Haha, you’re right about EHX, next year we’ll probably see some knobby Deluxe Superego with Hazarai or something in a triple-sized enclosure.

First of all, a little update, my latch-mode/speed-to-zero solution solved nothing, in latch mode the pedal just fails miserably in catching the sound compared to normal mode, so I’m back to the original, using Auto-mode with a kill switch in front idea (it should probably be called live switch in this case). If this solution proves to be as lousy in sound catching as latch mode, I’ll have no other choice but to simply add an external Boss-type switch which will override the original pedal button (…with my foot trapped again).

I checked the box, there’s enough space to install an additional socket (even two), so that won’t be a problem, and although I live a million miles away from New York (Sarajevo, Bosnia), I do have a good tech who’s taking care of my gear so he’ll take a crack at it probably next week.

I actually figured out a solution. Use Auto mode with speed all the way up (indefinite freeze) and put a momentary killswitch before Superego so the signal goes through only when the switch is pressed.

To make things even better, I have a stereo-to-monos cable laying around as well as a regular single button Vox footswitch. All I need now is a stereo socket and a momentary switch.

Still, nothing is perfect, so I’ll still have to use a double click to completely turn it off.