Dual Effects Loop with 3PDT Order Switch Added??

[PoppaAdat]

I just realized that they added a Dual Effects Loop project here and I was wondering if the 3PDT order switch would at all be compatible with this. I've been wanting to create a dual effects loop with a third switch to flip the order forever but I just don't know enough about pedal construction to create one. Perhaps with both of these parts from PedalPCB it's a little easier now?

For reference, here is the thread I started previously asking about this. I never really got anywhere with it: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/help-with-2-channel-looper-w-series-reverse-switch.5222/

 

[finebyfine]

It's possible but you'd have to cut a few traces (and I think because of the ground plane you'd have to be pretty careful to only cut the trace) to reroute the main input and output jacks to the order switch, and then also reroute the connection between the two existing footswitches on the board into the order switch.

Personally I would just use the order switch and two 3pdt breakouts. If you look at the order switching wiring diagram basically all you'd have to do is imagine the effects boards are the effects loops and wire it so each of the loop footswitches IN pads go to the respective loops send jack tip, the OUT to the return jack tip, keep ground to ground, and then wire up the LEDs with CLRs to the SW pads. Keeping track of the respective directions is really the only hard part here.

 

[PoppaAdat]

It's possible but you'd have to cut a few traces (and I think because of the ground plane you'd have to be pretty careful to only cut the trace) to reroute the main input and output jacks to the order switch, and then also reroute the connection between the two existing footswitches on the board into the order switch.

Personally I would just use the order switch and two 3pdt breakouts. If you look at the order switching wiring diagram basically all you'd have to do is imagine the effects boards are the effects loops and wire it so each of the loop footswitches IN pads go to the respective loops send jack tip, the OUT to the return jack tip, keep ground to ground, and then wire up the LEDs with CLRs to the SW pads. Keeping track of the respective directions is really the only hard part here.

Ok this makes sense and I was wondering the same thing. So "IN" goes to "send" and "OUT" to "Return." That was the part I was not 100% sure about but logically that's what I was assuming. Thanks for the input!!!

 

[PoppaAdat]

It's possible but you'd have to cut a few traces (and I think because of the ground plane you'd have to be pretty careful to only cut the trace) to reroute the main input and output jacks to the order switch, and then also reroute the connection between the two existing footswitches on the board into the order switch.

Personally I would just use the order switch and two 3pdt breakouts. If you look at the order switching wiring diagram basically all you'd have to do is imagine the effects boards are the effects loops and wire it so each of the loop footswitches IN pads go to the respective loops send jack tip, the OUT to the return jack tip, keep ground to ground, and then wire up the LEDs with CLRs to the SW pads. Keeping track of the respective directions is really the only hard part here.

One last thing I thought of...if I wanted the order switch to show one color LED going one way and then another color LED being reversed, would I need a 4PDT switch for the 3PDT order breakout board? Basically offset it to the side and then wire up LED's? I made a quick wiring diagram to show how I think this would work, would you mind taking a look? Also I think I wired the other parts up how you mentioned...