I’m hugely relieved. Now I can go to bed! Thank you 
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That Alesis V49 looks sexy Howard! Before I started playing instruments I was really into software synths. I can recommend SYLENTH1 altho I guess it’s a bit old now? It’s still one of my favourite plugins.
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It’s still in heavy use! Looks awesome. But yeah, starting to get eclipsed by newer ones. Still good though.
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I got inspired by Pam’s solution with the aux footswitches so I decided to make a a new pedal board too. 
This one is build around controlling my HX stomp with aux switches, MIDI and expression pedals. I went with a Temple Audio board because they look great, I love the concept of having a modular/module system and Josh has one too!
Not sure if you can see it on the picture but the mini pedals and the dual footswitch are hold-in-place by a Stomptrap adapter. I can put most mini pedals on it without the need of swapping adhesive plates.
Signal path from bass to amp:
Bass
Cali76 Bass Compressor
Line6 HX Stomp
TC Ditto looper
Amp
The first patch I created on the stomp has the following signal path: basic EQ > EHX Big Muff or Chorus > Reverb > Aguilar DB51 preamp. This is just one of many patches. I’m already trying out new patches with different effects.
All of this is controlled by:
Morningstar MC3 Midi controller
Mission Engineering TT-2 dual footswitch
Mission Engineering Volume/Expression pedal
Not sure if I will keep the expression pedal but it’s kinda cool for WAH and synth stuff. The looper will be replaced because the Stomp has that feature too. With my MIDI controller I can activate the tuner or bypass. This is on my first bank, but I will create more banks for the looper, presets, snapshots, drums, etc. The TT-2 is mostly used for browsing purposes on the Stomp and MC3. The expression pedal actually has a toe switch which is handy for switching between two expressions. All the pedals are powered by a DC7 from CIOKS. I’ve also added the AC power, 4-way jack patch and a USB module.
The power supply is lifted 8mm from the board with 4HEX stand-off screws. That way I can put extra plates between the board and power supply.
The only thing I stil have is to figure out is controlling my drumcomputer via the switches. Let me know if you have any question. English is not my native language so hopefully the grammar is okay… I’ve had lots of fun building this one!
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Are any of you using the MXR Vintage Bass Octave pedal? I’ve been thinking about adding an octave pedal to my board and I like the way it sounds on YouTube. I’m having trouble finding anything on how well it tracks on the lower notes.
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I am a bad person to ask because I specifically like poor glitchy OC-2 style tracking 
But I do know that people like the MXR, I’ve seen good reviews of it. However for the best tracking you generally want to look at the digital octavers.
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Yes, I’ve heard that, but I like the sound of the analog ones better. One of the things that’s drawing me towards the MXR is that it is often described as similar to the OC-2 but with better/faster tracking.
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I hear you there for sure and I’m the same way. I absolutely love the artificial, synthy, glitchy character of OC-2 based octavers - they sound just killer.
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Boss just came out with the OC-5. It has a switch so you can have it act like an OC-2 or use it in all its fast tracking glory. The one example I listened to left me pretty impressed.
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It turns out Adam Neely is just using a HX Stomp now too.
Line 6 makes good stuff.
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Cool! I absolutely love mine. It was a good upgrade from my Zoom B1 Four. Boss also released a multi-effect pedal which looks mighty interesting. From what I heard the amp models could be better on this one.
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That’s the compact model of the GT-1000, their current Helix competitor.
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Alright, new stuff time (you guys know me 
). So first of all I don’t know if I’m allowed to post in this thread anymore cuz I traded in my Gator board for this:
I have mixed feelings about this temple audio board. The ideas built into it are great. The implementation, umm…
First off, it’s not nearly as strong as the Gator. The word flimsy comes to mind. If you’re a heavy stomper or on tour this might matter. It’s a gigantic pain in the ass to build, microscopic screws in hard to reach places. And most unfortunately the quality control sucks. The screws strip easily. The module access panels are painted over as are the screws so getting them to come free requires some banging on them. Which caused a pressed in threaded sleeve to pop out, trashing my board and I had to replace it. Not good. On the plus side the mounting system for your pedals is nice. Plenty of access for zip ties and chords. The modules are clever and damn it looks good with the led’s 
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But wait there’s more. Where to start, hmm. How bout with this guy?
I hear you saying waitaminute ratso, I have memorized every minutae of gear you have ever owned and I know you had the DSM sub atomic! Indeed I did, and still do. But I wanted to try out some competition. So I brought in the darkglass X. Didn’t care for it, more fuzz then distortion to my ears. Then I brought in the darkglass b3k, thinking for sure I would love it. And I did, but was surprised how similar it is to my darkglass vintage which is my favorite pedal. So what do you know, the little sub atomic beat all comers. I also had recently gotten the jptr mini jive pedal which gives you some thick warm tubelike saturation. Exactly like, I realized, my vintage. So now my darkglass is an always on pedal and I sold the jive.
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Next on the list, my kind-of preamp (spoiler) has no mute on it. Easy to fix with a nice cheap mute switch by saturnworks (they’re on etsy and I recommend them for any utility pedal. They even do custom work).
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My kind-of preamp also doesn’t have a DI. Strangely I realized that my new amp head also doesn’t (edit: sorry, having an old guy moment, the Ashdown does have a DI). The little Donner DI looks good. I think they stopped making these.
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The problem (well, one of many with me) is you think you’ve got everything how you like it and then you see something you’ve never seen before. Dammit.
So out goes the radial bassbone OD preamp, which I can’t believe I’m selling. And what I’m doing wouldn’t work for probably anybody else. This isn’t a preamp. But I really don’t need a preamp per say, I use my amazing source audio EQ2 to sculpt my sound and keep my preamp controls set to flat. I liked the old bassbone because it had 2 clean channels so I could run two basses into it. But guess what? I have 4 basses. And with this radial 4 way switch I can run all my basses into it, switch between them with the push of a button and adjust the gain on all 4 channels. Perfect! Well, almost. I mean it’s made by radial, so it’s rediculously overpriced. And it still has the stupid and hated negative polarity power supply. But otherwise, 
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