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MXR Flanger - Jacks 1 and 2 with PPY cable (18v total)
Boss AC-2 acoustic simulator - Jack 3 (9v)
Jacques Meistersinger chorus - Jack 4 (9v)
RJM Mini Amp Gizmo MIDI switcher - Jack 5 (9v); this unit draws 150 mA, which jacks 5 and 6 can handle
MXR Dyna Comp - Jack 8 (9v), with SAG set to 7.5 volts for worn battery sim

Stereo or TRS

Mono

A TRS will let you switch two functions, like with your amp. The tip will be for one function, the ring will be the other one, and the sleeve will be the common connection for both (Tip Ring Sleeve = TRS).

Is the plug on your footswitch a stereo 1/4", like you'd see on a home stereo pair of headphones?

JohnClark wrote:I believe the trick with the Ecstacy is that you actually set the loops controlling the channels to latching (Normal on the GCP) rather than momentary... seems weird I know, but it works. Let us know if that helps or makes things worse.

I set those three loops to Normal, and it worked on program changes. The channels switched like they're supposed to.

But now the instant access functions don't work right. I'll be on the blue channel, and when I hit the instant access for the green, BOTH the blue and green LEDs on the amp light up, telling me both channels are on at the same time. That can't be good, right?

Based on the way the XTC normally switches channels with momentary switching, it made sense that using latching switches would cause this. I had the amp on standby when I tried this so I have no idea what this might have sounded like, but I didn't want to risk causing damage to the amp.

I own the GCX and GCP, and finally made a Medusa cable so I can control my Bogner Ecstasy amp.

I have the GCP set up for 8 instant access and 4 presets. The Ecstasy has three channels, each requiring momentary switches, which I programmed into the GCX.

I have no problem changing channels with the three instant access buttons (though the GCP's LED indicators not following along with each channel change like they do on the Bogner footswitch will take some getting used to). But with channel switches as part of program changes, I'm getting poor results. For instance, I'll be on the amp's blue channel, and when I hit a program change that includes a switch to the green channel, the green LEDs on the amp will flash for a split second, but the amp will stay on the blue channel.

It's as if the program change isn't closing the circuit long along enough to complete the channel switch. Some MIDI switchers let you adjust the contact time for momentary switch functions, but I don't see that option described in the GCX owner's manual.

The Bogner website lists the GCX as an example of a MIDI switcher that can work with the Ecstasy. I'm new to MIDI, so maybe I'm doing something wrong. Any ideas?

I'm pretty handy with a soldering iron, so I bought a good 6ft. patch cable and some 1/4" plugs, cut that 6-footer into the lengths I needed, and wired up my whole rack from that one cable, including the really short ones for the GCX loops.

I've never tried Voodoo's chorus pedal, so I can't confirm or deny what you're hearing. But other analog chorus pedals don't handle distortion well either. My old Boss CE-1 got muddy with a drive pedal in front of it, and I tried a TC Electronic chorus recently and got the same thing. From what I've experienced and read over the years there aren't too many analog pedals that DO handle distortion well.

What drive pedal are you using, and do you like how it sounds without the chorus engaged?

Do you mean the Pedal Power 2 Plus? If so, the dimensions can be found on the product info page.

http://www.voodoolab.com/pedalpower_2.htm

6" wide x 3.4" deep x 1.75" tall (152 x 86 x 45 mm)

Josh Fiden wrote:

emergere wrote:Does anyone know which cable I want to get to power a Radial Tonebone trimode with 15VDC 400mA, center pole positive with my pp2+. I am guessing it is one of these to narrow it down: ppy, ppeh24, diamond pp2+ 18v for memory lane?

There is no 15V output from the PP2+. For that, you'll have to wait until Pedal Power Versa is released.

A reverse polarity cable means that it is cross-wired so that it reverses the polarity. The PP2+ outputs are specified as center negative, so connecting them with a reverse polarity cable results in center positive.

Josh Fiden
Founder / CEO

With the PP2+, could you use the PPY cable with one connector plugged into a 9V output and the other into a SAG output set to 6V? Yeah, you'd need a voltmeter to make sure it was set to 6V, and it'd be a little risky should the knob ever be inadvertently turned up, but could that work?

Yek wrote:The 1st four outputs can be switched tot Boss ACA mode (12.3V DC) by setting the switch to ON.

But it won't help you. The DCR-S2R rack wah employs an AC wallwart, not a DC!

Oh snap, you're right! I mentioned keeping the GCX wallwart because I knew it was AC, but didn't think to look at the 2SR one. Thanks for the heads up!

Well, I'm still getting the PP2+ for my pedals.