The "Show your HX Effects pedalboard" thread

[MarcG28]

this has been my set up for quite some time now.... All the stompboxes are in loops of the Voodoo labs, coming out of the insert loop of the Voodoo Labs to the front of the HX  which is wired to my amp using the 4CM, so if I wanted to add any stomps in the FX loop I have loops 7 and 8 available....the HX controls the Voodoo Lab switcher via MIDI which so far this is proven to be super flexible for me and gives me the option of having pretty complex presets for different parts of a song or the freedom to use the entire rig like a normal pedalboard.... t

 

 

[ricks2006]

On 9/6/2020 at 7:39 AM, Blocka1 said:

Here’s mine just want to swap out the Ibanez for a nano Russian big muff and want to get a wiretap or the new ditto plus as a way to save ideas. I’m playing mostly in the bedroom these days so liking to headphone amp and using the B7K model as my “amp”

Hey may I ask what brand and model that pedal board is? I need one just like that. Thanks! 

[Blocka1]

4 hours ago, ricks2006 said:

Hey may I ask what brand and model that pedal board is? I need one just like that. Thanks! 

It’s pine, screws, velcro and black paint 

made it myself

[emagli]

On 9/30/2020 at 5:18 PM, MarcG28 said:

this has been my set up for quite some time now.... All the stompboxes are in loops of the Voodoo labs, coming out of the insert loop of the Voodoo Labs to the front of the HX  which is wired to my amp using the 4CM, so if I wanted to add any stomps in the FX loop I have loops 7 and 8 available....the HX controls the Voodoo Lab switcher via MIDI which so far this is proven to be super flexible for me and gives me the option of having pretty complex presets for different parts of a song or the freedom to use the entire rig like a normal pedalboard.... t

 

 

 

What's the golden stompbox in the middle? Looks like a Klon clone, but one I've never seen before...

[MarcG28]

yeah it's a Klone Clone a friend of mine built... great pedal

[mauricio2]

On 9/28/2020 at 12:55 PM, C4TH said:

Pedaltrain Classic 1 - HX Effects - Digitech Drop - Digitech Bad Monkey - TC Electronic The Quintessence - Dunlop Mini - Morningstar ML5 - Fender FRV1 - Boss SY-1 - TC Bona Fide - All powered by Voodoo Lab PP2.

 

Please I need to hear a demo of this board!! Please!! 

[C4TH]

On 1/29/2021 at 7:41 AM, mauricio2 said:

 

Please I need to hear a demo of this board!! Please!! 

Haha. Thanks. I'll try and get something up soon. It doesn't sound as exciting as it looks :)

 

[dannydraper86]

On 6/5/2019 at 4:16 AM, chrismkane said:

 

Hi, this is the middle sized Friedman board. It is very nice. Two levels and cable management is sweet. Also comes with the Wah ramp that you can move around if you desire. I bought four boards before this one was the perfect pedalboard for me.  The Waggi Pedalboard was odd...I sent it back...But I still have the Accel Pedalboard (Pictured) that is pretty cool.

Hey! I was just wondering what your experience with the Melo Audio midi commander was like? How were you using it with the HX Effects? 

[DoctorBobski]

Here's mine. Really just the Sennheiser Wireless XSW-D and my Yamaha THR100HD Amp footswitch. 

 

With the lid on...

 

Made from the leftover timber from these.

 

[Tube_Stack]

[kabattm]

On 6/28/2020 at 5:54 PM, ian_90 said:

On the board

• Preamp: Two Notes Le Clean
• Power supply: Voodoo Lab Pedal Power Digital 
• Audio cables: Van Damme XKE 6mm unbalanced
• Audio jacks: KMMK SPS5 SquarePlug. Straight Mono Jack. 1/4", 6.35mm
• Audio jacks: KMMK SP550-S SquarePlug. Pancake Style Jack. TRS Right Angled 1/4" 6.35mm
• MIDI cable: One Control OC-MHC-30
• Power to helix: Voodoo Lab Current Doubler Adapter PPAP into Voodoo Lab 5.5mm/2.1mm centre negative DC cable trimmed to fit 5.5mm/2.5mm straight barrel push fit power cable plug (rated for 5A, 12V)
• Power to preamp: Voodoo Lab 2.1mm centre negative DC cable trimmed to fit 5.5mm/2.1mm straight barrel push fit power cable plug (rated for 5A, 12V)

Pedal board

• 18mm marine plywood
• Cable Tie mount 12.5x12.5
• 3M dual lock
• 20mm aluminium extrusion (1mm thick, 18mm inner). 18mm inner dimension is actually slightly tapered, so it was banged on with rubber mallet and is not going anywhere.
• StarTech.com 1-1/4in Dia. Self-Adhesive Rubber Feet for PC Cases

Case

• SKB iSeries 2015-10, 3i-2015-10BC

Notes on pedal board

• The power supply is rated for 1.6A, and currently draws all of it (1.1A from HX Effects and 0.5A from Le Preamp) so it runs very hot. To be replaced with CIOKS DC7 or Eventide Powermax eventually.

Notes on Two Notes Le Clean preamp

• The MIDI cable sends a program change from the HX Effects to the preamp to put it into "cold fusion" mode automatically when a preset is loaded. This command is sent as an instant command on each preset.
• The Le Clean has two channels and can combine them in series ("hot fusion") or run them in parallel ("cold fusion"). I originally believed that Le Preamp could produce 4 channels of increased gain staging - clean, crunch, "cold fusion" and "hot fusion". However this is not the case, since getting "cold fusion" to work with "hot fusion" is impossible - when the gain and fusion knobs are setup to allow a natural increase in gain from clean, crunch and hot fusion, these settings cause the cold fusion to become incredibly loud and unpleasant.
• I also found that the settings required for getting "cold fusion" or "hot fusion" to sound their best required pretty odd EQs, compromising the sound of the clean and crunch channels when used on their own.
• Therefore, the options I had were:
• clean and crunch; or
• cold fusion; or
• hot fusion.
• The HX Effects has so much gain staging options that it just wasn't necessary to bother with multiple channels anyway, so I use the Le Clean as a single channel preamp and base everything around the "cold fusion" mode which I think sounds the best. Cold fusion allows for a rich clean that is just on the edge of breaking up, and therefore takes pedals from the HX Effects very nicely. It requires a very non-intuitive EQ to sound its best though.

Notes on tone/presets

• The preamp is EQ'd to sound great clean without any drives. Rather than getting lost in all the IR options, I opted to audition the the Line 6 Allure pack, which all sound very different. I settled on the 90's Cali V30 (Mesa 4x12).
• I use 5 different presets, the only thing different between them is the distortion pedal. I auditioned lots of combos and eventually settled on the Timmy as the basis, using the Pete Cornish method of putting higher gain before it. The theory didn't always work though since some distortion pedals have very strong EQs:
  • Timmy -> Zendrive (both sound good but this order sounds less muffled)
  • Timmy -> King of Tone (lots of mids this way round but other way removes all the bass)
  • Carvin legacy -> Timmy
  • Tube screamer -> Timmy
  • OCD -> Timmy (lots of mids but other way is too mid cut)
• Screamer and KOT sound the best. KOT has very subtle gain build up which is great for clean playing (e.g. at church). Screamer just sounds very pleasantly balanced and not distracting - not too bright, muffled or boomy, and can get really heavy when the gain is turned up, which is what I use snapshot 2 for.
• Snapshot 2 contains different settings for the Timmy and distortion pedals. Generally I drop the level of the overdrive and distortion pedals and turn up the gain to compensate. This enables snapshot 2 to function like a gain boost. The Xotic EP boost on footswitch 6 provides a volume boost, and I can combine them both if required.

Notes on snapshot toggle

• By assigning a HX Snapshot command to my footswitch to change to snapshot 2,  I can push footswitch 3 when I'm snapshot 1 to move to snapshot 2, then press it again to go back to snapshot 1. This enables me to toggle the gain boost on/off using a footswitch just like the volume boost. HX snapshot command is a 2.90 feature, so isn't in the manual.
• Toggling between snapshot requires setting "Global settings>Preferences>Snapshot reselect" to "Toggle prev". This is a 2.80 features so not in the manual either.
• I also ensure that "Snapshot bypass" is "off" for all my blocks, which is configured under the "Action" menu. This ensures that toggling between snapshots doesn't mess with any block on/off settings. This is a 2.80 features so not in the manual either.

 

 

@ian_90

 

I know that this is an old post but...

Where did you buy the "straight barrel push fit power cable plug".  I am about to pull the trigger on the HX Effects and would like to have my setup short and clean like your setup.

 

[Rockcop44]

On 7/6/2018 at 4:04 AM, DodgeGB said:

When I first moved away from using/micing my amp, I still had my Elektron Analog Drive and also my H9 on the board. I soon realised that between the HX and AA6, I had everything I needed.

I use the HX as my master, using MIDI to change presets on the AA6. The EV5 controls a final volume block on the AA with the Mission attached to the HX. HX Presets are changed from an iPad which calls up the correct patch when I select the song; the HX is normally in snapshot mode.

The whole thing is cabled up 4CM meaning I can place HX effects before and after the Amp sections in the AA and still come out of the HX into the Cab section of the AA as the final output into the desk.

The best part is I think I've only really scratched the surface of what these 2 can do together.

David.

I’m currently trying to do this myself by having a few physical pedals out front and the HX pedals being used in the loop. Could you explain how to run the cables? I’ve got the 4cbm down for the HX but can’t figure out where to plug my physical pedals into. Thanks!