3-way splitter

anevilspar7an said:
You can add a footswitch in each loop between the mixer and the splitter channels that cut the signal, no need to keep the loop open if you are not using the effect in the loop anymore. Unless you want to have each loop at different volumes the master mix should keep everything at unity. If you have multiple pedals in the loop you should have no phase issues with the other pedal/s in the chain still on when you turn the one effect off.
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The master mix cannot keep everything at unity. Voltages are additive, if 1/3 of the signal goes away we get a 1/3 volume drop, right? What am I missing?
 
giovanni said:
Master bypass would work but then I can’t bypass individual effects? I don’t think you can bypass channels easily. You could just ground the input in the splitter as a way to bypass but then you would get a volume drop, unless the effect was set to wet only… or maybe you had something else in mind?
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Master bypass is just that. Turn everything off in the loops at once.
Each channel has its own bypass, for when you want to pick and choose which effects are on (with the master engaged of course).

Like if you've got a synthy line you need to replicate — fuzz, octave and modulation (phaser/flanger/chorus/tremolo) — you'd be able to kick on all three pedals at once with the master bypass, each channel already being on = instant synth sounds without having to tap-dance.

giovanni said:
The master mix cannot keep everything at unity. Voltages are additive, if 1/3 of the signal goes away we get a 1/3 volume drop, right? What am I missing?
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I don't think you get a 1/3 volume drop. Neither the splitter nor the mixer are passive. The whole point of the splitter and mixer is the signals are buffered to prevent exactly that drop.

Each channel in the splitter is buffered and has a send volume;
the mixer is the same, each channel being buffered and with a volume to control whatever effect(s) is (are) in that channel.

For instance, if you're sending a signal to an overly sensitive delay and it starts distorting you can tame the signal sent to the delay from the splitter, and then if it's not loud enough on the return (mixer), you can then boost it.


It's a double-edged sword — it gives you massive control over your gain-staging, but needs to be all dialled in whether that be dialled to unity or a bump for a solo channel etc. Might be work intensive to make it work properly.


Sorry, it's been an extremely long day, and I'm not sure I'm making sense, but I think/hope I'm on the right track. 🤞
 
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