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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: the3secondrule on July 04, 2014, 11:48:00 PM

Title: Pedal train volto - thoughts?
Post by: the3secondrule on July 04, 2014, 11:48:00 PM
Thinking about getting a small power supply for my pedal train mini - anyone used the PT volto? Thoughts?

what do you guys power your smaller boards off? I guess the other option is a onespot and daisy chain...
Title: Re: Pedal train volto - thoughts?
Post by: alanp on July 04, 2014, 11:58:22 PM
http://www.guitarparts.co.nz/pedal-power-supplies/cables.html (http://www.guitarparts.co.nz/pedal-power-supplies/cables.html)

Got one of his Godlyke's, and a 11 plug daisy chain, works very well :)

Better yet, it's a Kiwi company :D
Title: Re: Pedal train volto - thoughts?
Post by: playpunk on July 05, 2014, 12:02:48 AM
Cioks has some small power supplies that should work


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Title: Re: Pedal train volto - thoughts?
Post by: the3secondrule on July 05, 2014, 12:09:55 AM
I had a godlyke powerall, and it was so damn noisy. i couldn't use it with anything hi-gain with it whine-ing

Quote from: alanp on July 04, 2014, 11:58:22 PM
http://www.guitarparts.co.nz/pedal-power-supplies/cables.html (http://www.guitarparts.co.nz/pedal-power-supplies/cables.html)

Got one of his Godlyke's, and a 11 plug daisy chain, works very well :)

Better yet, it's a Kiwi company :D
Title: Re: Pedal train volto - thoughts?
Post by: Matt on July 05, 2014, 01:14:26 AM
In my gigging days I used a Boss TU-2 with a daisy chain
Title: Re: Pedal train volto - thoughts?
Post by: the3secondrule on July 05, 2014, 01:15:41 AM
I just got recommended the Cioks ADAM. Looks awesome. more research required
Title: Re: Pedal train volto - thoughts?
Post by: RobA on July 05, 2014, 06:04:10 AM
Quote from: the3secondrule on July 04, 2014, 11:48:00 PM
Thinking about getting a small power supply for my pedal train mini - anyone used the PT volto? Thoughts?

what do you guys power your smaller boards off? I guess the other option is a onespot and daisy chain...
I like the idea of the Volto, but there are a couple of things I think could be better about it. So, I've been playing with these,
http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/RECOM-Power/RO-0509S/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMvGsmoEFRKS8PNQK9Wr5ol%2fKkO3xp8Kc%252bw%3d (http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/RECOM-Power/RO-0509S/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMvGsmoEFRKS8PNQK9Wr5ol%2fKkO3xp8Kc%252bw%3d)

They are pretty small and come in 9V, 12V, and 15V versions as well as dual rail versions of the same voltages. They are isolated outputs, so can be used for negative rail pedals.

There are a ton of USB batter packs available in all sorts of configurations and capacities. You just need a distribution box that takes in a standard USB connection and hook the power rails to several of the Recom parts with some minimal filtering and you can DIY a power supply that is really clean and has isolated taps. Each tap can be daisy chained if you stay within the ~100mA capacity of the DC/DC converter.

A nice advantage to doing it this way is that you can have backup battery packs and switch them out if you need to. You could even have a couple mounted on the pedalboard. And as a final backup, you could hook the distribution box straight to a 5V USB 2.1A power supply/wall wart and run it from there.