nikolay! :icon_eek:
Congrats... that's amazing :icon_biggrin:
!!!!
That, sir, is effin' amazing. I confess I didn't quite get the switching options, though. Still, looks like an amazing board. I hope you were well-paid for all that work, skill and ingenuity.
That's amazing nice work.
That's a super job Nikolay!! The inside is as neat and tidy as the exterior and that's got to be a major accomplishment considering evrything you've got going on in there. You deserve a holiday after all that!
dave
Nikolay,
could you please explain how did you do the letters and graphics, they are awesome.
I envy you!
ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Very very nice!! Clean work inside and out.
how you made that enlays? itsvery nice
Thanks guys!!
I'm tired, because I spend a lot of time with this, but I have a lot of work this month. I need to finish some other project too.
The labels at the front panel are made using silkscreen technology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen-printing
Actually I don't make this. A local company made my silkscreen paintings.
The labels of color sheet pannels are made with laser engraving. This burns a top layer of the paint and make it darker.
Very impressive, Nikolay, as always! :)
Did you always used relays in your loopers or did you try FET/CMOS switches first? I was planning to try CMOS switching for my modulation multi(7)-fx (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=86026.0), but I have not tried so many CMOS switches in row yet, I'm looking for opinions and experiences of people who did try it before.. mainly what it does to signal, if there is some audible impact etc.
Cheers, T.
Thanks, Thomeeque. I use small relays from sunhold: http://www.sunhold.com/mp.html
Consumation is 11mA@12V for each relay. With this I have true bypass and led indication only with one signal control. Actually I don't use cmos switching.
Absolutely beautiful!!! :icon_mrgreen:
This is so amazing! :o :o
I'm feeling such a novice right now :icon_redface: .
Very, very nice.
im a little confused by the switching
obviously the foot switches on the effects themselves are for bypassing the individual effects themselves
what about the row of switches below them??
I assume it has to do with the programmable presets.
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Very impressive! Really enjoyed the thread. Thanks.
Quote from: ambulancevoice on January 24, 2011, 03:36:12 AM
im a little confused by the switching
obviously the foot switches on the effects themselves are for bypassing the individual effects themselves
what about the row of switches below them??
The row at the bottom control different presets. If you like to play solo, you need probably booster and reverb. But if you like to turn off the reverb after the solo you can make a different preset or just turn off reverb by his own footswitch. In other worlds you have independent control of presets and pedals.
this is way nicer than a cornish board... just sayin. ;)
you should be really proud of your work - it's beautiful!
WOW very very nice, love that design/setup ;D :) :) :) :o
This is absolutely amazing. I would love to build one like this but I do not have your skillz. I would like to have your help with the PRESET switching you use to trigger your relays. I am trying to design for my own personal use, a switcher with 11 loops, that allows me to change the order of the FX with some presets. Not all presets need to change the order. Maybe 3 at most. I can design all the switching up to the relay, but I do not understand the preset logic part. I don't know how to wire it or what components to use. I want to be able to select a preset, then when I select another preset, the first preset goes off and the new one goes on (instantly of course). Then if I hit the bypass switch, it bypasses, but if I hit the bypass switch again, it would be nice to go back to the last preset, but that is not strictly necessary. I can live with hitting the preset switch to go back and the bypass, just being another preset, that turns off all the other presets. I only need about 6 presets, 11 true bypass loops (with the capability to change the order to a fixed design on about 2 or 3 of the presets), and 3 to 5 switches TIP to SLEEVE for amp channel switching to turn the reverb or vibrato on or off. I cna do it all except the logic latching part. Thanks for your help. Your work is incredible, btw. Drool :o
Reminds me of early P. Cornish' pedalboards. Congrats !
most amazing project that i have ever heard !
thanks for share
Crap! Not a Nikolay post again!
His builds are so great they always make me feel..........inadequate :'(
Great job.......once again.
Beautiful!
reminds me a lot of this old 80's multieffects I have:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/mongobigmuff/equipos/67359845-8cea-4e27-9620-72d19afaa101_zpsa7272e71.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mongobigmuff/media/equipos/67359845-8cea-4e27-9620-72d19afaa101_zpsa7272e71.jpg.html)
Holy crap, this is impressive work.
Absolutely amazing work. Any chance of getting a video clip of it in action?