RE: DL4 hacks

[Greg House <ghunicycle@yahoo.com>]

Sorry I wasn't more specific. I was talking about feedback in the DL4's 
looping
mode. This isn't a parameter you can control, so the built-in expression 
pedal
doesn't help you.

Greg


--- goddard.duncan@mtvne.com wrote:
> >>I wonder how tough it'd be to hack a DL4 to use a volume (or 
>expression)
> pedal for a feedback control?<<
> 
> 
> now, why would you want to do it that way? 
> wouldn't it be a darn sight easier to use the expression pedal socket 
>the thing
> already has and set up y'r three presets to do things in response to the 
>pedal?
> I used mine like this for quite a while (an ordinary volume pedal, but I 
>had to
> reverse tip and ring connections inside it's jack to make it work- this 
>saved
> me $60 or whatever line6 wanted for their pedal). I had it set up to 
>alter both
> delay time and feedback at the same time, but you can have the pedal 
>affect any
> or all of the knobs except the main algorithm selection. 
> so you plug the pedal in, make your adjustments with the heel-down 
>position,
> make some more with the toe-down position and save the preset as normal. 
>or
> something like that.
> 
> but you could easily rewire the feedback control through an added stereo 
>jack
> on the back of the box, so that a pedal plugged into this new jack 
>socket would
> control feedback. thing is, it would be subject to the same "rules" as 
>the
> original one, i.e. another expression pedal would over-ride it, as would 
>the
> preset value for feedback.......
> 
> if I was going to hack a dl4, I'd want the midi clocking and some way to 
>stop
> the echoes cutting off when I change preset; any remaining echoes from 
>the
> "old" preset should continue but with the new settings acting on them. 
>as it
> stands, they just lop off abruptly. I have the dl4 set up so that the 
>echoes
> continue when an effect is bypassed, but there's no way to have them 
>carry over
> when you change presets. 
> 
> d.
> 
> 
> 
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