I'm not sure what this thing would be called, if it exists - looking for some ideas...
I have a jam coming up where I'd like to play both acoustic and electric.
My acoustic signal goes through a preamp that has an effects loop, and then onward via XLR to the PA mixer.
My electric signal goes through some drive pedals and such and then onward to a tube amp.
I'd like to be able to SHARE a set of pedals between both these chains (phaser, boost, chorus, echo, reverb).
So... I think I'm looking for some kind of loop switcher, but I'm not sure what it would be called or who might make this sort of thing.
Here's a clunky "diagram" that might clarify what I mean:
electric => wah>comp>od>dist => [ - - some sort of magic switching box - - ] => tube amp
[> phaser>boost>chorus>echo>reverb >]
acoustic => preamp > send ====> [ - - some sort of magic switching box - - ] => return to preamp => xlr to PA
I don't need to run both at the same time, and I don't want the electric signal getting into the PA or the acoustic signal getting into the tube amp, so I guess I want to mute the ins and outs that are NOT currently in use, and do that in a way that is friendly to the downstream devices.
Bypassing the loop and connecting the in to the out on the channel that is not in use is ok too - I can mute either guitar upstream of this magic box.
Is this a "thing"? Are there companies that make magic boxes like this? What would they be called?
I have a jam coming up where I'd like to play both acoustic and electric.
My acoustic signal goes through a preamp that has an effects loop, and then onward via XLR to the PA mixer.
My electric signal goes through some drive pedals and such and then onward to a tube amp.
I'd like to be able to SHARE a set of pedals between both these chains (phaser, boost, chorus, echo, reverb).
So... I think I'm looking for some kind of loop switcher, but I'm not sure what it would be called or who might make this sort of thing.
Here's a clunky "diagram" that might clarify what I mean:
electric => wah>comp>od>dist => [ - - some sort of magic switching box - - ] => tube amp
[> phaser>boost>chorus>echo>reverb >]
acoustic => preamp > send ====> [ - - some sort of magic switching box - - ] => return to preamp => xlr to PA
I don't need to run both at the same time, and I don't want the electric signal getting into the PA or the acoustic signal getting into the tube amp, so I guess I want to mute the ins and outs that are NOT currently in use, and do that in a way that is friendly to the downstream devices.
Bypassing the loop and connecting the in to the out on the channel that is not in use is ok too - I can mute either guitar upstream of this magic box.
Is this a "thing"? Are there companies that make magic boxes like this? What would they be called?