Could this conceivably work?

[Wespe]

I'm always into cheap solutions, and I just dropped 150 dollars on some effects, and to get the best out of them I know I need to do some sort of signal blending to get them to sound their best. At this point though, I can't spend any more money on pedals that can achieve this and my cheapest solution is to get two of those behringer signal splitters and make a blender myself, but here's my question. I think it's a fairly unique (dangerous?) idea and I don't think it's been addressed, so hear me out. I have a combo amp with both passive and active inputs, so my idea is to split the signal to run through the effects, and one to have dry, and run the dry signal into the active input and the effected signal into the passive input. In my mind, what I imagine is the effected signal being louder than the dry signal, but this could be balanced out with the pedal (probably a behringer). This is all in my head, and I have no idea whatsoever if it would work or not. I want to know if someone's ever tried this, or would be willing to try this, and what their results are, or more importantly, if this is a terrible idea and should be avoided at all costs.

 

[Mottlefeeder]

... I have a combo amp with both passive and active inputs, so my idea is to split the signal to run through the effects, and one to have dry, and run the dry signal into the active input and the effected signal into the passive input...

One of the common circuits used for dual inputs uses the input jacks to switch in extra resistance to bring the sensitivity down. With that circuit, you may find that using both inputs at once gives you the same sensitivity on both inputs.

Either way, the worst that can happen is that you overload the input, and get distortion, so I would go for it, but start with the master volume low.

 

[csholtmeier]

That's one more line splitter than you're going to need. The more common way of using a line splitter is to use a aby box or y cable to split your signal, run an effect side and a clean (or dry) side, then blend with the line splitter.

 

[Wespe]

What I probably didn't make very clear is that by using the active/passive inputs on the amp I'd only have to use one splitter, because then lines A/B could be connected directly into the amp and the output levels of each signal could be controlled with the line splitter.

 

[bongomania]

Do you already know whether your combo amp allows you to use both inputs at the same time?

 

[Wespe]

I've jammed with a buddy through it before, so I know that works.

 

[uly_]

It would work, but keep in mind that the Behringer A/B pedal is only 1 loop at a time, not both!

So either you're running A or B.

If I was about to do the same thing as you are, I would:

1) Buy a Morley A/B/Y pedal to split your signal.
2) Run the effected signal into the active input
3) Run the clean signal into the passive input.

I'm sure the effect(s) you're going to have in your effects-signal has a master-volume. Therefore it'll be easier for you to control the mix! Just do the mix with the volume on your effect(s)

 

[tplyons]

Yes, it should work.

 

[Wespe]

Interesting. Thanks, guys.