Splitting a signal
Max Leggett
box and the other clean into a multitrack recorder? Knowing nothing,
I'd assume I could just boost the input signal on each channel and I
wouldn't need a splitter box.
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Lumpy
> Can I just use a Y-jack out of my guitar, feed one through an effects
> box and the other clean into a multitrack recorder? Knowing nothing,
> I'd assume I could just boost the input signal on each channel and I
> wouldn't need a splitter box.
Even better would be to take the 'Y' AFTER an FX
pedal. The pedal wouldn't have to be activated.
Boss and many other pedals act as a buffer,
even when not engaged. The low impedance output
of the pedal/buffer would 'split' better (less
interaction) than the hi imp signal from your guitar.
If you have a stereo chorus or reverb pedal, the outputs
are likely buffered separately. Plug guitar into pedal,
then take RIGHT and LEFT pedal outputs to amp and recorder.
Without pedal engaged, you should have separated and inverted
signals.
Still not a great solution. A $50 Behringer mixer
would probably be a better (and cheaper) solution.
Ground loops, impedance mismatches, all the usual
things to watch out for.
Lumpy
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