Members Pro Sound Guy Posted June 4, 2015 Members Share Posted June 4, 2015 No one though of this before this guy after how many years? http://www.pcworld.com/article/29289...0-percent.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted June 4, 2015 Members Share Posted June 4, 2015 Beats me why the circuitry was never in the devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted June 4, 2015 Members Share Posted June 4, 2015 This concept is used in many devices, even I have used this concept. It's solid engineer ring, though I think 8x is an exaggeration. 3x I can believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted June 4, 2015 Members Share Posted June 4, 2015 Digitech I know has internal voltage boosting on the Hardwire series but AFAIK, your 9 volt battery will only have normal life. FX pedals in particular could stand the upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soulx Posted June 4, 2015 Members Share Posted June 4, 2015 Digitech I know has internal voltage boosting on the Hardwire series but AFAIK, your 9 volt battery will only have normal life. FX pedals in particular could stand the upgrade. If we're talking about the same type of typical stompbox pedals, I don't think there's much to be gained from this type of tech for many of them. Many operate over a pretty wide range of input voltage. I think a Tubecreamer still passes audio down below 4v, at which point I'd assume the battery's voltage curve is heading quickly to vertical. I've also heard some guitarist prefer the tonal characteristics these pedals produce when undervolted. I dunno, that may just be another guitarist voodoo practice (of which they have many), but its one of those things being done out there. I don't know anything about the Digitech models, but the voltage step may just be for increased headroom or to match some component value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted June 4, 2015 Members Share Posted June 4, 2015 One serious drawback is that deep discharge like this can indeed be the cause of leaking cell packaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted June 4, 2015 Members Share Posted June 4, 2015 You're right. Most drive pedals anyway would act like a light bulb. I like the rounding effect on the attacks and top end myself. Still, keeping the voltage in the "fresh" zone for as long as possible might be a desirable thing and Ironically a power supply would offer more consistent sag than a battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted June 4, 2015 Members Share Posted June 4, 2015 That sounds bad. Say it ain't so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted June 4, 2015 Members Share Posted June 4, 2015 Yes, leaking cells are bad. most product that supports deep discharge includes a low voltage shutdown protection circuit for this purpose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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