Hybrid Pedal Project

In January 2022, I decided to try building a hybrid pedal. Just for fun, to try doing the whole thing from scratch. What I’m trying to do is create a pedal that will be an analog effect, but will be controlled digitally.

I don’t know where will this lead me to, and who knows if it will work but let’s plunge into the unknown and worry about consequences later ?.

This page is going to keep track of all I’m working on at the moment. Here’s the diagram of what I’m planning to do and status of it (current status 15% complete):

I’ll be using Raspberry Pi Pico for my initial design, it is easy to use and should be very approachable for anyone wanting to give this a try. Here’s what I’ve done so far:

• The first thing to do is getting my machine ready for programming Pico
• Here I choose my display
• I also started working on PICO MIDI, some of this can be reused:
  • PICO MIDI – Switch and LED
  • PICO MIDI – Expression Pedal
  • PICO MIDI – External Switches
  • PICO MIDI – Neopixel
  • PICO MIDI – External Power Supply
• Controlling Relays
• Next I’ll be working on DigiPots

I’ll keep this page up-to-date as I go along, check it out from time to time.