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How about a Buffer Box for the Buffer that is in the RG-16?

Just a suggestion to see the interest and so that we remember to do it!

Sheri
RJM Music Technology

The buffer in the RG-16 / Effect Gizmo is really transparent and musical. Now that Axess has gone, and with it the BS-2, is a buffer / splitter like that for use on pedalboards a good suggestion for a product?

An input selector unit as a standard product? Perhaps even an input selector and a line mixer in one 1/2 rack unit so you could mount that and an Amp Gizmo side by side on a rack shelf? OK so we're possibly getting a bit specialised now!

Also a Super-Mastermind, with another row of presets (or selectable between 5 and 10 patches per bank with the others becoming IA switches) would be awesome for those of us who sing as well, so get confused when changing banks while trying to remember lyrics! Or even (as I've suggested before) a mini Mastermind-extension, with a 6th preset and a Tap Tempo button or something. That'd rock.

Yes, we're definitely thinking about this idea... It would be pretty easy to do.



All good ideas, probably won't happen soon, but will be put on the queue for further investigation!

An RG-16 improvement suggestions is to add the "Click Stopper" technology greatly reduces the switching noise associated with relay based switchers" as currently availabe on the Effect Gizmo.

Thanks,

Yes, definitely on the to-do list. Thanks!

Thinking about the Click Stopper, would there be any market for putting that in a small form-factor unit, either for pedalboard use or in one of the 1/4U boxes? Maybe combined with something (can't think what at the moment - too early for my brain )

The Click Stopper needs to be integrated with the switcher it controls - it needs to know exactly when the relays are switching and turn on only at that time. So, an outboard unit wouldn't really work.

That said, maybe there's a way to do it with a completely different approach than we're using right now. Trying to get switching that is both noise-free and transparent is the holy grail in these types of products - I keep working on it!

Hadn't thought of that... yeah, makes sense. I was thinking maybe more of a midi thing that detects program changes etc and temporarily mutes the signal to prevent pops or something. The click stopper going into the RG-16 would be a good thing, and might make me buy another one (actually thinking about doing that anyway, but that's another thing!)

Another suggestion, either to add to RG-16, if it is possible or to create a separate device, would be an interface that receives speaker output connections from 2 heads and sends the signal, one at a time, to a single speaker cabinet. So, in that way, people that uses 2 heads switching back and forth through RG-16, would not worry about carring 2 speaker cabinets to rehearsals and shows.

There is one device already available in the market called Headbone VT, however, it does not work if you have any delay effect connect to one of the heads and also you have to have a signal from the guitar flowing through it rather than the signal from your head speaker output only.

Thanks,