It would be handy to have supply voltage on a knob to help the pedal give what you're looking for. People seem to assume that more voltage and, therefore, more headroom is automatically better. But, sometimes, reducing that headroom is where it's at. Depends on the pedal and what you're looking for.
Yes, I have this one wall-wart that is variable, but I know most pedal power supplies are becoming more flexible. I know there are some adapters for reducing power for mimicking a dying battery too, might be on the hunt for one of those.
The 9volt had more bite and the 12 more open. Sounds like the difference between a 60watt and 100watt, of the same amp. I like the bite, and detail i hear in the 9volt. You can add more bass to the smaller headroom stuff it seems too
Every time I have tried using higher voltage on a dirt pedal the noise floor went annoyingly higher. I also noticed the sound got thinner. In short you lost as much as you gained. I think a pedal that uses higher voltage needs to be designed for it. It should have a gate and good EQ to fatten up the sound.
Interesting. This pedal says it’s designed for it, but I had honestly never tried it before this video. I didn’t notice any noise floor difference, but I’m sure some pedals can have that happen. Next I may try starving the power 🤔
80s metal players found another solution to the noisefloor problem: Simply play no pauses :D That aside, a gate does not help you to get the noise out of your played notes, so I really really prefer pedals that are as silent as possible. As a question, is the raised noisefloor maybe a product of overall higher output volume? Or does the volume stay the same and you just get decreased signal-to-noise ratio?
Idk what you guys are listening to but I didn’t hear any extra noise. It just sounded like a dirt pedal. When you add dirt you’re going to get a little extra noise regardless. Either way, if it’s your favorite pedal I wouldn’t goose it with more power simply for longevity purposes. Sounded great both ways, didn’t hear much of a difference on TH-cam anyway. 🍻
Exactly! It depends on how the circuit is designed. I have a DIY Revv G3 and, because it doesn't have the charge pump built in, I have to run it at 18 volts directly myself. Otherwise, it just sounds weak. Perhaps I should try even more voltage!
A lot of these pedals have a zener diode to keep from frying the active components. This DOD pedal, I am sure, has a zener to keep an experimenter from plugging in 18 or 24 volts. Interesting that DOD added the dual voltage feature.
The diode is to prevent you from frying it by having the polarity incorrect, too high of a voltage will still fry the pedal. There is no "dual voltage" feature in the pedal, the voltage difference is from the power supply that is plugged into the pedal, not the pedal itself.
12V - less compression, higher headroom. It's like turning up the T.dynamics knob of a Peavey Bandit.
Nice analogy! I feel like it makes more difference in feel than it does sound
It would be handy to have supply voltage on a knob to help the pedal give what you're looking for.
People seem to assume that more voltage and, therefore, more headroom is automatically better. But, sometimes, reducing that headroom is where it's at. Depends on the pedal and what you're looking for.
Yes, I have this one wall-wart that is variable, but I know most pedal power supplies are becoming more flexible. I know there are some adapters for reducing power for mimicking a dying battery too, might be on the hunt for one of those.
The 9volt had more bite and the 12 more open.
Sounds like the difference between a 60watt and 100watt, of the same amp.
I like the bite, and detail i hear in the 9volt. You can add more bass to the smaller headroom stuff it seems too
It was more noticeable not in the mix
It def. does to my JHS Angry Charlie!... Much sweeter, more headroom, more detail.
Most of my dirt pedals sound *significantly* better at 5 volts. A scant few Dumble-style ones sound better at 12 than 9.
Interesting, there is definitely some experimentation in my future…
Every time I have tried using higher voltage on a dirt pedal the noise floor went annoyingly higher. I also noticed the sound got thinner. In short you lost as much as you gained. I think a pedal that uses higher voltage needs to be designed for it. It should have a gate and good EQ to fatten up the sound.
Interesting. This pedal says it’s designed for it, but I had honestly never tried it before this video. I didn’t notice any noise floor difference, but I’m sure some pedals can have that happen. Next I may try starving the power 🤔
80s metal players found another solution to the noisefloor problem: Simply play no pauses :D
That aside, a gate does not help you to get the noise out of your played notes, so I really really prefer pedals that are as silent as possible.
As a question, is the raised noisefloor maybe a product of overall higher output volume? Or does the volume stay the same and you just get decreased signal-to-noise ratio?
Idk what you guys are listening to but I didn’t hear any extra noise. It just sounded like a dirt pedal. When you add dirt you’re going to get a little extra noise regardless. Either way, if it’s your favorite pedal I wouldn’t goose it with more power simply for longevity purposes. Sounded great both ways, didn’t hear much of a difference on TH-cam anyway. 🍻
@@Chucksguitargeekery Please do! This is also very interesting to experiment with!
Exactly! It depends on how the circuit is designed. I have a DIY Revv G3 and, because it doesn't have the charge pump built in, I have to run it at 18 volts directly myself. Otherwise, it just sounds weak. Perhaps I should try even more voltage!
It is so slight
A lot of these pedals have a zener diode to keep from frying the active components.
This DOD pedal, I am sure, has a zener to keep an experimenter from plugging in 18 or 24 volts.
Interesting that DOD added the dual voltage feature.
The diode is to prevent you from frying it by having the polarity incorrect, too high of a voltage will still fry the pedal. There is no "dual voltage" feature in the pedal, the voltage difference is from the power supply that is plugged into the pedal, not the pedal itself.