Ever wished you could customise the EXACT number and voltage of outputs on your pedal power supply? Why not build your own! Anasounds FX Power Source is an ever expandable modular power supply allowing you to choose how much power you need. Product page - anasounds.com/fx-power-source/ Assembly Instructions - anasounds.com/build-your-fx-power-source-power-supply/ Thanks to Anasounds for funding this video's creation. #anasounds #powersupply #diy More from CSGuitars: Gain access to exclusive content at: www.patreon.com/csguitars Join CSGuitars Discord - discord.gg/d7b6MY8 Buy CSGuitars Merchandise - www.csguitars.co.uk/store Website - www.csguitars.co.uk Contact - colin@csguitars.co.uk

Yaay, a Boss HM-2 - bought mine in the early 80's and it was the 3 millionth unit ever made and came with a brass plaque, which I have on my key to this day.

that's perfect to pair with 3d-printing

This video is 100% what we needed to show the benefit of the FX Power Source! Thanks a lot Colin :D You are very good to transmit your experience for this DIY build!

I watched this video the day it came out, and just bought it because of this video 4 months later. Definitely worth it. It was a blast to build. Cheers, Colin.

After years of building pedals, I started to revisit this idea just a few days ago. Colin, between the Metal Zones, In Flames-esque riffs and building power supplies, it's like you've ransacked my brain.

"now I can power all my pedals!" *Indecipherable overringing notes echoing for 45 seconds each"

Very comprehensive deliberation Colin always impresses me

I love it when Dinosaur and Math jokes come together.

These videos are so much fun and it’s super sick that companies offer these types of products. Sick video Dude! I still need to order that OD pedal. Cheers man.

Right as I was looking for a power supply for my growing pedalboard. Great timing!

Lovely

I'm about to start a project in the new year building a pedalboard only using DIY pedal kits. This will be a perfect way to power them while keeping with the theme, cheers for putting me onto it!

Great video.

Thanks Colin, another great video :)

May the algorithm be ever in your favour!

Wow that’s cool

thats quality mate! defo getting it

This modular supply in kit is interesting ! I will say to future builders , newer do this ; space is asking to bend those big Elco's , don't let them to touch PCB . cos they could turn hot and over the time , burn it ! Don't weld transistor on a surface ! Fasten them with a small bolt , plus , will be good to put a small Alu '' U '' profile over metal surface and bolt it all together for better heat sinking .

Not gonna lie...that’s frickin awesome

I like to make what I call "power distribution modules". These are little plastic boxes with multiple paralleled output jacks, an indicator LED, and a smoothing cap added. As a *passive* "power brick" this is clearly *much less* than is needed, so think of it as a "satellite campus" of your power supply. I run a single cable from my power brick out to the distribution box, keeping in mind the polarity and total current draw of all pedals connected to it, and short cables from the module to the individual pedals. I regularly have to caution folks about daisy-chaining pedals, and the risks of drawing too much current, or heterodyning of multiple digital pedals sharing the same power line. HOWEVER, many players have a surfeit of lower-current analog pedals on their board, and a distribution module can allow neater cabling for such pedals, by having short custom-length cables to pedals out on the periphery of the board, and being "modular". A 2nd and 3rd such module, connected to individual outputs on the power brick, can provide convenience. That said, the Anasounds system is smart, flexible, expandable, and follows best design practice. The only misgiving I have is that it assumes one central location, and the many lengthy cables required to reach from that location to all points on a potentially cluttered and large board. My own approach is predicated on having a LOT of small, lower-current analog pedals, where running 12" (and longer) cables everywhere is cumbersome. I suppose I should also note that I make my own connecting cables. You may want to take a look at this video I made - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rtmqdZahpq3WlKs.html -, illustrating how to remotely switch e-switched pedals like those from Boss. The advantage of this approach is that the pedal itself can be situated anywhere, with a bank of secondary bypass switches positioned up front. Since the cable to the secondary switch does not carry audio, one can use thinner unshielded wires, reducing both the bulk and cost of running shielded cables with 1/4" plugs and jacks to and from a switcher. You can have a row of such pedals off in the remote corner of your board, connected by short compact patch cables, reducing overall capacitance issues.not to mention the overall weight of the pedalboard.

If I still had any pedals left I might grab one of those, this looks fantastic. That I'm waiting for my new and flashy soldering iron to arrive doesn't exactly make things better ;) The urge to solder stuff is strong ATM

quick! take my money!

Very good video, I love what you do 🎸

ALL the POWER!!!!

Nice bro . .

Will definitely keep this in mind if I ever get pedals 😢

Cool

Wow this was good Now i can make DIY a power.suply I wonder if there is a humm or hiss sound thank you for these tips cheers

wow, I need this to power my massive 2 pedal collection... (I suppose I could also power my tuner, so make that 3 items!) joking aside, it's pretty cool. I honestly had to rewind a bit when you said 60 pedals, damn that's a lot of pedals!!

Not handy enough for this, but feeding the almighty algorithm to keep you out there! 😊👍

78xx regulators sometimes can sometimes be noise generators, not the best choice. LM317 with few additional components would be better - a lot quieter, also no need to change regulator to change voltage, just a single resistor or few turns on trimpot. If normal heat-sink is used not just pad on PCB, more current can be drawn from regulator, hence could be used to power more power hungry pedals. Also none of these outputs are isolated from each other, so I would not recommend this. I did my own design of modular PSU for my board with dual secondary potted transformers soldered on each PCB board module, LM317 regulators, completely isolated from each other (isolated power sources, grounds), quiet and expandable, just add another two output board. I currently use 4 boards (8x 9V outputs).

Hey Colin. Love your videos, been watching for years, but I feel I should chime in on this one. This looks neat, but I think you mistakenly misrepresented a few portions of the circuitry. While individually regulated, the positive rails are not isolated as you claim. Isolation requires conversion to another medium and no electrical connection. Without isolation, they will suffer the same noise and ground loops of every other non-isolsted power supply. Filtration components can help improve some issues in some cases, but it is not a magic bullet in the absence of true isolation. I feel this is very important to mention, as it means this power supply will not solve most pedal noise issues. Running several 780X chips off a common 24v rail with a few filtration capacitors is not isolation, and I feel claiming otherwise is a bit misleading. You also mentioned that inclusion of isolation transformers results in introducing 50/60 cycle hum into the signal. While inclusion of mains AC in the power supply can cause issues, you don't need mains AC in your pedal power supply to utilize isolation transformers. For example, the MXR ISO brick uses 18v DC from an external power brick to create it's own high frequency AC circuit that's far less noisy and more controlled than mains. The higher the frequency an AC source is, the more effective a transformer becomes. Stable, lower voltage, higher frequency AC lets it use substantially smaller, less expensive, and more effective transformers. And most importantly, the outputs can be incredibly quit and completely isolated. I personally find this tech fascinating, and I think your viewers too. Anyways, love the videos. Keep em coming!

Lovely stuff. Another form of adult Lego.

I liked the old hair but the new hairstyle looks nice and clean. Mine's down to a tiny bit below my chin for the first time. I don't think I'll trim it for a while even after COVID's gone because I don't like getting my hair cut and also this length is about enough to tuck behind my ear to keep out of my face. Anyways nice hair.

This is a pretty handy thing to have on the market, the possibilities for outrageous pedalboards is unlimited! #discordnotificationgang

this is exactly the predicament ive been in this week how are you spying on me colin?

I'm surprised you don't need any chassis to protect from external noise. But I guess for power line it's not problematic? Just would want the casing to protect from physical stuff and to avoid touching connections.

wonderful idea. anyone need like 10 ehx 200ma wall warts? the real trick was finding a couple of wall-wart-power strips. The HM-2 is specced for 9VAC. 12v dc overrides the rectifier. I would recommend using a 9v battery clip to a regular 9v supply to fake a 9v battery to operate it as intended. edit: solder a 9v battery clip to a 9v input power jack. clip the clip to the clip inside and thread it outside thru the huge gap along the back of the stomp plate. looks like azz but sounds right.

Humm... I need me one of these!

time to pull out the legos to make an enclosure

I desperately need that PCB Vice you're using

I mean this is great 👍🏻 BUT I think I will stick with the gigrig generator.

Well if you buy a little bit of polycarbonate you can make a case for the power supply, maybe with LEDs to make it cooler

hey mate I love your videos a lot, they helped me so much about all technical stuff for guitar and etc. just wondering can you check out sustainiac pickups and my question is: is it possible to add a single coil to the empty space of the sustainiac pick-up because as you probably know sustainiac pick-ups are humbucker but half empty.

Now I just need to learn soldering and buy all the necessary tools

everytime i see one of your videos I cant get your epic accent out of my head lmao

Great video! I've been toying with the idea of building a power supply. Would copper tape lining the interior of the pedal block the 50 to 60 cycle hum? Thanks!

I can live with the 2 18V outputs, but what’s up with the AC one??

Colin, I commented on your chorus video, I'm unsure if I should be looking for something simple like an MXR Micro Chorus or something a little more fancy like a JHS Emperor V2 (similar to the pedal you demoed). I really just want the chorus effect but after watching your video I'm intrigued by the possibilities, though a chorus is really what I'm looking for.

Hey Colin, can I request a TATA on stacking gain pedals? Especially volume boosting, gain boosting, using an eq, pedal order, etc. I have a 5150 od and a boss od-3 and would love to learn how to get maximum metal out of them

Got to the stage where I'm clicking like before I've seen the entire post lol

Colin, I have a question in regards to the HM-2 and 12 volts. I have one and I'd like to know if I could run it off my Strymon Ojai's 12 volt option ( I have the one that can do 9-18 volts). I also have an official Boss 12 volt adapter if the Ojai is not an option.

hey Colin ive got a bugera 333xl infinum too, im getting some very loud squealing from mine even on the low gain input, makes it hell when I plug in my mxr GT OD even with the mxr noise clamp, ive got good quality cables and its got brand new tubes in it, please help so I can play demon squeal free, cheers

Colin - with the new haircut, you are going to need to update your robot image during the credits! Moo

Problem is I reorganize my board like every month. :D I've built too many cool pedals over the years and experimenting is just so much fun. Very cool project though!

Perfect intonation IS possible. You said it's simply not possible on an instrument with straight frets. Well it IS possible with a compensated nut! Look up String Tech on KZfaq and you will see multiple videos demonstrating this. There is also a small plastic insert that just sits in front of the nut under the strings. Its called the sos (Sound Offset Spacer) So just wanted to let you know that you can say from now on it is possible to get good intonation on a guitar with straight frets.

Hi Colin, how are these regulators isolating the 9V line? Do you have any links to where I can read more?

Actually pretty cool but the price is still kind of steep for 1) having to build it yourself (I know, it's pretty easy) and 2) Having to come up with your own box.

I couldn't find a cheap dc 2 dc step down isolated 9v power supply. I did find power supplies for more than 1 amp which were too big and not that cheap

What if I have a Strymon that takes 500mA?

Is there an option to increase the milliamps? I use a talkbox that consumes 2 whole amps of 18 volt power. If this allowed me to consolidate to one power outlet, I would be very happy.

probably better than my daisy chain.....but still wont fix the behringer ultra metal/ cheap metalzone clone hum.

60 outputs?!! Actually am not surprised, just battling the whimsical algorithm

Colin, I'm not a total simpleton. However, whenever I try and solder anything its a fucking disaster. Basically nothing happens aside from everything getting hotter than the sun, my fingers getting burnt then eventually if I'm lucky, my little bit of solder melts and runs away without sticking anything to anything else. I end up just getting really pissed off, twisting the wires together and using blu-tack. Can you give us a simple guide to soldering (including what cheap kit to buy off amazon) so I can at least do basic shit like soldering a wire to a pot.

"Only 60?" - Tom Morello

I wonder why Anasounds have renamed the Ego Driver the "FX Driver" for the US market.

DISCORD DING

Could you not technically make a guitar pedal that also could power other pedals?

BTW. if you send me the measurements and a sketch of the layout of the in- and outputs I'd totally be willing to send you a 3D printed enclosure

Ah yes, the 60 ports for the 60 Metal Zones.

Are these kits still available?

Hello

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Just don't touch any capacitors whilst it's powered otherwise you'll get a zap! xD

I just found one for 12 dollars on Amazon with 5 plugs

Not bad 179 bucks U.S

I thought about it. But my board has never had more than 6 pedals on (tuner, OD, wah, delay, phaser, EQ), and these days, it's just a Pod Go and 4 cables. Well, I mean, these days it's a Pod Go, 1 cable and headphones because shift work, the 'rona and expanding families has kind of put the band on hold for the forseeable future. But when I can be loud, Pod Go and 4 cables.

Just buy a TrueTone CS12. Done.

U cut your fucking hair!!! Fuken a champ looks good keep the content coming.

so you mean this DIY board is pure isolated including each port?

Me unable to buy a single pedal: 🤔

Only 60 outputs???

I need an Scottish / Irish accent

your shirt is wrong. raptor / raptor = 1

🙋🏼‍♂️Hi! I'm the guy that needs 1.2A @ 9V AC. Sorry everyone!

The hair.....

Way too expensive. But yeah, good idea and well designed, though...

am I the only one who mutes de video and looks away during the "the science...... of loud" part?

Since your hair is gone, want to get that hm2 gone as well?$$$$