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| 2791.1 | Patch-o-matic | TECRUS::ROST | Got a revved-up teenage head | Mon Aug 23 1993 13:17 | 7 |
| It's basically a patch bay under MIDI control. You can hook up to
eight loops and switch them in and out under MIDI control. It's a
standard Scholz half-rack package. The idea is to allow patching
older devices (like the Scholz boxes) that have no MIDI control into a
MIDI-controlled setup.
Brian
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| 2791.2 | More channels; ON/OFF ? | SUBSYS::GODIN | My other preamp is a Tri-Axis. | Mon Aug 23 1993 14:00 | 13 |
| > It's basically a patch bay under MIDI control.
I think that's what I'm looking for. If it just does MAKE/BREAK
connections to dual jacks or TRS jacks, I'd have to rig up some kind of
shorting adapter to ues it for ON/OFF functions. 8 may be barely
enough.
I'll check around for real specs or a demo unit. How long ago did they
make them ? Does someone make a MIDI patch bay or "switch matrix" that
has more functions and/or channels ?
Thanks for the info.
Paul
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| 2791.3 | | TECRUS::ROST | Got a revved-up teenage head | Mon Aug 23 1993 14:07 | 8 |
| As far as I know, they are still making the MIDI Octopus and you can
get them from most of the big mail order dealers. Local (MA) stores
don't stock the Scholz stuff too much, as it's expensive and somewhat
out of the mainstream of the effects market (i.e it's analog and not
programmable). But call around, maybe one of the local stores will
have one in stock.
Brian
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| 2791.4 | Control Only, No Signal? | TECRUS::ROST | Going to hell in your heavenly arms | Thu Sep 02 1993 10:38 | 7 |
| Oops, .1 is incorrect!
I saw a blurb on the Octopus in a catalog the other day and apparently
it has no signal path at all. It merely gives you eight outputs which
you use to control non-MIDI devices that have footswitch inputs.
Brian
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| 2791.5 | | KDX200::COOPER | Testing my new personal name | Thu Sep 02 1993 12:14 | 4 |
| I thought it had signal flow thru mutliple loops that you could
assign via patch change? (Patch 1: loop1=off, loop2=on etc...)
??
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| 2791.6 | Well, I'm Confused Fer Sure | TECRUS::ROST | Going to hell in your heavenly arms | Thu Sep 02 1993 13:38 | 11 |
| Re: .1, .4, .5
Well, I *thought* it had a signal path, but after reading the catalog
description it's unclear. I still have never seen one of these, I
wonder if they actually ever made any, after all, noone seems
to know what it's good for 8^) 8^)
Someone call up Tom and ask him already...
Brian
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| 2791.7 | Switches are all I really want. | SUBSYS::GODIN | My other preamp is a Tri-Axis. | Fri Sep 03 1993 12:25 | 9 |
| I started out thinking that just a bunch of MIDI controlled ON/OFF
switches would do what I want (It's none of your business what that's good
for ! ;-). Now there are a few other things I'd like to add, but the
switches are the most important.
J.L. Cooper (no pun intended) makes a "MIDI Patch Bay", but based on
the price, I'd guess it does a lot more than what I really want.
Paul
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| 2791.8 | | KDX200::COOPER | Testing my new personal name | Fri Sep 03 1993 12:37 | 3 |
| The TriAxis has three switch ports on the back... So doesn't
the ACCESS (right BoOm?)...
jc
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| 2791.9 | | HEDRON::DAVEB | anti-EMM! anti-EMM! I hate expanded memory!- Dorothy | Fri Sep 03 1993 13:48 | 4 |
| I think the JL Cooper is a midi switching unit not a audio/footswitch
replacement. I coould be wrong though...
dbii
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| 2791.10 | MIDI Programmable switches | SUBSYS::GODIN | My other preamp is a Tri-Axis. | Fri Sep 03 1993 14:12 | 14 |
| There is a unit out there that does "MIDI switching" that I looked at,
& it's definitely *not* what I want to do. I think they call it "MIDI
switching" when you've got MIDI IN's & MIDI OUT's & you play a bunch of
games with who's going where.
What the Tri-Axis does with those 3 switch outputs is basically what I'd
like 8 or 10 of. I'm not sure *how* they (Boogie) actually do it (relays,
SS switches, etc.) because they won't send me a schematic, but most of the
time, the current they'd be carrying & the potential to GND would not be
large enough for concern.
That's just one more neat feature of that beast.
Paul
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| 2791.11 | Mesa = short-to-ground switching. | MILKWY::JACQUES | Vintage taste, reissue budget | Sun Sep 05 1993 19:42 | 9 |
| As far as I know Mesa Boogie uses *short-to-ground* switches for
channel switching, eq, and reverb foot-switches. This makes it
easy to control a Boogie from a universal footswitch, or a
other devices with short-to-ground circuits.
They definately use short-to-ground on my Studio Preamp.
Mark
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| 2791.12 | That's almost right. | SUBSYS::GODIN | My other preamp is a Tri-Axis. | Wed Sep 08 1993 10:21 | 17 |
| RE -1:
Yeah, but watch out with those ones that have LED's in the footswitch
if they also have *relays* in the amp.
It seems that they use the LED/resistor combination in the Boogie foot
switch to set up some residual current flow in the relay so that it
behaves properly when switched. This means that if you lose your
"genuine" Boogie foot switch, & replace it with a plain short to GND
type, the relay will eventually start to do strange (not funny) things.
Even the infamous "Dual Solo Rectifier" has its own dedicated foot
switch (which is probably different from every other Boogie foot
switch). You can always take some measurements & make up a spare from
the junk box, but what a royal pain.
Paul (who now has temporary residence in Boogie hell till I can tear
open my ol' Boogie head & replace the relay with something reliable !)
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