The Turnimator™ was developed with the needs of electric guitarists as the main focus. Here are just a few practical applications and creative ways to use the Turnimator™ within that domain. There is potential for these systems to be used with other instruments, audio equipment, and even other industries. If you discover another application not shown here, please share it with us and we may include it on this page.

WARNING: USE COMMON SENSE AND CAUTION WHEN TRYING ANY OF THESE APPLICATIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WORKING WITH ANY VOLUME OR GAIN CONTROLS. THE MOTORS TURN VERY FAST AND SOME AMPLIFIERS CAN GET VERY LOUD, VERY FAST WHEN TURNING THE CONTROLS. READ THE USER MANUAL BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY OF THESE APPLICATIONS.

  • Use the Dual-Position Footswitch and the Expansion Module and attach a Motor Box to an amplifier’s input “Gain” control, and another Motor Box to the amplifier’s output “Master Volume” control. Set the Expansion Module’s toggle switch to the CCW position so the potentiometers rotate in opposite directions when the footswitch is pressed. Set the positions of the potentiometers to your liking. To keep a consistent volume across both gain settings, you want the “Master Volume” to decrease while the “Gain” increases and vice versa.

  • If your equipment has an on/off rotary switch or a rotary switch with multiple positions to change settings, you can use the Variable-Position Control Pedal to flip through the switch’s settings or use the Dual-Position Footswitch to toggle between 2 settings.

  • Use the Dual-Position Footswitch and attach the Motor Box to an amplifier’s “Master Volume” control. By adjusting the Attachment Coupler and using the “Range Control” knob on the footswitch, you can set the master volume’s starting point and level of increase when the footswitch is pressed. This will give you the most transparent, “clean” boost possible, since it is not interrupting your signal path with extra pedals, cable runs, impedance mismatches, or noisy effects loops. It is simply raising the output level of your amplifier’s built-in preamp, without any additional EQ signature imparted from using an external boost pedal.

  • Use the Variable-Position Control Pedal and attach the Motor Box to an amplifier’s “Master Volume” control. This essentially gives you the functionality of having a volume pedal in an amplifier’s effects loop, except the signal from the preamp is not interrupted with extra cable runs, pedals, impedance mismatches, or noisy effects loops. It also can give amplifiers with parallel effects loops this functionality, whereas a typical volume pedal would not work very well. By adjusting the Motor Box’s Attachment Coupler and using the “Range Control” knob on the side of the controller, you can set the minimum and maximum level of the master volume that the pedal will control.

  • Use the Dual-Position Footswitch and attach the Motor Box to a “Master Volume” control and set one toggle position to the potentiometer’s “off” position to be able to mute and unmute your amplifier’s output at the click of a footswitch.

  • Use the Variable-Position Control Pedal and attach the Motor Box to an amplifier’s “Volume” or “Gain” control in an amplifier’s preamp section. This essentially gives you the functionality of having a volume pedal in front of the amplifier, except the signal from the guitar is not interrupted with extra cable runs, pedals, or impedance mismatches with the front end of the amplifier. By adjusting the Motor Box’s Attachment Coupler and using the “Range Control” knob on the side of the controller, you can set the minimum and maximum level of the volume or gain that the pedal will control.

  • Use the Dual-Position Footswitch and attach the Motor Box to a “Gain” control on an amplifier and you can now boost the preamp gain before it goes through the power section. Much like a typical boost pedal, except the boosted signal will be coming entirely from the built-in preamp of the amplifier without any additional EQ signature imparted from using an external boost pedal. This also allows you to plug “straight in” and enjoy the benefits of having the amplifier responding directly to the guitar’s output.

  • Use the Dual-Position Footswitch and attach the Motor Box to a “Mid” or “Treble” control and you can now boost the EQ control that is built into the amplifier. Do this if you want to cut through a mix better but retain a similar overall volume level.

  • Use the Variable-Position Control Pedal and attach the Motor Box to an amplifier’s parallel effects loop “Level”, “Return”, or “Mix” control. When the pedal is used this way, it can control the volume level of the engaged effects (Delay/Reverb) running through the amplifier’s effects loop.

    The Dual-Position Footswitch will give you footswitchable access to 2 different volume levels of the engaged effects in the effects loop. One level can be “off”, and the other can be “on”.

  • Use the Variable-Position Control Pedal and attach the Motor Box to a potentiometer that controls any parameter you want expression-style foot control of. It is most effective when used this way on controls like speed, time, depth, level, mix, blend, dry, wet…etc.

  • Use the Dual-Position Footswitch and attach the Motor Box to an amplifier’s “Reverb” control to have any 2 desired levels of reverb footswitchable.

    Use the Variable-Position Control Pedal to be able to set the wet and dry limits of the reverb and control the amount of the effect within that range.

  • Replicate other effects with your existing equipment. For example, you can use the Variable-Position Control Pedal and attach the Motor Box to an octave pedal to essentially turn it into a “Whammy Pedal”. You can also create a “Wah Pedal” effect by attaching it to a “Treble” control.

  • Use the Variable-Position Control Pedal and attach the Motor Box to a compressor pedal to have varying levels of compression and sustain available according to the position of the control pedal.

Adding an “Extra Channel” to an Amplifier

Effects Pedal Control

Rotary Switch Control

Master Volume Pedal

Blend Control