Carl Martin Octa-Switch II True-Bypass Pedal Switcher. Octa-Switch MKII

Description

Carl Martin Octa-Switch II True-Bypass Pedal Switcher
Octa-Switch MKII Effects Switching System Specifications:
Power: 2x9V, Battery life approx. 10 hours with average use, it can be used withexternal supply 9V regulated, 400 mA
Plug in up to eight effects pedals and combine them as you wish in 8 separate banks.
Ok, so you have eight effects pedals which you use regularly. You use various combinations of these pedals in various songs, but you are not good at tap dancing¦or you are just clumsy and have (once or twice) stepped on the ultra tricked out-metalized-distortion pedal for the lead in your one ABBA cover. You have seen the digital effects controllers they use on the big stages, and have secretly yearned for one¦ even though you may never make the big stage.
Enter Thomas Guldmann's Octa-switch II. Your eight effects plug into the eight effects-loops on the back of this unit (all true-bypass, impedance free, gold relays so you can run any of your pedals, new and old without problem), and then by turning on or off the numbered switches in each of eight DIP Bank switches, you determine which effects you wish to use simultaneously in each Bank.
There is a blue LED for every effects loop used and for each Bank (so once you are programmed, when you step on Bank 6 you will see the lights of all the effects you have assigned to Bank 6 and the Bank 6 LED). The Octa-switch II has incorporated a couple new features as well! The ninth switch on the left side of the case is a BYPASS Switch which allows you to completely bypass all eight pedals and enjoy only the unaffected sound of your amplifier.
There are also two External Switching jacks which allow you to use two amplifiers and/or switch channels on those amps. Once you have all the Banks programmed, we recommend placing a piece of scotch or electrical tape over each DIP (just to protect the switch from accidental switching, damage or floods like beer). There is a buffered Mono input and a stereo Output, and the unit is powered by dual 9V batteries, or by a regulated power supply¦like the Big John or the Pro Power (both by Carl Martin).
Features
Blue LED for every effect and bank used
Slide type DIP switches
Buffer circuit at input
Choose between 100% true bypass or buffered bypass
Mono send and stereo return on stereo jack plug
Nine switches, eight presets and one bypass