How To Get Rid of Noisy Pedals

[@RabeaMassaad]

Just to correct myself in this video - the RED cable is for reverse polarity and NOT higher voltage! My bad :)

[@KarimAyadi]

Rabea Massaad, please help. gettin crazy. i use an an 8 Plug Harley Benton Power plant which Works realy fine with all my boss and mxr bass pedals. but when i connect any mooer pedal it starts gettin noisy. why? can you give an advice please. Thank you.

[@CJEnright_Music]

Karim Ayadi What Mooer pedal is it? The larger HB power plant is not fully isolated (just filtered, the HB power plant junior has superior isolation). You can get individual magnetic isolation adaptors from Diego, but they do limit the ampage supplied, which may not be enough for a power hungry digital Mooer! Hope this helped!

[@leolapulga6784]

I own a modded vintage Roger Mayer Classic Fuzz which had an indicator LED and AC input added to it. So far I use a daisy chain from a One Spot power supply for all my other pedals, which actually works well, and a separate (cheaper) one with a polarity reverse adapter for the fuzz. The fuzz is pretty noisy and I don't know if it's the vintage pedal itself, the added AC input jack or the cheap power supply. But with a power block like these, can I use a regular output and just keep using the adapter? because it didn't work in my daisy chain, it reverse the whole chain... Thanks and love your videos and the music, keep it coming! \m/

[@overdriveguitarbassshop3561]

good thing the Strymon has reverse-polarity protection...or else you would have fried the pedal with the black-red cable :P

[@nc2997]

I cant believe you’ve done this

[@ameer_saban]

This is a good old-fashioned infomercial. It just happens to be on KZbin.

[@RabeaMassaad]

+Ameer Saban Hahahah pretty much. But in fairness it's always worth trying to be informative too!

[@ameer_saban]

Bea, I have huge respect for you. Anyone would jump at the opportunity you have to do this. Keep doing what you do man, I ain't mad atcha ;)

[@SionynJones]

Not really it's important to empathise the use of good quality and more importantly safe power supplies. A quick Google search will show you the reality of cheep and dangerous power supplies.

[@Rhop]

I saw this and thought it would be an April Fools joke with you just throwing noisy pedals in a garbage can.

[@exentybyte4499]

You got April fooled by thinking that you're gonna get april fooled

[@osoto86]

damn, i just clicked onto a pedal power ad

[@musicman7773]

I have 2 pedalboards daisy chained and have no hiss. The cables, the way the guitar is setup, the current from the wall. So many factors.

[@beyrinhernandez6059]

The 9v daisy chain method works for me and I run a tuner, wah, overdrive, distortion, eq, 2 delays, tremolo, and ditto looper. It doesn't get noisy, it's actually really quiet.

[@19maurice66]

Yeah, the fact is companies will try and sell you things you don't need. If daisy chains work for you, use them.

[@JammyGit]

Yeh I use a 6 way daisy chain too, it's ok for my marshall pedals, bluesbreaker 2, edward the compressor, regenerator....and my ditto, ehx #1 echo. But it doesn't quite have the power to run a ehx B9 organ pedal at the same time as 4 or 5 other pedals without the B9 being noisy, so I could do with a cheap alternative to the voodoo labs cos I can't afford £100+ for a power supply nor would I spend that even if I had the money, so I might have a look at the harley benton.

[@beyrinhernandez6059]

What I'm also trying to say is that according to your situation/pedals your are running, you might not need an expensive PSU. Try your rig with an inexpensive 9v/Dixie chain method first and maybe you might save yourself enough money to buy another effect pedal lol

[@DavidHurst-morphsites]

I have a Stagg 9v brick with daisy chain (bought from Andertons) and I haven't noticed excess noise. Guess it depends on the pedals, amp and electrics where you are.

[@funkydoodycool]

Beyrin Hernandez I've used a boss PSA adapter and daisy chain for years with no complaints. Tuner, compressor, overdrive, fuzz, chorus, phaser, noise gate and wah on one supply! If I use my Dunlop power supply (similar rating) I have mild noise problems. I suppose it makes a difference which one you use.

[@lucashernandez8146]

Definitely not sponsored by vodoo lab, the best power supply company in the world, provinding the quietest power supplies for pedalboards all over the world. (Sorry for bad english)

[@checocr]

I've had the VooDoo Labs MONDO for years and it's the best Power Supply I've owned. Awesome, powerful, reliable... VooDoo Labs rock! Cheers mate!

[@Escapism7133]

I highly recommend the Truetone 1SPOT PRO CS7 and CS12. Still a bit pricey but mine have worked great, no noise, lots of options/features, etc.

[@sepulltallica]

patrick.cs I agree! I recently bought CS7, it's amazing!

[@ceisen]

the 1spot pro is actually better too it provides a lot more current then the standard voodoo lab and I think it's cheaper.

[@sepulltallica]

It is cheaper and it provides outputs of 500 mA

[@iankinakin5572]

The CS 12 was the most versatile supply I could find and it was affordable.

[@lyleanderson5407]

I own both the CS7 and 12 and can power Strymon (mobius, timeline), Eventide H9, Roger Linn III, Line 6 M5, Roland Gr30, Zoom G3 &G3n, and many more like Boss, Disaster Area Designs, MusicomLab EFX ii, Digitech Jam Man Soloist XT, AMT SS-20, Egnater Goldsmith, Xotic Effects, DOD, Mooer, EHX, MXR, and the list goes on. I owned the digital from Voodoo Lab but my setup needed additional ma which the digital could not meet. You can't go wrong with the Truetone 1SPOT PRO CS7 and CS12.

[@prboyd]

The Gigrig also does a rather cool modular system I can recommend. Not cheap, but very clever with minimal board space required

[@chantorfo]

A friend of mine insisted me to buy a good power supply instead of a noise gate. Now I know the reason why my chain turned so noisy, using a chinese ac adapter with multiple pedal input adapters. Thanks Rabea!!! Pretty informative. GREETINGS from Chile !!

[@OzziePete1]

Hey Rabea. Good video. I bought an ISO5, mainly because they advertised isolated power channels and had an 18v output. I use EMG actives in some guitars and instead of using batteries inside the guitar, I use an EMG ES-918 18v power pack, which stands in between the guitar and the FX/amp in signal chain. EMG do not recommend any external powering of this unit but do have a power socket built into the power pack strangely enough. Using their ES-918, EMG recommend only using batteries inside the pack. In my small home studio environment I use the ISO5 to power the EMG power pack to the active guitars. I also power the ISO5 through a Furman M-10x E which helps clean up the power supply at the start. While EMG speculate I would get interference using external powering to their power pack unit, the ISO5 is good enough to provide a clean power supply and keep the noise out. Believe it or not. BTW, my home circuitry is not top quality, and I do get noise in some areas of my home.... So yes, based upon my own experience, Voodoo Labs provide a good product.

[@ollies246]

I use the Gig Rig generator and distributors. The problem with Voodoo Labs power supplies (or any power supplies apart from Gig Rig stuff) for me, is that you can only power a certain amount of pedals with each unit. With the Gig Rig, you can draw up to 5 amps of isolated current, any volt or polarity using their distributors, and you'll never run out of outputs.

[@martinkrauser4029]

Before you completely write them off, batteries are the cleanest source of power available for audio and will never cause noise. You can also use rechargeable Li-Ion batteries for this purpose.

[@asmallfarmhomestead3657]

Martin Krauser batteries scare me....I fear them dying spontaneously!

[@asmallfarmhomestead3657]

Pete Cockcroft - Solarflares why would my power supply die? It’s plugged into a wall

[@oldmanofcotati]

Batteries are "quietly" destroying the Earth. RnR is killing the birds. Tattoos and Afros are an abomination. Other than that I really liked this excellent 'info-mercial'. AC is of course Alternating Current as opposed to DC/Direct Current/battery current. If you use both AC & DC, Back-in-Black will sound proper.

[@bradhargis2261]

Martin Krauser yeah but by the time you've replaced a bunch of them you could've just bought a voodoo pedal power. Especially if you play alot. With a pedal power I can leave all my pedals hooked up and not have to worry about battery drain if my band takes a week or two off and I don't get back to my board for a bit. It has its advantages. To me it's worth the price tag.

[@LOOMING_WRAITH_OF_BAD_OMEN]

Lay off the drugs, Larry.

[@onlyusernameleft2]

Tips for anyone who chooses to daisy chain: look for ground lifted daisy chains a try to keep them to 3 pedals per chain. They're sold by Voodoo Lab, Strymon, and most manufacturers of high quality power supplies. There needs to be one pedal at the front of the chain connected to its own power source for theses to work. The first plug goes into the second pedal, the second plug into the 3rd, etc. If you have a PS with the capacity, you can run multiple separate chains off their own outlets. I've done this with a compressor, EQ and boost at the front, a few drives chained later in the signal path, with a gap of digital pedals, an optical vibe and an 18v drive on isolated power between them. Ideally if you did need an easy way to expand your PS capacity, output splitters only give you one extra output each but they are the best option. Voodoo Lab makes one that has a ground lifted side for use with two directly connected pedals. The lack of ground on one side requires a cable *and nothing else* between the pedals to create a complete circuit that powers the connected devices. I currently power 16 compact pedals, a multi effects for modulation and another for reverb and an HX Stomp of a large PS plus a smaller on totaling 15 outputs. It requires 4 output splitters and and a current doubler for the Stomp which takes 2 outputs to power.

[@ThatMattGoodMusic]

I've been using four cheapo (but actually very good)power supplies on my pedalboard for a while now, one of which daisychains 5 pedals. I've found that although there is a little noise, it's not a major problem. In fact, the pedals themselves make more noise even when on their own power supply, and the daisy chain has actually worked better than a power supply on its own.

[@khronscave]

7:25 So what's the difference between those two cables? The tip & barrel are swapped around? The Boss "standard" (and many other pedals) is barrel positive, while everywhere else (in the electronics world), it's barrel negative.

[@colingentile]

Excellent video, as usual, I can recommend Strymon power supplies too. They are stellar, compact and noiseless. Take care.

[@chrismunsonmusic3432]

I always used an BOSS NS-2. If you run the loop correctly and adjust the threshold, completely noiseless until your​ guitar sends a signal. It was great for my Mic'd up Blues Jr. at festivals. Just throwing out another cost effective option.

[@pentatonicautopilot]

The little Diago 9v supplies are great. They have a filter so I've had no issues with daisy chaining off that. Also a noise gate helps!

[@777PLove]

had a peal power 2 for 9 years still kicking awesome product

[@LiftMedia360]

Hey where can I get a recording of that track you were playing at the end..that was awesome tone!

[@adamcogan211]

Dude congrats on jamming with Gilbert! It was the most amazing thing to see and witness how far you've come as a player and that performance cemented the fact that you are an absolute force in the guitar world. I have never seen someone jam that well with him in my life and you are easily becoming one of the most talented players in the universe. Much respect bro!!! \m/

[@s.e.n3264]

I used to use a daisy chain rig, but now I'm using a Voodoo lab 2 plus. And I love it!

[@ivoalves9245]

4:58 I thought voodoo labs are noiseless ? Do you recommend this Rabea? I'm looking to buy one of the ISO 5 because I thought they are noiseless. But now that I see this I'm confused ???$^%

[@97warlock]

I have a Boss ME50 (multi effects) , and MXR 90 ,a DOD D.D. & Tremonti Wah All use the typical 9v Power supply like the one you mentioned at 8:43 ...... All 4 are plugged into a 12.00 Walmart Multi Power strip. Depending on where we play I will get Hiss noise. Is the power strip that all 4 of my Adaptors are plugged into a bad idea? Maybe I should get a better Power strip. Just havent bothered because it seems to work fine,minus the occasional hissy loudness when were not playing.

[@brosephthomas3764]

How can anyone in their right mind dislike a video of Rabea's? ps rhetorical question

[@georgei.giannopoulos6294]

Easily...if he is adevertising stuff WITHOUT actual playing them -_-

[@salkdjfasldkfjsdlk]

Great overview of their bricks. I have two of the PP2+ and couldn't be happier. I did have to buy a couple voltage doubler cables for my Boss DD-500 and MXR 10-Band EQ and one current doubler cable for my G2. I still have an open port. Cheers

[@geirbyre]

Hi! I use Strymon Zuma and Ojai, and they work just great! Have GigRig power supply also, but I hav’nt used it jet. Shure its great too!

[@jeremychin5081]

I like how the Mobius greets you with 'GOOD MORNING'. Genius 10/10!!

[@1961jscofield]

I'm a die hard Trutone power supply fan. I've got 14 pedals and the CS12 gets the job done nicely!

[@christophschuermann6512]

Very nice video. The noise test was great! I wish to see some measurements of the different powersupplys.

[@thechronicnoizeco.6675]

A good power conditioner solved most of my noise issues. A good power supply like Voodoo Labs helps too.

[@Chucksguitargeekery]

I've been rocking the Pedaltrain Volto for my needs. I am only running analog pedals from it and usually no more than 5 pedals. It lasts for about 5 hours with my pedal board and I don't have to add an extension cord to trip over on stage. It makes set up so much easier, HOWEVER, you just have to make sure its fully charged before the gig.

[@BGSDNY]

This whole time and my daisy chain was the problem. Buying a power supply next. Thank you so much for this!

[@ultrafloss492]

My god man, coming from a classical it feels if I need to take a course if I want to diverge from my current stompbox digital effects board to something else. Thanks for the video R!

[@BoodyBeer]

I use a Mooer micro power supply. Had it for about 3 or 4 years and I've never had any problems or noise issues. Plus it costs half the price of all that overpriced bollocks, and quite honestly if you can buy 2 or 3 pedals for same price as one of voodoo labs' pedals then somethings not right.

[@artis3dots507]

I agree.

[@RavageRitual1986]

Mooer S8 ftw

[@d.a.t.4699]

Much appreciated man, didn't know about the digital one..rock on!

[@DaleLyons31]

Great video! I've had the Pedal Power 2 Plus for 3 years now, and it was a game changer. Combine that with a Radial Bigshot ABY, and your board will be almost totally hum free.

[@robertdevincentis941]

Great video mate I wish you were around when I started playing!! There was no internet or KZbin we are very lucky To have such accurate information at our fingertips!

[@drummerchuckb]

Really cool thanks. BUT no buzz test on the voodoo labs?

[@Claimjumper55]

Wow! I'm currently daisy chaining a 1 spot to run 9 pedals. I never use more than 4 pedals at a time. I've been wondering why I'm getting some noise, although not nearly as bad as in your video, through my ultra-clean Carol-Ann Triptik amp and now I know. Time to go shopping. Thanks Bea.

[@ront8270]

I love Rabea you sponsors out their ...I love this guy

[@isacthompson4302]

Hello Rabea. What do you think about Warlus' "Aetos" power supply? Thanks for doing this awesome videos by the way.

[@AM-rq1no]

thank you for posting a video about this I could never find one years ago and just ind of had to muddle through the noise until i figured it out hopefully someone who has the same questions will save some time with this vid

[@CaptPostmod]

Daisy chains can be straightened up sometimes if you play with order. Initially, you might just plug the first pedal socket into the first pedal, the second into the second, etc. But I've found if you play around with the order, then what's daisying into what can become much friendlier with each other and solve issues. I use a daisy chain and don't get power noise problems because of the method I just described.

[@RickP2012]

That was great, never realised it was so complicated. I've just plugged in and played away...............noise and all!

[@MetalHeadHippie]

What about the MXR ISO Brick?

[@GundogJake]

Metal Head Hippie It doesn’t come with loads of built in noise, so nothing to talk about! Iso is the best for the money...

[@ambrooks5]

I have one and it works great. Love MXR products 🤘

[@johngilley3518]

Great info, using Power Plus 2 currently. just got a VH Flanger and it works great on the VDL2.

[@danteturtle]

Hey Bea, what was your first ever pedal?

[@sunrisesunsets5989]

Great video. I think an honorable mention goes to the Volto. I use a small rig and use an analogue Volto. I run: Boss TU3; Rainger Freakenstein; TS Mini; RAT II; Strymon El Cap; Boost; TC Electronic Trinity Reverb, and I get 4 hours serious play without loss of quality. No mains, no loop fuss. Plus, because my output is less than 500ma, I can run it while charging. I run my delay, reverb and boost through the FX loop, so the less cables on my board the better. (I am in no way endorsed by PedalTrain).

[@squeelerjakeaxcradle7095]

Hi Rabea, great video demo regarding pedals etc. What l noticed is your 2 Peavey 5150 heads, l remember selling mine to the captain for you many years ago. Cool to see this in the background 🙏🎶🎸🎸 Keep rocking great music too my friend 👌👌

[@adamniswonger8015]

Thank you for posting this. I am new to all this, although I've been playing off and on, on my own for 20 years. I'm slowly adding in some pedals for a sweeter tone and am also shopping amps since my deluxe reverb finally croaked. Looking at putting a board together and adding a wah as well to fool around with.

[@dannycolonne3832]

Thanks Rabea for sharing your knowledge! I want to start a pedalboard for my Marshall DSL5 but don't know where to start and these are very great advices! Thank you . You are an awesome guitar player.

[@grimblesqueem2291]

Rabea Massad.. I've been curious about using rechargable portable power supplies. Have you tried those? They are essentially the same thing as portable cordless cell phone chargers. I don't understand why I see very few of them for sale.

[@rjmcmooseknuckle]

My Boss NS-2 cuts the noise from my cheap pedal power daisy chain setup , am i doing it wrong? :(

[@grahamwilson2164]

Same

[@DarthEcoli]

I took your advice and got a Pedal Power 2 from a guitar show a couple months back. Had I not saw this, I might have gotten a cheap none isolated jobbie instead. This thing is brilliant. I still have yet to try the sag power for my fuzz. lol

[@chriswallace9387]

Helped find this weirdly faint repeat sound ( yes more so on high gain) I used his troubleshoot method and the delay was the culprit. Even off or disengaged it would continue ( no I don’t have infinity tails on either ). It’s really old. Thanks!!!

[@hagelslagopjebrood3]

5:00 by this I'm just more confused. How do you know which type of outlet you need for a pedal?

[@Benjie_dsnts]

As soon as you pulled out that chinese power brick I felt personally attacked, hahah!!

[@suj2k]

Hahahaha! Ikr? I run 2 Joyo Power Supply 2s in my pedalboard :P

[@montlejohnbojangles8937]

I've been looking at the Joyo. You like it?

[@Benjie_dsnts]

I've never had any issued with it but I run a very basic pedal setup, only a tuner, overdrive, noise gate and a delay. If I was running something more complicated I'd definitely upgrade to a voodoo labs or T Rex power supply or something along those lines

[@montlejohnbojangles8937]

Yeah, my board's only itty bitty. Wah, OD, Comp, Tuner.

[@emdblues]

if 500mAh is enuff for you try Harley Benton Junior power supply. it's isolated and cheap.

[@ryanagovier]

Thanks Rabea I was looking for a video on this subject and of course you had one.

[@natedorman3135]

Thanks for confirming my Mondo was the way to go! On a sidenote, which mini noise suppressor pedal is recommended?!

[@flatroc1]

I use the VooDoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus and no complaint. Works great. Worth the price.

[@arnargeir7043]

Rabea! Could you pleeeaaase make a video on how to play Catalyst. I NEED to learn that epic song! I would be eternally grateful.

[@s10belowu]

I still have my original Voodoo Lads Pedal Power. Not the PP2 the predecessor to that and it has been on the board for almost 20 years no problems. I added a second one later. I love them

[@grantlazenby8192]

Having a proper power supply is key. I also use a really good noise gate to get rid of noise and unwanted feedback with high gain distortion.

[@javierherrera8782]

I use a rowin. Straight copy of the ISP decimator. Works fucking great AND costed about 30 bucks

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

18V-feeds aren't just for bigger pedals or boards. - You have the few pedals that allow more headroom or whatever, just like for example you'd hook up two 9V-batteries to active pickups.

[@midenking9651]

Michael Angelo H. That doesnt always work though. Example being AHB1 Actives. No need and no benefit gained on headroom with a 18v mod due to the way they are made to fulfill the full headroom.

[@oily4545]

Looking at building a small pedalboard, probably no more than 5 pedals and as a result I've had my eye on the T. rex fuel tank jr. The most similar one here seems to be the one with the 400mah 9/12 volt and 18 volt ports. Obviously these are designed for use with larger pedals, but would there be any issues/dangers of using those ports with regular boss sized pedals? Otherwise I'll probably stick to the T. rex jr as I saw the voodoo labs one only had 3 regular 9volt ports.

[@Javier-qk7ms]

I was expecting to see all those pedals connected again and demonstrating the noise was gone or at least under control :(

[@rictube4716]

Given that when he plugged just one pedal in the noise was still there even with the allegedly great PSUs, it was pretty clear the "chinese" PSU was not the noise source, so fat chance of the full setup of pedals being quiet. This was just a 12 minute advert with a click bait title.

[@WilliamCharlesShaver]

I noticed that too. And of course, we don't know how high the gain was on his amp when he showed the 'noise'--for all we know he had the amp cranked wide open. Even for a sponsored video it was pretty disappointing.

[@conartist267]

Bet it would be exactly the same and we’d be a lot poorer.

[@bunkerprodu]

It was a click bait and a video demonstrating how crapy the sponsor was.

[@johne1599]

Rabea, due to the limited number of outputs from these isolated power supplies, most of us still end up daisy chaining several pedals together. Even with your Mondo, don't you have to share some power outputs from it? I try to give the gain pedals their own power source and only daisy chain non-gain pedals (time, modulation, etc. pedals). Feedback, please. Thanks!

[@L0RDD4RKH34RT]

I have a behringer pb1000 and that came with a dc power plug that has 1700ma's and I don't have as bad as a problem as the strymon pedal supply in the video, but that is probably because is has plenty of power, therefor there is more than enough to power my pedals, even when I had 12 or 13 pedals for my royal blood set up being powered I didn't get noise as bad as that including beeping and what not. I haven't had any problems with the board and I even brought a palmer power conditioner that I sometimes use just to be on the safe side and to make sure that their is no problems power wise. I also took out the foam pads that were screwed in and put velcro in it instead in order to utilise the space as best as possible.

[@manuelesayas9960]

Very nice introductions. Thanks Rabea for the tips about the power supply. Keep on Rockin dude..

[@chromewarrior7959]

I use 2 of the power2 plus. LOVE them. really reduced my noise levels from my chain. Excellent explanation of the differences! Might want to change one, thanks to this vid

[@bismarcknewman3600]

I like the Truetone 1 SPOT PRO CS12

[@SoulfulJim1]

I thought you would have mentioned daisy chains when using an isolated power supply or which outputs to use for pedals that have higher mA needs. -or if it’s ok to daisy chain wnen you have the mA to spare. These are things I wonder about this topic. Is it never ok to daisy chain?

[@tcarad2]

I had 2 pedal power 2+'s. I dumped them after I got my second Strymon pedal. They were low noise but far too weak on power. I don't have he space for a mondo. I got a Strymon Zuma and I'm very happy with that. Way more flexible and expandable and can handle anything you throw at it. If you got Strymons, go with Zuma. Voodoo can't cut it.

[@cybercop112]

I am currently building a floorboard of about 10 to 12 pedals. The pedals that I will put on it are Hall of fame reverb 2 Flashback 2 delay EHX memory toy EXH Neo clone EXH Stereo Pulsar Behringer vintage phase shifter Dunlop wah Tc electronic ditto looper Tc electronic corona chorus EXH nano grail reverb BOSS DS1 Distortion JOYO vintage overdrive Will the Voodoo Lab Mondo be good for powering all of those pedals? I think the one that requires the most power is the wah pedal

[@dallascoug]

I got a pedaltrain board because it has a mount underneath designed for the pedal power 2 plus. works great!

[@Bilsuburbians]

Thank you for the information! I am a newbie guitarist and need an info like this to power up my pedals. Big thanks, rabea!

[@Cowboy_Beep_Da_Boop]

Seriously helpful for someone completely new to this!

[@fercuevas5772]

Hi there Rabea, great content as usual, one question, can be used in a USA plug?

[@musicchannel7651]

Is this a pedal power ad Rabea what about the Mxr iso brick which I have been told is a superior alternative and cheaper? Maybe a comparison video would have been better?

[@waterwoodguitars6871]

Great video and very informative. Definitely one of the better videos on the subject.

[@MNGuitars]

great video..some good food for thought...what are ur thoughts on the mxr power brick? (the older one with 8 inputs)...also if u get some free time maybe u can do a mobius effect by effect series like the big sky u did, and a live playthru of illumo would kill haha =) peace out!!

[@yohanonshine4664]

Interesting was just about to add some more pedals, cause my delay crapped out. I made my own pedal board I never got much noise keeping supply underneath the diamond plate seems to suppress noise .Also at home I can plug my amp into a different circuit of power which helps with some feedback issues txs

[@mattg082]

I don’t get anything like that daisy chaining in bypass…completely clean. Issue is when some are engaged and not playing, the noise floor is loud! On my amp I have an attenuator built in. If I dial by -9db and turn up it seems to suppress it. Even running things like an Angry Charlie into a Furman on its own 18v I get huge ground noise when on . For these issues…I wonder if I should be looking at a gate pedal Vs say a ISO power supply.

[@zosojstro]

What you said about the no brand Power supplies is SO true. I recently purchased a Caline that initially worked ok but when increasing my volume Especially when using HI Gain amp I am experiencing noise issues running a large board 10 pedals. Will probably have to surrender and consider a voodoo lab. Nice demo

[@MrFengen]

Personally, when I had a pedalboard, I used CHIOKS supplies. Why.. Because they are the most versatile PSU's out there When I had big TC (flashback) delays, with some SiB FX 'CUDA overdrive and other stuff, the CIOKS was the only thing that had enough outputs with high enough amp to power it all. Check them out, Danish design and quality.

[@garofalo92]

I use a 9v wall adapter with a daisy chain. Its completely silent. Supports all my pedals and does Ac/DC current and supplies upto 1750mah. Very happy with it.

[@StrikeEagle14]

hey bea great video, how to you deal with so many pedals, multiple power supplies or one that has lots of various outlets for various miliamps dc/ac or voltages?

[@doofusm]

Thanks for this Rabea it's really helped as I'm struggling with this. Just bought a Donner ISO 8 but it doesn't serve up 22V for a Blackstar HT DistX. So now that's the only pedal on my board that's noisy and I think it's because I am using the stock power supply that came with it. Any suggestions for 22V AC?

[@daviday87]

Cool video! Any thoughts on rechargeable pedalboards like the Outlaw & BoxKing? Particularly curious how they handle multiple high current digital pedals (seeing as how the pedalboards are not isolated and I have a TC Helicon Play Acoustic, a Line 6 M5, and a DigiTech Trio+)...

[@daleweber2579]

So, the AC power supply work for older DOD fx series says on bottom for ac operation use 10 volt dc negative power supply.

[@savoirfaire8979]

The MXR M238 is looking like a real competitor for Voodoo Labs. It has more high amperage 9V slots for digital effects such as Strymon.

[@carrastop]

hey bea, I have a question I've been thinking about this days. I have a 9,6V pedal, is that a problem with a 9V output? where should I plug it in? Maybe it's an obvious answer but I don't know that haha Thank you very much, you're awesome.

[@A.J.K87]

I've been using an EBS 9 volt powersupply with a daisy chain for years and it has worked fine all this time. No excessive noise, certainly nothing like you had in the video.

[@stefanozurich]

A.J. K You probably have all your pedals in the front. Also probably no digital pedals. And the power supply is probably not bad.

[@A.J.K87]

I have a digital reverb (boss RV-5), the rest are analog as far as I know. I use them in front and through the loop depending on what I need, both are just fine. Maybe the EBS is just good, or maybe I'm going a bit deaf ;)

[@strazburg]

i used to use 3 daisy chains hooked together off of one 9V power adaptor powering 9 pedals, and honestly it wasnt bad at all, the only thing that suffered was my fuzz. Everyone said "dont use that it sucks" and having a proper power supply now is good, but it wasnt any where near as bad as everyone thought it would be.

[@kengur3403]

Hi, Is it ok to use one proper power board and to it add, connect a power brick that will power up three guitar pedals in total? I'm using Katana 50 amp and plan to get something like Boss noise suppressor, Revv G3, and a Korg tuner. Thanks 😁

[@RobBusinger]

Hey Rabea! Question: daisy chaining out of a plug on one of the VooDoo Labs power supplies? I want like one or two more pedals on my board and I'm already up to eight. Could chaining a tuner and OD for example be possible without sound quality decay?

[@MrWhiteguy6]

hey Bea, kinda off topic, but why do Ben and you only use Toska music as background music and no Dorje? Is it becasuse of the vocals or is it because you are more involved in writing what you really like?