tom123 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxxwj Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbass4k Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.i.stein Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 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 ? ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillento Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 sfx is your way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldude Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Yeah my only worry is whether there will be too much noise using two LS-2s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 It cost me less than £20 to make that pedal & what you're wanting could be done in a smaller box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 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. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/289-post-your-pedal-board-basschat-style/page__view__findpost__p__1506637"]CLICK HERE[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 thanks, i'll check that out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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