PinkMohawk

I use a Sennheiser XSW-D, which is a similar small bug style unit. The way I mount it, I made an extension cable that lets me mount the bug to my strap. In my case, the wireless has its own specific unit it clips into that gives it a belt clip, which with my strap works perfectly for retention. Depending on the size of the unit, I know Xvive have a holder for their own units that'd probably do the trick for you.

Take a look at Thomann's offerings as well, they make some very nice bags. The cream of the crop is their Safecase 80, though it's double your budget, but it's also got the Mono Tick style attachable bag, and a decent sized front pocket, plenty of padding, etc. I think there's been videos on Youtube of those bags being tested, chucking them out of 2 story buildings with guitars in and the guitars survive, though I might be misremembering that.

Yeah, just joins the outputs, nothing fancy going on as far as I can tell.

Hey guys, recently picked up an Anagram, got it on my board, starting wiring it up and realised that I don't have 4 500mA outputs, but instead 2 500mA outputs, and 2 450mA variable voltage outputs. Right now, I've got two current doublers using those outputs, going into a third doubler that joins them together, with the idea being that I'll end up with 1.9A output for the Anagram, which needs 1.7mA at a minimum. Does anyone see any serious issues with this? From what I know of power supplies, this'll probably put a little more wear and tear on one of the outputs, but I'm not too concerned about that. Mostly I just want to make sure I won't torch the Anagram by accident.

What MIDI footswitches are we using? I like the Darkglass footswitch, but nearly £200 is tough to swallow right now.

Whelp, trigger has been pulled, and now I wait.

Just to confirm before I pull the trigger, £900 from Andertons or Gear 4 Music is the best deal in the UK for the Anagram, right? Want to make sure I'm not missing a trick before I spunk my money away.

Agreed, it's pleasantly even across all the strings, nothing gets muted too much, can go on pretty quickly as well, though it's a little fiddly at first. It'll get easier with time, but right now, I'm very happy to have it in my gig bag, ready for any classic moments I need to get thuddy for.

Very nice, did you notice any issues with tuning or anything like that once the mute noodle was on?

I got an email saying that they're still waiting for them to arrive, though it should be in the next few days. Didn't buy from the same place as you though, so we'll see whose shows up first.

Sounds great, but damn does that pickguard piss me off.

As far as I can tell, it's just making light contact with the G, I'm ordering one now so I'll report in later when I get it.

It's now available in the UK, and from the demo's I've seen, it does an excellent job of muting without muting too much. That, and it's less than a tenner, so it's much better priced than the Nordymute.

I think it depends on the use case of the two I mentioned previously. Personally, when I'm playing, give me all the control, if it took a 9V from my PSU, that's all good with me. Footswitch? Knobs? Load 'em up. It's when I'm running the desk I want as few frills as possible. When I'm reaching for the DI that's in my peli it's because the player wasn't adequately prepared with their own solution, so now they get the cheap and cheerful DI I keep in there. Of course, the unfortunate reality is that no single solution will satisfy every single user. So, with that in mind, I'd say make the DI you want to make, and let the intended audience find it. I use cheap and cheerful DI's in my peli because: 1. I need to be absolutely sure it'll work. 2. I don't care if it goes for a walk afterwards. Something like you've designed, that'd be going on my board, that'd be my nice DI. That's where I'm interested in having all the ideal conditions, the controls, the high impedance.

That's a slick little design you've got! I just had a look over the manual you posted, I like the look of it a lot. So personally, I have two use-cases for DI's, when I'm performing, and when I'm running the desk. There's no overlap for me, I'm not in a band where I have to run out to mix the show while I'm playing it. When I'm performing, right now my DI boxes go at the end of the chain, kicking the parallel to any amps I might be running, with the XLR's going straight to FOH after all of my effects which are relatively simple, mainly heavy drive, amp sim, sometimes pitch effects. That'll change when I finally make the switch to an Anagram, where I'll be splitting the outputs internal to the pedal, using the XLR outs to go to FOH with amp sims, and the 1/4" outs to go to amps, before any amp sim on the pedal. When I'm on the desk mixing a show, DI's are right before the amps as well, and I leave it to the performer to put whatever they want in front of them. For me, the name of the game is reliability. I need to know that when I bring that fader up, I'm getting sound, and it sounds like the player. If I need to tweak things, I usually have some form of EQ on the desk, whether it's a basic analogue channel strip or a full graphic EQ on a digital desk. That said, giving the player a little control over their DI tone with that shaping knob is a great idea, letting them adjust what they're getting out of the monitors a little without trashing what I'm getting at the desk. If I could add my two cents to your current design? As a player who'd mount this to my board, I'd love to see all the inputs and outputs on one side of the pedal. That's just a personal preference, I like having my 'final stage' on the pedalboard to be like that. As an engineer who'd throw this in my pelican for a gig, I'd love to see the controls be turned into something low profile. Trim pots accessible through the enclosure, etc. This is an organisational thing. Engineers often carry DI's in their pelican cases (I've got three of the most basic, passive DI's I could find in mine as my emergency DI's.) and it's already tight for space in there. Having the enclosure as low-profile as possible, with as few things sticking out as possible would make it that much more tempting to have these as my go-to DI's instead. Hope this all helps!