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Re: Pedalboard friendly splitters and mixers?

I use a M13.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZEiGB5AzsU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Between that, the Rang, and the Bass Driver DI, I can split and send in all sorts of ways.  I tend to send an uneffected signal to my amp and one from the DI to my monitor.  Right now, all my effects from the M13 go through the looper, amp, and monitor.

Sent from my phone,

Mike

On Oct 23, 2011 3:51 PM, "Mark Hamburg" <mark@grubmah.com> wrote:
Gee, let me simplify my rig down to a pedalboard and ditch the rack... Hmm. Now as I accumulate boxes I have a desire for a complex signal path to accommodate various options. So, as I try to rationalize it all, I'm looking for advice on appropriate connective tissue for the rig. Here is what I want to do:

Guitar -> A/B box -> "electric" chain -> stereo outs
                               -> "acoustic" chain -> stereo outs

Now, mix those stereo outs or have a loop selector that works at both the front and back end of the loop since I don't plan to have both chains active at once and I'd rather not have noise coming from the inactive chain.

Okay. That stereo signal will probably feed into a Strymon TimeLine.

Then I need to split it off to a couple of loopers (and possibly a straight through stereo signal). One of these loopers is probably the Boomerang III. The other is likely to be a Line6 M9 for ambient textures. Next problem: The Line6 has no good way to mute the through signal. Advice here is also welcome.

Then I need to mix the outputs from the loopers (and possibly a straight signal) and then feed that into a reverb unit.

So, the points in the chain where I need advice are:

1. Either a simple stereo mixer to handle the two guitar chains or better yet an A/B loop selector that supports mono-in and stereo-out.
2. A two or three way stereo splitter to feed the loopers.
3. A two or three way mixer to bring the loopers back together.
4. A way to deal with the fact that the Line6 M9 has no way to mute the through signal and just let me process the looper.

Even in a rack mount context with my various Mackie mixer, the frequency with which things need to happen in stereo is a bit daunting. On the other hand, I really just need basic splitting and mixing.

Mark

P.S. Is anyone interested in a Line6 M13? Great unit, but excessively big in this context.