chilievans Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Hello all, The amp I currently have is a Roland Cube 30 which has some on board effects. The effects are controlled by two dials the first controls the chorus flanger and t wah and the second controls the delay and reverb. Its a pretty cool amp. The effects can be controlled by a foot switch. After pricing one up on the net I've decided I'd like to have a go at making one but I'm not sure where to start. Does anyone know where I can get some info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 your best starting point is the manual (available from the roland website if you haven't got the paper copy) from a quick glance it seems you need a double momentary footswitch, i made one of these for a friend a while ago for his EA Doubler, it was quite simple and i took the chance to customise it to his needs. i fitted 2 of these [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/push-to-make-foot-switch-34489"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/push-to-make-foot-switch-34489[/url] into one of these [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/aluminium-boxes-1728"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/aluminium-boxes-1728[/url] (i can't remember which one) i used this cable [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/3-core-3a-mains-cable-2183y-96"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/3-core-3a-mains-cable-2183y-96[/url], with a standard stereo 1/4" jack on one end to go into the amp and a 3 pole set of these [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/audio-locking-connectors-chassis-plug-line-socket-997"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/audio-locking-connectors-chassis-plug-line-socket-997[/url] at the footswitch end. this allowed it to be super compact (to fit neatly into the pedalboard) and i could route the cable to suit, the locking 3 way plug and socket meant that it couldn't unplug itself at the footswitch end and that no-one could 'borrow' the lead for something else. i made the lead length to suit and it would be a simple job to make another shorter or longer lead if required. i think the whole thing came to 30 quid or so. the wiring inside was very simple. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilievans Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Thanks mate. Just what I needed. Is the writing diagram in the manual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 not as such, but i think you should be able to work it out, if not i can draw you a diagram later. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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