Additional Expression Pedal Question

[lipbeats]

Can I set up the on board pedal to still operate two separate parameters based on the pedal toe-switch, and still have an additional expression pedal control another parameter?

 

Example:

On board pedal controls volume. Activate the toe-switch and it goes to wah.

Additional Expression Pedal always controls just gain level on a distortion effect.

Or do I lose the toe-switch change when adding a second expression pedal?

 

 

And....

Can I set the toe-tap switch to change what both pedals effect at the same time?

 

Example:

Pedal 1 controls volume, Pedal 2 controls gain.

Activate the toe-switch, and now Pedal 1 controls delay mix, and Pedal 2 controls reverb mix?

 

Thanks.

[phil_m]

The toe switch still works if you have an external expression attached, but it doesn't switch between EXP1 and EXP2. You can still use it to turn the wah (or whatever effects you want) on and off.

 

The way to think about it is that there are two expression controllers - EXP1 and EXP2. If you're just using the onboard pedal, you toggle between which one the pedal is controlling by pressing the toe switch. Once you connect a second pedal, the onboard pedal controls EXP1 and the external pedal controls EXP2.

 

So to answer your question directly, no, you couldn't do what you have outlined here.

 

EDIT: Actually, I am probably a bit wrong in saying you can't do what you want to here. See my comment below.

[lipbeats]

as a work around, am i able to break a link between the expression pedal and what its assigned to when i activate the toe-switch?

 

Example:

I have the master volume of an amp in the "controls" section of edit set to look for min and max values from EXP1

I have a wah pedal set for EXP1, but have it off.

When i click the toe-switch, i have it assigned to turn on the wah.

When i rock the wah, is it still adjusting the volume of the amp?

Or is there a way to "break the link" between the control of the amp volume when i click that toe-switch?

 

My ultimate goal, is to find out if there is a way to have one EXP control volume or wah, by pressing the toe switch, and have EXP2 control a seperate parameter.

 

Is there not a way to have EXP1 set to control both volume and wah, but turning one off and one on when clicking the toe-switch?

So that I have both a volume and wah running only on EXP1?

 

i'll word it another way, in case that makes no sense:

EXP1 is set as a volume pedal.

Set volume pedal to turn off when pressing the toe-switch.

Toe-switch turns on the wah, and that wah is set to EXP1.

So everytime i press that toe-switch, it's changing from volume, to wah...or wah to volume, but staying on EXP1.

[phil_m]

Well, the one thing you could do in a tone where you have both wah and volume is to make it so the toe switch toggle both the wah and volume. You'd just have it set up so that when one is one the other is off. When you hit the toe switch to turn the wah effect on, the volume pedal will be off, and you will essentially be at full volume. So in that sense, the onboard pedal wouldn't be working too differently than if you weren't using a second pedal. You'd have to also make sure that both the sweep of the volume and wah effects are controlled by EXP1.

 

Actually, now that I think about it more, I probably spoke too quickly in saying you absolutely can't do what you want to do above. Between using the toe switch to toggle different effects on and off, you can have EXP1 and EXP2 assigned to control different things depending on what effects are on at the time.

[lipbeats]

thank you for your help.