Magpie Pedals

DRodriguez · Post by **DRodriguez** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 8:50 pm

do the reverse, let me power my pedals via my phone. Or hamster powered pedals.

Or better yet, make a cat toy controlled expression/cv controller and let your cat play your pedals

themagpie · Post by **themagpie** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:07 pm

THE WORLDS FIRST(3rd.. got a facebook comment as well..hahah) PEDALBOARD USB CHARGER!![/quote]

themagpie · Post by **themagpie** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:08 pm

UglyCasanova wrote:That's pretty neat!'

Yankee power supplies have USB-chargers though

YEAH I got a facebook comment on another one as well! I no so little and claim so much hahaha

Ruiner · Post by **Ruiner** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:28 pm

themagpie wrote:
UglyCasanova wrote:That's pretty neat!'

Yankee power supplies have USB-chargers though

YEAH I got a facebook comment on another one as well! I no so little and claim so much hahaha

That should definitely be your slogan

Jwar · Post by **Jwar** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:07 pm

Yea but that's a whole supply. I'd buy one of those fuckers for an iPad.

01010111 · Post by **01010111** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:41 am

DRodriguez wrote:do the reverse, let me power my pedals via my phone.

This almost exists. It got funded, but it hasn't made it to being a real-world product. I'm waiting to see if it's gonna be vaporware or not, but potentially I could almost convert my entire rig to usb power with these:

http://myvolts.com/Ripcord_Pledge_Calculator

Jwar · Post by **Jwar** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 1:39 pm

Just wanted to tell everyone that I sent a DOD Boneshaker to Simon. I cannot wait to see what he can do with it! Hopefully something...maybe nothing????????????????????? LOL!! Either way, I am excite!

themagpie · Post by **themagpie** » Fri May 26, 2017 8:34 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAEbmhL1DeQ[/youtube]

Ruiner · Post by **Ruiner** » Fri May 26, 2017 8:38 am

That is so awesome Magpie. I want one of those and the old phone dialer thingy you did recently as well.

Seance · Post by **Seance** » Fri May 26, 2017 11:49 am

themagpie wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAEbmhL1DeQ[/youtube]

Nice!

I do think however that having a different shaped enclosure might make the spinner more usable.
Like if the stomp switch and controls were recessed from the light sensor/spinner so a person
could toe the gear to spin fast (or slow). Or maybe the knobs could be on the side of the stomp box
and just the stomp switch below the spinner? Imagine if you rotated the photo cells so that they
were located on the left side of the pedal as opposed to how they are currently horizontally laid
out. That way you could have a more narrow enclosure (depending on circuit) so that the right side
of the spinner would hang over the edge of the pedal and be accessible to right-footed pedipulation
(foot-based manipulation).

I don't know... but would having some sort of polarizing filter in those little circles in the spinner
alter how the photo cells read the light coming through? A polarizing filter alters how light comes
through based on the angle the filter is rotated. So that might (or might not) be something to
experiment with.

Also... now you need to develop a variation of your "light your pedal board" box that is on a winch
that is foot-activated so that you could raise and lower a light bulb directly over this Fidget Fuzz.

Something like this but with a small foot-activated pulley/winch system.

Also... a strobe mode on such a "light your pedal board" box that could be raised/lowered over
the Fidget Fuzz might add some new layers of pattern.

Cool stuff!

Antlerface · Post by **Antlerface** » Fri May 26, 2017 4:04 pm

A fidget Trem would be really cool. I played w an optical Trem circuit and a piece of semi translucent paper and got some cool result.

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