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ok what do you suggest for sending one pair of stereo or a mono signal through 5 pedals but not in a chain
so it's a straight dry signal going into each of these pedals at the same time, I usually do this on the computer but I need a hardware solution, so far I was thinking of a running the signal into a headphone amp with multiple outs and running those outs into the pedals but headphone amps are made for headphones and I'm not sure how much that matters or doesn't matter ?
better ideas or confirmations would be greatly appreciated..........

I've done it with a Behringer patchbay that lets you cascade outputs...then you can just reset the switch on top when you want to go back to a serial chain.

razorblade wrote:I've done it with a Behringer patchbay that lets you cascade outputs...then you can just reset the switch on top when you want to go back to a serial chain.

thanks razorblade would that give me control over volume though, that's why I was looking at a headphone amp

Hi, it sounds like you need to get a mixer with a send and return on each track. You still might need the patch bay to send the one signal into your 5 separate mixer channels, then you can adjust each channel's volume blending the effects. Hope that helps! I've never really heard of a guitarist doing this, but I could see why you would want to.

starving student wrote:

razorblade wrote:I've done it with a Behringer patchbay that lets you cascade outputs...then you can just reset the switch on top when you want to go back to a serial chain.

thanks razorblade would that give me control over volume though, that's why I was looking at a headphone amp

No - I assumed that you would handle the volume at the end of the chain, like into a mixer.

Might want to check out something like a Rane SM26, I think that's what David Torn uses to sum his parallel effects chains back together.

This guy is the master:

http://www.loop-master.com/

It takes a couple of months to get what he'll build for you, but they are stunning quality, and inexpensive. He might have what you need in stock, but mostly they are made to order. The best.

thanks everyone, will look into all of your suggestions, I love layering guitar/bass akin to layering
drumsamples

oh yeah per your suggestions on the patchbay would a headphone amp suffice for a patch bay, or would I need a propper one?

Never thought this was possible, the Loop Master site looks very interesting.