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Circuitbenders Forum => Circuitbending discussion => Topic started by: Dylan on July 10, 2009, 11:11:30 PM
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Okay, so lately I've been wanting to experiment with foot controls to trigger sounds in circuit bent instruments. I was thinking if I had something like one of those noise making key chains if I could just solder wires from the traces to a 1/4" jack and then run a guitar cable to a box with a foot switch on it. would that work? Or would soldering the traces to a jack just create a permanent signal?
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Depends how the jack is wired. If the sounds are triggered by closing a switch then a normally-open footswitch should do the job.
Some synths have normally-closed footswitches, some have normally-open. Most aftermarket switches have a little slide switch to choose which way round they work - ie. break for sustain, or close for sustain.