Patch points in guitar pedals?

[Username123]

For a few weeks now, I have been looking at synths, particularly modular and semi modular. I got to thinking, what if someone made a guitar pedal or rack mount effect that had very useful patch points? Maybe patches like preamp out and in, eq out and in, stuff like that. These patches maybe don't even have to be traditional patch points, so you could just use something like delay time out to an expression pedal or controller, or maybe drive control out. I think that would be an interesting idea. I don't really know the technical side of it, but it certainly would be cool in my opinion. Also yes, I know this might not seem completely thought out because it's just a concept. I'm using my imagination.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Each pedal already is like an individual module in a modular synthesizer. Expression jacks are like CV-inputs, and in some cases actually do accept 0/+5v CV signals. It’s just that it’s a bit difficult to frequency rearrange the cables connecting guitar pedals. You could very well experiment with patch points within individual pedals, but I think you may find more use in creating a desktop patchbay through which you can route various pedals in many different ways. Patch bays are definitely a lot of fun to mess around with. I really need to wire up a patch bay to use with my few lap steel effects— I haven’t had a patch bay in a few years since I cannibalized the old one I made so I could use the switchcraft #11 jacks for other pedals and guitars, and the 1/8” jacks for some other thing that I can’t even remember

 

[SYLV9ST9R]

Each pedal already is like an individual module in a modular synthesizer. Expression jacks are like CV-inputs, and in some cases actually do accept 0/+5v CV signals. It’s just that it’s a bit difficult to frequency rearrange the cables connecting guitar pedals. You could very well experiment with patch points within individual pedals, but I think you may find more use in creating a desktop patchbay through which you can route various pedals in many different ways. Patch bays are definitely a lot of fun to mess around with. I really need to wire up a patch bay to use with my few lap steel effects— I haven’t had a patch bay in a few years since I cannibalized the old one I made so I could use the switchcraft #11 jacks for other pedals and guitars, and the 1/8” jacks for some other thing that I can’t even remember

Definitely, you can easily have 8 x 1/4 jacks in a 1590BB with the 1/8 on top (even more easily in a 1590BB2). Like a Patchulator, but with a better format IMO, but the Patchulator does have 16 jacks.