Hey guys, just hoping for a bit of advice from some of you who are the electronic wizards here! It's lockdown and I'm making my pedalboard as perfect as I can and I'm hitting you up with an overly nerdy and pointless question.
I'm using a Coiks DC5 to power 7 pedals. So that means I have to use two splitter cables to power them all. Could you tell me which ones are best technically to share power to avoid things like noise etc? I've included the pedal model incase it matters for some.
Pedals are (in the order on the board)
Wah - Jam Wahcko
Univibe - Jam Retrovibe
Fuzz face - Jam Fuzz phrase(must have it's own power cable, so that's one slot taken)
Overdrive -Greer Lightspeed
Tuner - Polytune 2 mini
Overdrive - Duellist
Delay - Aanasounds Utopia - (think it's a Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay style pedal)
So which two pairs would you have running on the same power slot?
Thanks guys - nerd on!
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I would probably share the wah and univibe, and the two overdrives. Placement in the chain can matter too, it's usually best to have 'adjacent' pedals on the same outlet rather than ones at opposite ends.
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I'll put the Lightspeed and Duellist together.
The way my cables are I need another paid, I can't link 3 together. Which pedal would you pair with he tuner? I'm guessing this matters less because the tuner is only on when tuning?
Edit - typed that before @ICBM gave his info! Hah wow I wouldn't have guessed that with the tuner I'm learning loads and I was thinking the tuner should definitely be a sharer! Great info again!
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
It's not rocket science to design pedals that neither transmit nor pick up noise from the power supply connection.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I only have a T. rex fuel tank jr - so I have 2 slots combined to power a Flint, 2 slots combined to power a Qmx4 via a poly tune ac through, and then daisy chain an Ep booster, Od3c CE2, DD3 and a Cruiser Deuce out of the last output. No noise I can hear - but not sure if the QMX contributes to that.
I'm running the wah on a battery.
If I use 3 split flex cables (one outlet, two pedals) and then the other two outlets just powering one pedal, I can power for the whole board. What would technically be the best way to run these pedals? i.e - which ones sharing power?
The Shanks 4k is a germanium fuzz.
Thanks guys.