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  • October 30, 2009 at 12:51 pm #79222
    WatsonWood
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    Has Electro Harmoniix got a plan to fit pedals with silent or not so noisy foot switches? And is there a method of reducing the noise factor (mechanical noise factor) on the EHX pedals already released? This was never an issue for me until playing live with modern dance and theatre where there are often silent or quiet moments and mechanical foot switch noise is best avoided.

    October 30, 2009 at 4:23 pm #102979
    WatsonWood
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    My Boss foot pedal switches do not pose the same problem, since they are lighter and mounted on a spring, but they do not have that EHX magic.

    October 30, 2009 at 5:49 pm #102996
    cabomano
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    The moment I read the thread’s title, I was thinking “Boss” right away myself. I prefer silent switching over true bypass (which is a bit overrated me thinks).

    October 30, 2009 at 7:56 pm #103010
    electro-melx
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    The moment I read the thread’s title, I was thinking “Boss” right away myself. I prefer silent switching over true bypass (which is a bit overrated me thinks).

    a bit overrated? Do you know there’s people that won’t even consider buying a pedal that hasn’t got one of those stupid clunky blue footswitches in them? I rather have soft electrical switching anyday if i’m honest.

    October 30, 2009 at 8:13 pm #103013
    WatsonWood
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    So is it possible to get the best of both worlds?

    October 30, 2009 at 8:36 pm #103016
    B.Daws
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    Most of my EHX/true bypass pedals don’t click other than the “pop” of the switch. I hate Boss pedals (though I do mod many of them for people) because I just do. But to Watson’s question, something funny is I have 3 Behringer pedals (the Vintage Phaser, the Vintage Time Machine {DMM Clone}, and the VT999) and all of them are true bypass and make no noise at all! The switches look just like the ones on all my EHX and true bypass pedals. I took the pedals apart and the foot switch sits on a pcb of some kind and it’s a very strange looking switch. Though it doesn’t have the “pop” feel of the pedals it works and is completely silent.

    October 30, 2009 at 9:06 pm #103019
    BlueSteel
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    i don’t really mind the noise.

    October 30, 2009 at 9:07 pm #103021
    Ned Flanders
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    None of my pedals pop and if they did I’d solder a 4M7 resistor from input to ground to get rid of it.

    October 30, 2009 at 9:22 pm #103027
    WatsonWood
    Member

    True. I am mainly concerned with the mechanical noise.

    November 12, 2009 at 1:03 am #103675
    subsquare
    Member

    Hello from a new member,

    I was looking for a thread such as this cos i also have the popping/clicking that seems prevalent with the EHX pedals.

    I have the memory toy and worm and both pop. Does anyone think that it’s something that’ll be more pronounced when new and will wear off in time and use?

    Putting them through my Carvin Legacy’s effects send sounds great but made me wince when I switched the pedals on and off.

    If necessary then I’ll take the administrators advice of soldering a resistor in, but, to be honest I wasn’t expecting to do DIY on such pricey pedals! If it doesn’t harm the sound then why don’t EHX solder it in as standard?

    So will it ‘soften’ in time? Anybody?

    cheers

    Martyn

    November 12, 2009 at 2:10 am #103678
    korgi
    Member

    yeah….loads of really good pedals i have owned have noisy switches….and to be honest, it sort of annoys me, cos i have (for example) a carbon copy, which is true bypass an all that, it has the same style of switch (so you get the satisfiying ‘click/pop’ whatever) but its just much, much softer and smoother and quieter
    in fact it just feels better quality…..which i think is the really issue….just better parts.

    i really wish ehx would upgrad their switches a little, cos their effects pedals are brilliant.

    blah

    November 12, 2009 at 4:44 am #103681
    devnulljp
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    If you mean the mechanical click rather than the elctronic pop, you can get those soft touch switches that lovepedal use.

    November 12, 2009 at 5:25 am #103684
    WatsonWood
    Member

    devnulljp, please tell more about the lovepedal switches. This thread is about silent foot switches, and “pops” are annoying, however it is above all about mechanical noise from EHX foot switches.
    So, what about lovepedal?

    November 12, 2009 at 7:51 am #103685
    devnulljp
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    Not much to tell really. I don’t like his stuff much, but he uses these soft touch switches I haven’t seen anywhere else. They don’t really click (as in physically) when you stomp on them — the feel is a bit more like a momentary switch rather than stomp-CLUNK, but it is an on/off switch (I don’t know how it works). As I remember, there was some action to it, but way less than a standard switch.

    Cot095.jpg

    November 12, 2009 at 8:29 am #103689
    electro-melx
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    Not much to tell really. I don’t like his stuff much, but he uses these soft touch switches I haven’t seen anywhere else. They don’t really click (as in physically) when you stomp on them — the feel is a bit more like a momentary switch rather than stomp-CLUNK, but it is an on/off switch (I don’t know how it works). As I remember, there was some action to it, but way less than a standard switch.

    Cot095.jpg

    that looks very similar to the TB switch in the danelectro Cool cat series pedals (underneath the plastic top)

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