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rychester63 Just Startin'
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Nov 24, 2012 6:46 AM

Looper Disable

Is there any way to disable the looper so I dont constantly turn it on every time I hit my stomp switch on my MK11 when playing live?

  • silverhead Expert Line 6 User
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    Nov 24, 2012 6:51 AM (in response to rychester63)
    Re: Looper Disable

    Have you updated your Pod HD firmware to the latest release? I know this release fixed some bugs re: MkII interoperability. I don't know if your particular symptom was involved.

    • rychester63 Just Startin'
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      Nov 24, 2012 9:23 AM (in response to silverhead)
      Re: Looper Disable

      Yes I have updated, the problem is that   A. I do not use the looper at all

                                                                 B. When I hit my stomp button on my MK11 floorboard my big feet hit the function #1 button which also turns on the looper which is a terrible position to be in at a live situation !

                                                                 C. I wish that the function buttons #1, #2 could be assigned to a compressor for a volume increase like the MK1 could.

      • silverhead Expert Line 6 User
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        Nov 24, 2012 3:04 PM (in response to rychester63)
        Re: Looper Disable

        Hmmm - there is no way to disable the Looper function on the Pod HD/Pro, and I don't think there is a way to remap the Function#1 button on the MkII from the Looper on/off toggle.

         

        I have seen a thread with a very simple solution for the Looper footswitch on the HD500, and I think it would work for you. Wrap a thick rubber band tightly around the base of the Function#1 footswitch. That should provide enough interference so that the switch will not depress sufficiently to activate the contact switch beneath it when depressed mistakenly.

         

        .... or, you could take dancing lessons..........

        • jimsreynolds Power User
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          Nov 26, 2012 9:23 AM (in response to silverhead)
          Re: Looper Disable

          assuming the dancing lessons don't work out ...

           

          I took my acoustic guitar into a local luthier last week for a setup and was moaning that I was having trouble finding a suitable straplock to fit over the endpin jack and screw-on strap button,  He hit me with his solution ...

           

          tapwasher.jpg

          A rubber washer with a hole that was slightly smaller than the endpin jack barrel.,  They are a realy tight fit but stay on brilliantly.

           

          I mention this because, if you really have no use for the looper, you could probably use the same trick to semi-permanently stop off the button with a couple of washers forced over the footswitch.   Available from good hardware stores!

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