GPDI/IR MOREGain Mod

Hello all. If I bring. my GPDI/IR to a sertified repair center .. is there a way the repair man cound lover the output level caused by selecting the MORE mode ? The end gold is to make the level jump between LESS and MORE, so that it could be switched using it live ?

Kind Regards Nils

Hi Nils,

The difficulty with doing that hack is that it would really not be easy. Going from LESS to MORE to more looks like a single toggle switch, but actually it is doing multiple things in multiple places and re-voicing the preamp for more gain.

But all is not lost.

There might be products out there that can be used to do this… it is worth a search otherwise I would still talk to a local tech about it.

You need a custom box:

  • TRS Jack input
  • TRS Jack output
  • XLR input
  • XLR output
  • Pot (volume control)

Connect the footswitch to the jacks and to the GPDI/IR.

Connect the line out from the XLR to the box and then to the DAW or whatever is taking the signal.

The pot has the MORE volume adjustment. When you press the footswitch to go into MORE, the box reroutes the signal into the pot and back out. This will let you adjust the volume. There might be easier ways, but that is what came to mind.

As XLR is balanced, it might actually be easier to use the unbalanced connection, but that is more noise-prone. So the box might need to be active to buffer the XLR… getting complicated.

Thanks for your response. Does your responce indicate that there is a way to “read” the state of the Less/More switch?

Kind regards Nils

Also … my initilal post was so full of typos, that I re-post it here for clarity :slight_smile:

Hello all. If I bring. my GPDI/IR to a sertified repair center .. is there a way the repair man cound lover the output level caused by selecting the MORE mode ? The end gool here is to make the level jump between LESS and MORE less pronounced, so that you could practically switch between the modes in a live scenario without making. the sound engineer wanting to kill you :slight_smile: ?

Kind Regards Nils

Sort of, you can control this with a footswitch, so you need something that can trigger on that and adjust, the volume.