Violin sound.

[Retired]

Hi,

Many thanks Raymond for your kind thoughts. Yes indeed the BOSS could have been dead as supplied. It's a negative center pin type that's needed.

It's negative center pin and the one I've bought.

I did try a 9V battery in fact tried two but thought both must be discharged; my DMM was down in the workshop and due to dire weather I didn't fancy venturing down but when I did I found both batteries reading 9V.

As your rightly say Raymond a simple diode possibly only costing less than 1p would protect against wrong polarity connection but in the BOSS manual it states protected. Companies buy diodes in very large quantities costing considerably less than 1p each.

I might still have hundreds of these diodes; I used them a lot during my vintage radio restoration days. I also used Zener diodes for fixing voltages on power supplies such as this one I made; I made two indentical; one for me one for a friend and used Zener diodes together with a wafer swtich to supply 10V increments for powering old battery radios.

I designed and made two of these including winding the transformers. HT 70V to 140V using a wafer switch and Zener diodes supplying 10V increments but also using solid state voltage regulators to supply 0V to 32V in both negative and positive it depended on what the valve grids needed.

I'm OK with the DITTO though and possibly it suits my needs better than the more complicated BOSS so I'm not too bothered; I don't like losing money but sometimes it happens and for the amount involved I won't lose sleep over it.

I wish the weather would improve but I can dream on; it's the wrong time of year with more bad months ahead.

Kind regards, Col.

 

[Slouching Raymond]

On more thought, Colin.
Looking at photos of the RC2, I see the output socket is also labeled Power On.
So, it may only turn on if there is a cable plugged into the output socket.
I have some other pedal that works like that.

 

[DM60]

On more thought, Colin.
Looking at photos of the RC2, I see the output socket is also labeled Power On.
So, it may only turn on if there is a cable plugged into the output socket.
I have some other pedal that works like that.

I have a compressor pedal that turns on and off when there is a cable inserted.

 

[TalismanRich]

A lot of old pedals that used only batteries would disconnect power when the cable was removed to save battery power. My old Vox wah is like that . A lot of the original pedals didn't have LEDs to indicate power, so unplugging was a sure sign that power was off.

My Boss Blues Driver and Tube Screamer and H2O chorus all light up if you don't have plugs inserted. I' would guess that the looper does the same but that "power on" comment certainly deserves investigating.

 

[TalismanRich]

Colin, I checked the Boss manuals, and the output jack is indeed the power switch! It's the same for the RC1, RC2, RC3 and RC5.


Turning the Power On/Off

Turning On the Power
Insert the plug of the connection cable into the OUTPUT jack.
* This unit is equipped with a protection circuit. A brief interval (a few seconds) after power up is required before the
unit will operate normally.

Turning Off the Power
Remove the plug of the connection cable from the OUTPUT jack.


OUTPUT Jack
Connect a guitar amp or monitor speaker here.
* The OUTPUT jack also doubles as a power switch. Inserting a plug into the OUTPUT jack switches on the power; pull
out the plug to switch the power off. To avoid unnecessary depletion of the battery, pull out the plug connected to the OUTPUT jack when
you’re not using the RC-2.

 

[Retired]

Hi,

Many thanks everyone for your kind advice and suggestions which I do fully appreciate. I did read the manual and saw that the cables need connecting to put power on; I've tried but so far without success; I've got the correct adapter but tomorrow whilst shopping I'll also buy a new 9V battery. I've been so busy not allowing me to get into the studio; I've got time in the evenings but I'm tired out having been grafting in the garden on my hands and knees removing couch grass rhyzomes from the middle meadow in the perishing cold and chilling wind; today it was forecast as feeling like 3C but up the exposed steep garden the prevailing breeze dropped the temperature further; I'm working hard to clear the meadow before Christmas then I can relax and spend time indoors. This bitterly cold weather drains my energy and if I don't clear the meadow now I'll be fighting tall couch grass again next springtime; this grass is a real nightmare it spreads so quickly.

Heavy rain is forecast all day tomorrow so I'll spend time in the studio and update later in the day. I can put the studio heating on all day making it comfortable.

Thanks so much Rich for taking the time to post your comprehensive reply; I'll double check everything tomorrow.

I have spent some time in the studio when I've been rained off trying to sort out playing the Yamaha YEV-104 like the following;

The sequence I tried;
1 Yamaha YEV-104 electric violin.
2 Red Eye Pre amplifier.
3 Beringer UMC40 4HD Interface just for it's +48V phantom power
4 Rode NT2-a Condenser microphone powered by the phantom power from the Beringer.
5 Tascam pocket studio.
6 POG2 Polyphonic Octave Generator.
7 Yamaha THR10 Amplifier

I appreciate the above will offend sensitive ears but at the moment it's the best I could do; I'm having to fight just about everything from things wanting to update; export from the Tascam to my desktop; convert to MP3 then Audacity to remove unwanted bits; the above is raw and unedited. Audacity wanted to update and when it did I spent ages because it wouldn't play audio so it was onto YouTube to sort it out. I played from memory and as I'm only playing for my own enjoyment I'm happy so far; practice will make me better; I have other gear too to learn to use; I tried adding the sample to YouTube but I think I need to convert it to MP4? I subscribe to AVC and even this had to update before I used it; I admit I'm struggling but I'm not giving up because when I can spend time in the studio I enjoy it. So much to learn all at once; I'm trying to run before I can walk but I hope everything will fall into place eventually.

I'm not scared of showing mistakes or feeling foolish.

Kind regards, Col.

 

[rob aylestone]

Col, I quite like the sound of the violin with the effects, the snag though is you have forgotten the key signature? It’s falling in love again isn’t it? The 4th and 5th notes are a snag. Wise men said, is a perfect fifth jump. The fourth note should be a whole tone up, then the fifth note should another who tone up, not a semi-tone. A Major third up from the first note, not a minor third. That said, it gives the piece a rather scary haunting sound, but it’s in D Major which should have an F sharp and C sharp every time. The two little hash signs next to the clef. The tune would be D A D E F# G F# E A B C# D E F# G F# E D

 

[Retired]

Hi,

Thanks so much rob for your patience and information. I'm struggling with so much and as I said I was playing from memory not a score; I wanted to get anything at all recorded and found lots of obstacles in the way not having done it for so long. I need to go back in order to understand key signature; yes Falling In Love again with Scarborough Fair which I'm still practicing with. I've now bought a new 9V battery and will try using the BOSS again today.

I'm struggling a great deal on the personal front due to my wonderful wife Bron passing away in March this year; it's still very raw and I'm trying to adjust finding concentration difficult; I'm all over the place with so much to contend with.

I'm slowly getting to grips with the POG2 and RED EYE; the weather too is messing my life up quite a bit; I want to sort the garden out but can't plan a day ahead with confidence; the Met office are guessing; when they forecast heavy rain and it remains dry all day I look out of the window and if it isn't raining I don my heavy work gear and get cracking; today is forcast heavy rain all day and it's certainly raining; I feel constantly upside down.

I hope I'm not moaning or making excuses; I'm doing the best I can; I thought I was in for a clear day to spend time in the studio due to the heavy rain but I've just received an email from a close friend saying she's awaiting an ambulance; she's unwell with assorted health issues so another day of uncertainty; I can't relax at all; on Friday we plan to visit another friend who is increasingly frail in a care home assuming my friend is well enough to travel. 2025 has been and still is the worst ever year of my entire life. I'm 78 and as I age so many are passing away around me;

I've no intention of sinking into deep depression; Bron will forever be with me in spirit and I've so much to occupy myself with.

Time now to turn the studio heating up; then it'll soon be dinnertime; it never lets up.

Thanks once again rob; you're doing your best to guide me in the right direction. I'll print your information and take it into the studio to try it out.

Kind regards, Col.