Pedal for Spark Amp and Looper
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Here’s an idea....make a simple, 2 button footswitch. Have it either connect via Bluetooth or USB. Give it 2 functions:
1: Allow it to switch between the 4 saved channels. The buttons can be switch to one channel lower or one channel higher.
- Add looper functionality to the amp to allow you to record your own rhythm guitar to a drum pattern and loop it. Use the footswitch to enable record/playback, similar to other two-button looper pedals.
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Totally agree - the Spark packs a punch - I would love to be able to switch btwn the 4 channels with a pedal
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They had a 4 button switch at one point but it doesn't seem to exist in their products now...I suppose you could inquire...here are links to their 2 Button which is likely New Old Stock in the first link and simply used in the second link. There are other Bluetooth Switches out there...
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@ejobrien they could make one similar to the ik stomp where the iPad can also fit in and has 4 button selection and a way pedal at the side
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+1
A compatible foot switch for the spark would be a great addition.
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Agreed to both! A simple pedal switch and looper functionality would be a great addition. I would also like to be able to stack multiple pedals of the same type in the app. I get there might need to be a pedal limit, but let us add any pedal to any slot. If I want to stack two distortions instead of using a modulation for instance.
The way the presets interact with the channels is a little wonky. If I select the clean channel and the first preset I get a specific amp and pedal combination as I've set up in the app. But if i change the channel I get a different amp but the same pedals which may not really work together. If the four presets affected each channel independently then in essence each channel could have four user defined variations for each. That would be much more intuitive and super helpful.
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@ejobrien said in Pedal for Spark Amp and Looper:
Here’s an idea....make a simple, 2 button footswitch. Have it either connect via Bluetooth or USB. Give it 2 functions:
1: Allow it to switch between the 4 saved channels. The buttons can be switch to one channel lower or one channel higher.
- Add looper functionality to the amp to allow you to record your own rhythm guitar to a drum pattern and loop it. Use the footswitch to enable record/playback, similar to other two-button looper pedals.
of course I fully agree
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+1 I fully agree
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It has been done
DIY BT Tone Switching Footpedal + Positive Grid Spark
https://youtu.be/tqi_EmIKPC0
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tinderbox-pedal-explorer-edition#/updates/all
https://www.facebook.com/groups/241616417119881 -
Honestly a four button foot pedal that just maps to the four hardware presets is aiming incredibly low. Since it's Bluetooth, PG could make a fully programmable 8 or 10 button switch like Line 6's FBV3. I have a Marshall Code and the foot switch is great, being able to assign different tones to 10 banks of 3 buttons.
A footswitch that does nothing more than map to the four presets would be a serious miss in my opinion.
-Stooxie
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I don’t have enough feet for an 8 or 10 button foot switch, but do agree an “up and down” two button Bluetooth feature would be an awesome addition.....or something virtual that is totally programmable with the option to add buttons, to keep all the users happy......a “DIY foot switch” .....maybe one that operates as “off and on” for the pedals selected, like compression, distortion, tremolo, reverb, etc??
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@stooxie "A footswitch that does nothing more than map to the four presets would be a serious miss in my opinion."
Perhaps, but even just that functionality would be a big plus vs. having to select the presets by hand.
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I have actually built my own footswitch which can do the following:
- Switch between HW presets
- Switch between custom presets (using banks)
- Toggle each effect in the chain for a selected preset
- Quick toggle Drive for selected preset
- Connect to the Spark App to receive and store new presets
- Act as a bluetooth keyboard to work with Looper apps (and others)
It was all built using an ESP32 platform as the basis and connecting switches and LEDs.
If you are interested, check out the source code at https://github.com/stangreg/Ignitron
Cheers,
Steffen
