Pedals to switch between active and passive basses?

[sunbeast]

Good info. A Quick Look shows the Radial just $25 more than the Morley, so it’s perhaps a good value if you have that concern. I’m not sure if the Radial has the “Y” capability, does it (not that OP asked).

PS - I just noticed that Morley has a “Gold” version ABY that provides volume control for both channels at a cost competitive with the Radial - interesting…

The Morley is an active mixer, while the Radial is totally passive (power is just for the LEDS)- you wouldn't really want a "Y" option with a passive mixer as the sides would load each-other down unless you added transformer isolation. I actually have an earlier version of that Morley (it was previously called the "Twin Mix") that I use in a phrase-looping rig, and I like it OK for my uses but it does add a bit of noise to the signal and offers far too much boost for my needs (unity volume on mine is with the volume control set just a few notches from the off position, which makes setting the volume around or just below unity very touchy- I'm usually trying to attenuate a hot signal and not boost a quiet one). Not sure if this update has decreased the noise or boost levels

 

[TomB]

The Morley is an active mixer, while the Radial is totally passive (power is just for the LEDS). I actually have an earlier version of that Morley that I use in a phrase-looping rig, and I like it OK for my uses but it does add a bit of noise to the signal and offers far too much boost for my needs (unity volume on mine is with the volume control set just a few notches from the off position, which makes setting the volume around or just below unity very touchy- I'm usually trying to attenuate a hot signal and not boost a quiet one). Not sure if this update has decreased the noise or boost levels

Oh. My Morley is passive except for the LED. No volume controls. It’s pretty old - but works fine for me for doubling, etc.

 

[sunbeast]

Oh. My Morley is passive except for the LED. No volume controls. It’s pretty old - but works fine for me for doubling, etc.

yep the classic Morley is indeed passive (I've owed one for around 25 years I think!). The ones with the volume controls per channel are active

 

[Michedelic]

I want to switch between my active and passive basses live with just the use of one pedal.

The EHX Signal Pad comes to mind as the obvious choice, but is there another way?

Should I still use a compressor with my active pickups as I do with my passive?

Radial Bassbone for me; it gives you just enough(minimal)EQ tweakage for each input plus the level matching, and an effects loop, before the XLR DI out.