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  • April 12, 2013 at 2:20 pm #82946
    deevo0
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    Hi. I’m not an electronics guy, so bear with me. My goal is to use two DDMTT pedals in parallel and control the tempo of each with a single tap, so they are synchronized. The poor man’s solution would be to angle the pedals in such a way that I could stomp on the tap buttons from both pedals at once. What I want is to tap on one switch and control both EMM pedals. The manual says:

    “TAP SW Jack — Allows the musician to input the tap tempo from an external momentary switch. . . . A suggested Momentary Footswitch that has been tested with the DDMTT is the Boss FS-5U Momentary Foot Switch.”

    Questions:

    1. Could you Y the output of a single footswitch so that it controls the tap of both DDMTT units?
    2. Has anyone tried this, and if so, how did it work?

    April 12, 2013 at 3:00 pm #118930
    pimelodella
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    %-P Hello deevo0, just send me you two DDMTT pedals. I would be glad to try this for you and clear things up with this question. Look at your private messages, I sent you my postal adress. You pay for shipping, consider this as my fee for helping you. ;-)

    April 12, 2013 at 3:07 pm #118931
    pimelodella
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    LOL, seriously, I’m currently piling some money to get one 550 TT. THIS is tempting :

    https://www.ehx.com/assets/blog/550tt-batch.jpg

    :-)

    April 12, 2013 at 3:29 pm #118932
    Cryabetes
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    Quote:
    Hi. I’m not an electronics guy, so bear with me. My goal is to use two DDMTT pedals in parallel and control the tempo of each with a single tap, so they are synchronized. The poor man’s solution would be to angle the pedals in such a way that I could stomp on the tap buttons from both pedals at once. What I want is to tap on one switch and control both EMM pedals. The manual says:

    “TAP SW Jack — Allows the musician to input the tap tempo from an external momentary switch. . . . A suggested Momentary Footswitch that has been tested with the DDMTT is the Boss FS-5U Momentary Foot Switch.”

    Questions:

    1. Could you Y the output of a single footswitch so that it controls the tap of both DDMTT units?
    2. Has anyone tried this, and if so, how did it work?

    haven’t tried it with the DDMTT but this works with on/off midi applications (keyboard sustain pedals, triggers etc). A yamaha fc-5 (or M-Audio equivalent) might be cheaper than a Boss FS-5U.

    April 15, 2013 at 8:06 pm #118937
    Flick (EHX Staff)
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    Quote:
    Hi. I’m not an electronics guy, so bear with me. My goal is to use two DDMTT pedals in parallel and control the tempo of each with a single tap, so they are synchronized. The poor man’s solution would be to angle the pedals in such a way that I could stomp on the tap buttons from both pedals at once. What I want is to tap on one switch and control both EMM pedals. The manual says:

    “TAP SW Jack — Allows the musician to input the tap tempo from an external momentary switch. . . . A suggested Momentary Footswitch that has been tested with the DDMTT is the Boss FS-5U Momentary Foot Switch.”

    Questions:

    1. Could you Y the output of a single footswitch so that it controls the tap of both DDMTT units?
    2. Has anyone tried this, and if so, how did it work?

    Disconnect power from both DMMTT pedals. Connect the two TAP SW jacks together with one standard TS cable. Press the TAP FSW on either pedal and it will engage the TAP function on the other pedal.

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