Hey all I'm recurring to the experts because my brain is not helping. Any thought is welcome. I play in a three piece band (bass-drums-vocals) and I use a Boss RC20XL looper which is at the end of the signal path. Bass>BassBigMuff>BossME50b>BossRC20XL>main amp What I need is to send only the looped signal to a bass combo near the drummer so he can hear the loop and stay in time. Also I have my main amp-cab from which I need the full signal (looped + live) to come out. Is there a way I can do this? I've thought of a line selector (think Boss LS-2) but as I said, my brain is not figuring it out. The RC20Xl has two inputs (Instrument+voice) and 1 output. Any thoughts? Thank you very much in advance
So, unfortunately the easy option is out - the RC20XL only has a single output, so you can't just send a cable from each. Also, there's not going to be a way to get just the looper output by itself - some loopers have individual level controls for the loop and your instrument, but not this one. I could maybe see a sort of way to get what you want, but it'd be a nightmare - splitting the signal before the looper, muting input to the looper, and creating separate mixes after from the pre- and post-looper signals - but don't do that. If this is something you really need, look into a loop pedal with more output options.
What about a Y cable or an ABY box? I think you could do this with and LS-2 if you run everything before it and just use one of the send jacks as an output. I haven't tried that though. I'll go check if it works that way and let you know.
Yep. Just run all your pedals, including the looper into the input of the the LS-2 then run the output to your amp and either of the sends(I would use A)to your drummer. Anyway an LS-2 would definitely do this for you.
Well, a mixer/line-splitter will let the OP split his signal into two different amps, but it won't achieve what he described - sending JUST the looper signal to the drummer without the instrument signal. That's a limitation of the RC20XL - it is only ever going to output the combined signals.
Thanks Gambino but I think bird is right. It wouldn't split the output. Is there a looper (hardware, not software) that has separate outputs? I looked into the digitechs and they only hace a click output which won't do it for me (i don't use the quantize function) Thans for the input. It's a nightmare, right? There must be an easy way, even if it means buying another looper.
Pigtronix Infinity has an "Aux Out" that is specifically for sending an output to your drummer that is loops only. Boss RC-300 has lots of output options, including what you want to do.
In fact it does. They call it smart jack. Very clever. Don't know if I can get one of those but it's good to know