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Finally an affordable signal blender!

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The problem with blenders and overdrives is the tricky subject of signal phasing. Fuzzes are particularly prone to signal phasing. So you blend the fuzz with the original signal to find that they start cancelling each other out...or you loose a whole load of mids (tone phasing). So it's not a straight forwards subject matter. Some OD / Fuzzes have no phase issues at all...others a partially out of phase...others are fully inverted.
 
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GMC said:
The problem with blenders and overdrives is the tricky subject of signal phasing. Fuzzes are particularly prone to signal phasing. So you blend the fuzz with the original signal to find that they start cancelling each other out...or you loose a whole load of mids (tone phasing). So it's not a straight forwards subject matter. Some OD / Fuzzes have no phase issues at all...others a partially out of phase...others are fully inverted.
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This has two phase switches right on top, so it’ll at least help with fully inverted signals.
 
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Kinda neat that you can switch the clean blend in or out.

But if you just need affordable, a used Boss LS2 is hard to beat.

For blending overdrive/distortion, the Damnation Audio looper looks neat. It has a phase switch, and I believe it's clean blend is low-passed, rolling off signal above 1000 hz. That would give you clean, undistorted low end but gets the clean mid and high frequencies out of the way so that they're not competing with the distorted mids and highs from the overdrive pedal.

Using a full-range clean blend with an overdrive pedal can get a bit frustrating because the clean signal can bury the overdriven signal, forcing you to maybe run more overdrive than you really want just so that you can actually hear it.
 
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GMC said:
The problem with blenders and overdrives is the tricky subject of signal phasing.
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Very true. Because of that, one almost has to view blenders more as their own effect, with what may be unpredictable results, as opposed to a pure 1+1=2 type of thing.

Nothing wrong with that as long as the user is aware of it - it can still certainly yield desirable results.
 
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thumbslapper said:
i wish more blenders had a expression pedal option - i use a One Control Mosquito - but i love being able to slowly blend in an effect (or on long notes start clean then blend in the effect) - but not alot of them do. having a phase switch is vital. Wounded Paw has a great looking one but its $250.
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Can't tell if you have the Expressio version or the standard Mesquite? Mosquito? Anyways, in case this isn't what you have:

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...ender-expressio-wet-dry-effects-blender-pedal
 
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thumbslapper said:
i wish more blenders had a expression pedal option - i use a One Control Mosquito - but i love being able to slowly blend in an effect (or on long notes start clean then blend in the effect) - but not alot of them do. having a phase switch is vital. Wounded Paw has a great looking one but its $250.
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Which Wounded Paw pedal are you referring to? I’m also a fan of expression-controlled blending but can’t find this feature on any of their pedals. Maybe I missed it?
 
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catcauphonic said:
Fortunately I've never ran into any phase issues with my Boss LS-2 (yet!) Was thinking of getting another one for a 2nd board but there's some really good seeming options here :thumbsup:
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From what I've gathered, phase issues are a lot less common than they seem when you're researching and picking out a blender. I just like having the option in case I run into it. But the LS-2 is a crowd favorite around these parts, so who really knows haha.
 
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Sunset Shalom said:
The new EHX triple mixer pedal looks pretty sweet for the 150$ price:

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Pretty sure they just announced it fairly recently.
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Yeah, this one is a new one as well. Considered it myself. I think 3 loops is one more than I'd want. I also tend to lean more toward boutique options for a few reasons. Typically boutique pedals are more expensive than their more mainstream counterparts. Not this time.
 
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