Mission Engineering VM-Pro Buffered Volume Pedal - Black

Volume Pedal with Buffer/Line Driver, Sparkle Switch, Selectable Output Impedance, Isolated Tuner Out, and Selectable Input - Black

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Mission Engineering VM-Pro Buffered Volume Pedal - Black

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Q: What does the "buffered" feature of the VM-Pro pedal do for my tone?

The VM-Pro's active buffer circuit maintains your guitar's signal integrity, especially over long cable runs or through many pedals. It prevents "tone suck" by providing a consistent, low-impedance signal to your amplifier, ensuring your sound remains clear, full, and dynamic. This is crucial for complex pedalboards where signal degradation can be a common issue.

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Q: Who would benefit most from using the Mission Engineering VM-Pro Buffered Volume Pedal?

The VM-Pro is ideal for guitarists and bassists who use extensive pedalboards or long cable runs and want to preserve their instrument's natural tone. It's perfect for players who need precise, smooth volume control for swells or overall level adjustments without sacrificing clarity or high-end sparkle. Its robust build also suits gigging musicians.

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Q: Does the VM-Pro Buffered Volume Pedal require external power?

Yes, the Mission Engineering VM-Pro requires power for its active buffer circuit. It can be powered by a 9V battery or an external power supply ranging from 9V to 18V DC (not included). This power ensures the buffer effectively maintains your signal's strength and clarity, preventing any loss of tone or high-end frequencies.

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Q: Where should I place the VM-Pro in my pedalboard signal chain?

For optimal performance, the VM-Pro is designed to be a perfect starting point for your signal chain, typically placed immediately after your instrument. This early placement allows its active buffer to strengthen your signal before it encounters any other pedals or long cable runs, ensuring a strong, consistent input to your entire pedalboard and amplifier, and preventing tone degradation.

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A Flexible Volume Pedal

Not just another volume pedal, the Mission Engineering VM-PRO is a multi-output, buffered, tweakable volume pedal that's ready for action. Think of the VM-PRO as the perfect starting point for you signal chain. Perfect for electric guitar, bass, and acoustic-electric guitars, the VM-PRO's input jack can be set for passive or active instruments. The buffered output ensures proper frequency response through your pedals and long cable runs. No matter what kind of rig you're running, the Mission Engineering VM-PRO volume pedal can handle it!

Configure the VM-PRO to work with your rig

Most volume pedals are simple, one-trick-ponies, not the Mission Engineering VM-PRO volume pedal. This rugged pedal is tweakable to work with any rig. The input jack features an internal selector that lets you set the VM-PRO to work with passive or active pickups, this is perfect for electric guitars, basses, and acoustic-electric instruments. You'll never have to deal with signal loss or the dreaded "tone suck," thanks to the built-in buffer circuitry/line driver. This is perfect for long cable runs and large pedal boards. You can also configure the impedance of the output jack to better work with your vintage pedals. Call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer and find out what the Mission Engineering VM-PRO volume pedal can do for your rig.

Dedicated tuner output

The Mission Engineering VM-PRO gives you a dedicated and completely isolated tuner output via the TRS output jack. Tuners are notorious for coloring you tone, and not in a good way. The VM-Pro totally isolates the tuner from your rig keeping your tone pure.

Rugged construction and flexible power options

With all-metal construction and a durable powder coating, the Mission Engineering VM-PRO is ready for the abuse of the road. A flexible power circuit lets you use a 9V battery or any power supply from 9V to 18V. One bonus of using a higher voltage power supply is that it increases the headroom of the Mission Engineering VM-PRO, which is useful for high-level inputs.

Mission Engineering VM-PRO Volume Pedal Features:

Flexible volume pedal for any musician's rig
Internal controls let you adjust input jack for active or passive pickup, output impedance, and Sparkle switch to restore high end on long cable runs
TRS output jack feeds pedalboard and tuner through isolated signal paths
Pro-quality buffer/line driver for long signal runs
Durable, road-ready construction

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Tech Specs

Height: 3"
Width: 3.9"
Depth: 9.9"
Weight: 3.15 lbs.
Manufacturer Part Number: VM-PRO-BK

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Upgrading from "Another pedal" that Sweetwater also carry's, so I won't name it, but I highly recommend the Mission Engineering Inc VM-Pro. Very wide sweep and no issues with pedal drop that I had with my old pedal with the volume not remaining fully down. Very smooth action, seems to disappear under foot. Highly recommended.

Pedal is amazing. Well built, doesn't move around, accurate, adjustable. You can get at the gear for maintenance and optimization for perfect operation over time.
It arrived quickly, perfectly packed and always enjoy the sweets. Needed some technical help to determine a source of noise in my system. Tech support at Sweetwater was very helpful. I learned quite a bit about placement in the pedal chain, operational characteristics and general operation that helped me understand my pedal and it's versatility. It's a great aspect of Sweetwater. Great product selection and great knowledgeable employees who can recommend during purchase decisions, advise during install and first use and diagnose as problems arise.
Nice addition to my pedal board.

Another great Mission Engineering product - rock solid build, smooth operation, great looks and built in the USA! Additionally, the team at Mission Engineering is remarkably knowledgeable and professional; Joe and James really know their stuff!
On the Sweetwater side ... another consistently positive experience. Great deals, and my sales engineer - Austin - is on top of everything all along the way. Professional, knowledgeable and willing to help you in any way possible.

This is a Pedal for Volume that has other settings and can be used with stomp boxes or straight as a Volume Pedal. It is a million cycle Pedal so you can move your foot's heel and toe many, many, many, many, and even more times and it will still work. Using the default settings of the Pedal I could hook it up in 30 seconds, 15 if I really work at it. Sweetwater delivered this Pedal so fast, it was here a day early and they must be using Big Bird to drop off Packages at your place in no time flat. I did not see a drone, Big Bird, or a truck leave it off, so give Big Bird a hug next time the Bird swoops on down to deliver another package from your place - Sweetwater. Thanks to Alex Morales once again, for a painless journey into placing a buy.
Oh, yes, I am not against driving in traffic to a local store and debating if the sales person knows anything with anything I really want or if they can order it and a buyer can wait for it whatever. But like I said the package arrived so quickly from Sweetwater that I did not have to think about it or spend any time on that aspect.
Other than that, the Pedal can use a Power Supply like Roland Boss PSA-120S or a Hose Power Supply with the standard 2.1mm negative center pin or a 9V battery.
I compare it to the Fender EXP-1 Pedal for the Fender Mustang Amp but then that may take more time then you have attention span for as soon as I go through the downloaded manual to hook that pedal up or use Fender Fuse software now knowing that I will need IE on my computer to even do that (I had taken it off).
I have another amp also to use with this VM-Pro Pedal for volume and stomp boxes with a guitar and that will be that.
The Mission Engineering VM-Pro Buffered Volume Pedal works greatly.

Amazing all around. Comfortable to use. Amazing sweep. No tone loss. High quality parts. Reliable. THE ONLY COMPLAINT I have is the "feet"...they didn't sit well on my pedal board so I removed them and had to counter sink the back plate to let the screws sit flush...would have been nice if they supplied the correct screws/countersunk the back plate in the event that the used didn't want the feet. Buuuut I can't complain. Love this pedal and it was worth every penny.

See also: Volume Pedals, Mission Engineering, Mission Engineering Guitar Volume Pedals

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