Blending 3 signals

[tom123]

I already use a boss LS-2 to blend my clean with my effects chain however i want to have a 3 way blend of clean and 2 effected signals all blended together - effectivly a tri-amp setup but i don't fancy carting 3 amps around.

I was thinking of buying a second LS-2 and using one to blend my 2 effects chains and then using the other to blend the chains with my clean. Or i was considering getting something like this:[url="http://www.woundedpaw.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=152"]http://www.woundedpaw.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=152[/url]

Does anyone know any other similar blenders? Or should i just get a second LS-2?

Thanks

[lxxwj]

I'm pretty sure xotic has a dual blend of some sort. For a 3 way blend, you'd probably have to
get it custom built.
http://martoneaudio.com/Home.htm
This guy can probably do it for you, easily.

[xgsjx]

How's your soldering skills?

I made an effects loop/2 channel mixer pedal & the schematic I used was for a 3 channel.

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/78585-diy-effects/page__view__findpost__p__1497843"]Here![/url]

& here's a pic...


[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/xgsjx/6711372259/][/url]

There's more pics of it on my Flickr & more info in the DIY thread.

[bobbass4k]

Wounded paw does a range of blenders, they do a simple 4 channel mixer in stompbox format up to really complicated parrallel loopers with phase options and all sorts.

[phil.i.stein]

i bought a used Wounded Paw 4-channel mlender on here a few weeks ago, as i had too many noise issues using two LS-2's.

it's a great bit of kit, with the added bonus of 4 different colured LEDs (how cute is that ? )

[cheddatom]

I use a barge concepts blender to blend clean in with the rest of my board which is mostly two chains through an LS-2

[tom123]

Ok, i think i might have a go at building one from scratch before i fork out £150 for a new wounded paw blender and i can't find any used ones going on here or ebay at the moment.

Would it be possible for me to add individual volume controls for each loop?

Thanks

[xgsjx]

Yes.

[gillento]

sfx is your way to go!

[aldude]

You could do it by using two 2-channel blenders. Use one blender to blend two signals, and use the second blender to blend the third signal with the first blender output.

Probably cheaper than a custom 3-way blender.

EDIT: oops, did not read the OP properly! This was your original suggestion - I would go with that as one more LS-2 would be much cheaper and I can't see any drawback other than space.

Edited February 8, 2012 by aldude

[tom123]

Yeah my only worry is whether there will be too much noise using two LS-2s

[xgsjx]

It cost me less than £20 to make that pedal & what you're wanting could be done in a smaller box.

[cheddatom]

hmmm, I am sceptical about the effectiveness of a passive blender like that. What do you have in your chains xgsjx? Any problems with levelling?

I just spent >£100 on a SFX pedal which will give me two loops independantly, or the two blended together, with no volume difference between the 4 settings (Dry, A, B, A+B ) and I would like to think it was worth it, but maybe not?

Edited February 8, 2012 by cheddatom

[xgsjx]

Being passive, I think I lose about 25-30% (though I haven't checked this). I have a volume on the A/B switch to balance between loop or bypass.
Going into the mixer section, if one channel is off the other does not increase in volume, so makes no odds as I just increase the input gain to compensate. So everything is easily balanced to be the same volume regardless of what is or isn't on.

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[cheddatom]

thanks, i'll check that out