Molten Voltage CONTROL SYNC is a MIDI Clock synchronizer for classic effects that have a remote Tap Input jack. Many older delays, tremolos and similar pedals let you control their tap tempo from a footswitch; CONTROL SYNC takes that same tap input and drives it from MIDI Clock instead, so the effect can follow the tempo of a MIDI setup rather than a foot tap. Molten Voltage puts it plainly: "Any effects that have a jack for remote Tap Input ... can be synced to MIDI Clock with [CTL-SYNC]."1
What it does and how it connects
The idea is simple: the pedal sits between your MIDI rig and a classic effect, translating MIDI Clock into the tap pulses the effect already understands. Connection needs no special interface or adapter. As Molten Voltage puts it, "A simple 1/4\" cable from CONTROL SYNC to your classic effect is all that's needed!"1
Optical isolation
CONTROL SYNC's outputs are optically isolated. Molten Voltage explains the reason: "CONTROL SYNC uses optically isolated outputs to keep the analog and digital circuits completely separate."1 For a player, that means the digital side talking MIDI Clock and the analog side of the connected effect stay apart, which is the point of bridging the two worlds in one box.
Related Molten Voltage MIDI devices
CONTROL SYNC is one of several MIDI adapters and synchronizers in the Molten Voltage range. Related pages on this site include Molten Voltage CTL-SYNC, Molten Voltage CV-SYNC, Molten Voltage Osmosis, Molten Voltage TEMPODE and Molten Voltage NODE, as well as the broader MIDI pedals category.
Sources (1)
- MIDI PedalBoard Devices: Connecting Classic Effects on your MIDI PedalBoard, Molten Voltage blog, 2013-07-02
