Re: Amp pedal
2017/09/03 16:05:47
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"Soft" switches are generally quieter, though some don't like the feel of them because you don't get the feel of the "click" through your foot. There are also doubts abouit the reliability of some of them, but I've yet to find any kind of mechanical footswitch that never packs up.
The Boss type of electrical switch fitted to pretty much all their pedals is mechanically silent. The pedals have a unity-gain transistor buffer in them which is on as lonbg as power is supplied. The switch itself is a silent sprong-loaded one under the part you tread on and activates a transistor-based electronic switch which is absolutely silent. No acoustic or electrical clicks and pops at all. If one, or a combination, of their foot-switches can carry out the required function they may be worth looking at. The Boss switch also seems one of the most reliable there is, possibly because it has no latching mechanical parts in it.
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