Left to Right vs Right to Left

[ColonelForbin]

I have always programmed my HD500 footswitch assignements from left to right to mirror the sequence created in the signal chain, which functions left to right.

 

More recently I started building an analog pedalboard to accompany the HD500, and it's been so long since I used regular stomp pedals, that I forgot they all are wired to plug in from right to left!

 

Just wondering, how do you all approach your FS assignments? I typically did something like this:

 

FS5 comp

FS6 drive

FS7 reverb

FS8 delay

 

Then I realized I had the reverb and delay backwards, duh - and then I started working with the FS1-8 setup, and that opened a whole can of worms, in terms of what goes where.

 

In building the analog board I haven't locked down the sequence yet, but I was thinking about it in terms of relating to the HD500, especially the expression pedals, which are to the right of the HD500, so was doing something similar, but then started thinking about putting the wah on my analog pedalboard to the left side of the board, so when it's next to the HD500, all the expression and wah pedals are grouped into one location.

 

That got me thinking about programming my HD500 FS assignments in reverse, from right to left, to start with wah, then work from there to the left..

 

Thoughts?

[BlueViolince]

If I were using fs 1-8, I would ignore convention, and go by what I use most. I switch pitch and delay on and off more than anything else, and some never get switched off. I would also reserve the one next to the tap tempo switch for something subtle, like eq. Yes, I accidently went from my echo wash patch to my lead channel patch while trying to set a new tempo. Did not. Go. Unnoticed. I think the longer you use it, the more likely it is that you will switch to bank mode. The only plus to fs mode is that if you stay in one patch most of the time, you retain delay/verb spillover when bypassing.

[ColonelForbin]

Yes, I accidently went from my echo wash patch to my lead channel patch while trying to set a new tempo. Did not. Go. Unnoticed. I think the longer you use it, the more likely it is that you will switch to bank mode. The only plus to fs mode is that if you stay in one patch most of the time, you retain delay/verb spillover when bypassing.

 

Yeah, same here! I have been using only bank mode for a while, since I got the thing - four years. I was doing exactly the same thing, accidentally changing patches when I was using the tap tempo.

 

I think you can still change the bank when in Fs1-8 mode, by using the bank up/down on the left, and that should allow patch selection with fs5-8 - not certain on that, will need to test it out.

 

That's a solid idea about what to program fs8 as, since it's the one that gets hit by accident the most. I may even leave it un-assigned, since it looks like I would only have fs assignments for 7 things anyway..

[FlyingsCool]

As I think was noted earlier, if I'm using a wah, I turn it on and off with FS8, since it is closest to the pedal.  If an effect will be always on, I don't bother to set a switch, and then, like was previously mentioned, I set FS5-8 as is most logical for playing, typically, FS5 will be the effect I am most likely to turn on and off.  Like boost.

[pfsmith0]

I've switched from bank mode to FS1-8 because I couldn't;t stand the 5msec delay incurred when changing patches it he middle of a song (say to go from Soldano clean to Soldano crunch).

[stumblinman]

I use bank mode exclusively, as I may change between 3 patches in a song. I use an acoustic sim pedal in the Pod FX loop and that is a patch, and then have clean, light drive and heavy drive patches. As far as fs5-8, mine are all set up left to right: dirt, boost, mod, delay. Except acoustic, it doesn't have dirt.

[BlueViolince]

Mine are set universally: FX loop, boost, miscellaneous, delay.