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1032L

Scientific Guitarist

MLS-5+A 5-loop, MIDI-Controlled Switcher

Category
Utility
Price
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From the vendor

UPDATED FOR 2026!

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What Has Changed?

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There have been several notable improvements and changes made to the new revision, including:

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• Full Stereo Loops

• More responsive and robust switching

• Press and Hold Momentary functionality

• Exclusivity (flip/flop) switching

• MIDI-Thru

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Read below for more details!

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The core of my pedalboard is a Boss MS-3, which I quite like. However, the drive sounds were a little hit and miss for me, so the onboard loops got filled with overdrives pretty quickly and I wanted more. I decided that what I needed was a loop switcher that the MS-3 could control via MIDI. I set to work in the top secret lab with the only real constraints being that I had to be able to fit it all into a 1032l enclosure.

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Taking some measurements, I found that 5 loops was about as good as I could get, so that determined that. I then set to designing the r

Schematic

The schematic is in the vendor's build document. Open the build document. No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.

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RefValueNormalizedTypeNotes
Resistors 29
R11k1k
R2100k100k
R347k47k
R44k74.7k
R6470R470
R7220R220
R810k10k
R947k47k
R104k74.7k
R1147k47k
R124k74.7k
R1347k47k
R144k74.7k
R1547k47k
R164k74.7k
R171k1k
R18100k100k
R201k1k
R21100k100k
R231k1k
R24100k100k
R261k1k
R27100k100k
R294k74.7k
R304k74.7k
R314k74.7k
R324k74.7k
R334k74.7k
R34220R220
Capacitors 8
C147u47u
C247u47u
C3100n100n
C4100n100n
C5100n100n
C6100n100n
C7100n100n
C8100n100n
Diodes 7
D11N41481N4148
D21n58171N5817
D31n41481N4148
D51N41481N4148
D71N41481N4148
D91N41481N4148
D111N41481N4148
Transistors 5
Q1BC549BC549
Q2BC549BC549
Q3BC549BC549
Q4BC549BC549
Q5BC549BC549
ICs 2
IC17805TV7805TV
REG1LM78LLM78L
Opto 1
OK16N1386N138
Switches 10
FSW_1SPSTSPST
FSW_2SPSTSPST
FSW_3SPSTSPST
FSW_4SPSTSPST
FSW_5SPSTSPST
XSW_1SPSTSPST
XSW_2SPSTSPST
XSW_3SPSTSPST
XSW_4SPSTSPST
XSW_5SPSTSPST
LEDs 10
D4LEDLED
D6LEDLED
D8LEDLED
D10LEDLED
D12LEDLED
R5RLEDRLED
R19RLEDRLED
R22RLEDRLED
R25RLEDRLED
R28RLEDRLED
Other 54
+9VLSP10LSP10
GNDLSP10LSP10
GND_INLSP10LSP10
GND_IN1LSP10LSP10
GND_OUTLSP10LSP10
IN_LLSP10LSP10
IN_RLSP10LSP10
LP_GNDLSP10LSP10
LP_GND1LSP10LSP10
LP_GND2LSP10LSP10
LP_GND3LSP10LSP10
LP_GND4LSP10LSP10
LP_GND5LSP10LSP10
LP_GND6LSP10LSP10
LP_GND7LSP10LSP10
LP_GND8LSP10LSP10
MIDI_IN4LSP10LSP10
MIDI_IN5LSP10LSP10
MIDI_THRU2LSP10LSP10
MIDI_THRU4LSP10LSP10
MIDI_THRU5LSP10LSP10
OUT_LLSP10LSP10
OUT_RLSP10LSP10
RELAY1EC2-5NUEC2-5NU
RELAY2EC2-5NUEC2-5NU
RELAY3EC2-5NUEC2-5NU
RELAY4EC2-5NUEC2-5NU
RELAY5EC2-5NUEC2-5NU
RELAY6EC2-5NUEC2-5NU
RELAY7EC2-5NUEC2-5NU
RELAY8EC2-5NUEC2-5NU
RELAY9EC2-5NUEC2-5NU
RELAY10EC2-5NUEC2-5NU
RET1_LLSP10LSP10
RET1_RLSP10LSP10
RET2_LLSP10LSP10
RET2_RLSP10LSP10
RET3_LLSP10LSP10
RET3_RLSP10LSP10
RET4_LLSP10LSP10
RET4_RLSP10LSP10
RET5_LLSP10LSP10
RET5_RLSP10LSP10
SEND1_LLSP10LSP10
SEND1_RLSP10LSP10
SEND2_LLSP10LSP10
SEND2_RLSP10LSP10
SEND3_LLSP10LSP10
SEND3_RLSP10LSP10
SEND4_LLSP10LSP10
SEND4_RLSP10LSP10
SEND5_LLSP10LSP10
SEND5_RLSP10LSP10
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