Patchbays

[NoseRing]

Is there anyone using a patchbay in their rack?
I'm not sure if I understand it the way they work.
Will it allow me to plug in my guitar and route the signal to my Triaxis and Jmp1 at the same time(like an a/b/y box)?
Can I then mix the signal back to mono to send it to my 20/20(i only have 1 cab)?

Thanx :wink:

 

[Fernando]

you could do that, but I wouldn't recommend it; you'll probably get a real bad ground loop. To feed more than one preamp/amp you'll need some sort of splitter/buffer that has at least one of the two or three outs ground isolated. I use a couple of Axess BS2 devices, work great! Then to mix back to a mono signal for the 20/20 you could use a line mixer. A line mixer will allow you to balance the two preamp volumes and still maintain good signal levels. You won't get that with a patch bay. A cheap one to get started with that is not too bad is the Behringer MX882. Hope i didn't offend anyone with the "b" word. Good luck!

 

[NoseRing]

Thanks for the reply dude.
I'll look into the items you recommend.

 

[Nick_cor]

or you can check out some lehle pedals. apparently they're amazing.