channel blender

[air_leech]

hey,

I was wondering if there is a way to blend the clean and affected tones together into the input of a bass amp?

I'm guessing this would take two blend boxes - one before the effects board and one between the board and the amp with a cable for the clean sound running parallel (literally) to the pedal board but maybe there is another way and/or a dedicated product for such a setup.

[jetofuj]

You can use blender. You put your effects chain in its loop and the blender itself has got dry/wet signal control. So you can dial as much clean signal as you want.

[dannybuoy]

Search for blenders, you'll find loads of info. Here are some:

Barge VB-Jr
Xotic X-Blender
Boss LS-2

I'd go for the Barge. The Xotic is also top quality and throws in more features but costs a lot more. The Boss is good but has the typical Boss buffers (whether or not they 'suck tone' for you is an argument for another discussion) but as a bonus it can blend 2 independent parallel chains as well as be used for an A/B switcher etc.

[air_leech]

thanks,

how do I split the signal in the first place?

[dannybuoy]

No need.

The blender pedals mentioned have an input for your bass/guitar, an output for your amp, and send / return sockets for your effects. It does the signal splitting and mixing all in one pedal!