Maybe some rubber bands or popsicle sticks?
There is a elastic band on there, a thin one, so maybe try a thicker one, Lolly sticks might be interesting or metal strips-a fork or knife?. There is a tine holder on one side that has plastic strips in it. It should sound deeper when the piezos are added.
I have purchased a mini guitar reverb pedal but there was no power supply with it [is that normal way to sell them?]
I donāt know anything about guitar pedals, but Iām sure someone else here does.
Virtual modular probably uses them, see if he knows about them. Just seen a power supply and strip for Ā£20.99 on Reverb,com from China, So may end up ordering that.
This looks interesting
Like the ball bearing rolling effect reminds me of āthe Shoutā film with the marbles on a metal tray by the sound designer in the film.
Pretty normal to get no power supply, itās kinda assumed you will use a pedal type multi-supply or a daisy chained supply. The stuff that has more exotic needs, like 12v or lots of amp/current is more likely to come with a supply.
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Yes, much more normal to not come with one than with them. I started to type an explanation of how to get the right power supply, but easier to just read thisā¦
Nice article, but it predates the Cioks DC7 power supply, which is becoming the new standard over Voodoo Labs for all sorts of reasonsāquality, output, modularity w/other Cioks, and the fact that you can switch voltages for all outputs, which is extremely convenient. Also, for pedals that can tolerate it (typically analog gain pedals) itās like having up to four pedals in one with very different drive/response characteristics. Obviously be careful and donāt overvolt anything youāre not sure can handle it.
tbh I mainly use cheap pedals from Behringer and Boss and they can mostly be run off a 9v 1 Amp daisychained PSU for a tenner.
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Absolutely valid choice! Just noting that the article is about preparing a board for tour and lots of gigging guitarists/bassists I know and know of are moving to Cioks. Not sure what meets OPās needs better.
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Thanks for the replies. I have purchased a new 9v 500ma charger from eBay effectpedals shop and hopefully this should meet my requirements.
Next question any idea how much a small guitar amp is and the cable from pedal to amp would be? The electrical side of the noisebox looks like it going to be the most expensive! Iām in the UK btw.
Does Vox still make the little Pathfinder 15r? That one sounds nice and is usually around a hundred usd. A tube amp will be a bigger investment, but there are a few bargains in solid state gtr amps. A cable is $10-20. Hope you have fun with this project.
See what I can get together. There are mini guitar amps for Ā£20 on eBay and they come with the 9v Cable but need a 9v battery-[not expensive], might try one of those. Will try upload video when it all comes together.
If you are looking at tube/valve amps then unless you are lucky enough to live in a detached house miles from neighbours try and get one that has switchable output down to 1W or less. I live in a terrace house and I couldnāt risk turning my 15W valve amp above 3 on the master volume without seriously peeing off the neighbours.
If youāre happy enough to listen on headphones Iād look at the Orange Micro Terror amp head for around Ā£100 and a decent 3m 1/4ā male to male lead should only cost around a tenner.
Well Iāll just be using the amp on my Noisebox during the day, so I have just bought a Glarry guitar amp from Slough for 25 quid that will do for my purpose I think. Thanks for the advice though.
Further developments I have got all the bits together for the Noisebox, just got to add the Piezo mics to the inside of the box.
But here is some audio I recorded using an Hohner Melodica some drum toys through a mic, radio and tape inside the box. They are going through a M-Vave mini reverb pedal and then recorded from the guitar amp.
Stream Noisebox Combo Suite by Adrian Bottomley | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
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I donāt know how I found this channel, but I really like it.
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Bit of an embedded ad for RipX, but quite interesting hearing how the different scales twist the chords and melody of a very familiar tune
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