HELP NEEDED FOR CUSTOM MUTE PEDAL WIRING PLEASE

Started by Lalope, February 07, 2018, 06:59:13 AM

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Lalope

Hi, I want to build a mute pedal with a LED signal and DC output.... I explain.
I want to add this pedal at the start of my pedalboard,
in OFF MODE: the signal goes through the pedal and then FX with LED off,
on ON MODE: the signal is bypassed to the TUNER (output only) i a kind of "mute mode" and the DC out is activated to feed the TUNER and the LED is on.
I searched for wiring scheme but my wish is quite special... so didnt exactly found what I want...
Here are some pictures of what I think could work with 3PDT switch.

Please tell me if it's OK
Regards




bluebunny

Welcome.

You really don't want to be switching power on to the tuner each time you want to use it: you'll hear it somewhere.  And since your power is coming from an external power supply, there's little point: just leave the tuner on all the time.  (This is true for anything sat on the floor that you plug a guitar into - pedal or tuner - everything is always on.)  In any case, most pedal tuners do what you want anyway: you stomp, they mute the signal (and come to life visually), you tune the guitar, you stomp again and continue...
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Lalope

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Ok for the always on on the tuner but my problem is it's not a stomp pedal tuner but a good Yamaha tuner without a footswitch... so the pedal I want to build would replace the footswitch and can also mute the signal. So if I forget the DC out fonction, is the rest of my wiring ok ?


bluebunny

Quote from: Lalope on February 07, 2018, 08:22:12 AM
So if I forget the DC out fonction, is the rest of my wiring ok ?

Yes, keep the DC out jack - so you can easily daisy-chain power to your tuner - just omit the DC switching.  The audio switching looks OK to me.

TBH, since you've got power in there, I'd be tempted to build a simple buffer and feed the tuner the whole time.  I have a stand-mounted preamp for when I'm playing "acoustic" which has a mute switch (for when I change instruments), but also a separate always-on tuner output.
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Lalope

OK thanks, but for the DC supply, I use a multi power supply with 8 output so, I will connect the tuner directly to it and omit the DC output of the switch pedal....
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jsleep

Yes, you can connect the one of the outputs to the tuner and it should be okay as far as I can tell.

here is my take on it, for what you want just leave off one of the LEDs and connecting wires

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/ggg_sw_ab_lo.pdf

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