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JM-1

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Daisy Chains, Isolated Power Supplies and Pedal Fussiness
#989001 - 22/05/12 06:02 PM

I have a bunch of Boss pedals that I wish to mount to a pedalboard. Re: a power supply, the easy option is buy a good quality 2000mA 9Volt regulated supply and daisy-chain the power to all the pedals...

However, which of these pedals are likely to be more 'fussy' about their power, and perform better with an isolated power supply?

- Overdrive
- Compressor
- Noise Gate
- Chorus
- Reverb
- Delay

Expert opinions most appreciated.

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Richie Royale

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#989011 - 22/05/12 06:41 PM

I'm no expert but I got the 1Spot and it cleaned up the output of the few Boss pedals I have. It even powers my Clavinet and very old BF1. It revived my half rack Boss RPS10 as well, which had become unusable due to the noisy Boss PSU.

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grab

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Re: Daisy Chains, Isolated Power Supplies and Pedal Fussiness new

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#989110 - 23/05/12 10:22 AM

Depends entirely on how well made they are, really. "Which is less likely to break down, a saloon car or a hatchback?"

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brucie
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Re: Daisy Chains, Isolated Power Supplies and Pedal Fussiness new

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#989165 - 23/05/12 03:35 PM

I does depend on the specific pedal, but I would say a good guide is that pedals like Reverb and Delay tend to be a bit more power hungry given that they are more complex circuits (a bit of a generalisation) although digital pedals will require more juice.

If it was me and I was limited to 3 outputs I would power the delay and reverb seperately and then daisy chain the rest. If I had four I'd probably do the noise gate next

Not sure if that helps!

Thanks

Neil

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Imran500

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Re: Daisy Chains, Isolated Power Supplies and Pedal Fussiness new

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#989901 - 27/05/12 07:32 PM

I've got the Visual Sound 1-Spot and I'm running 7 pedals off it with a mind to add a couple more. Really excellent value for money

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