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03-02-2018, 11:26 PM
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Help to split my guitar signal properly.
Hi,
I’ve been slack about putting my pedal board together but I’m going to get it done. The problem is I have to split my guitar signal. My guitar has an active pickup. The split signal will go to my TC helicon Play Acoustic pedal and the other split path will go to a Boss OC-3 pedal. I may add a few other pedals here or there. For example I may add a bass pedal on the OC-3 path perhaps a volume pedal on the Play Acoustic Path. The other pedal in my system is the Beat Buddy that will go into the Acoustic play path. The OC-3 will just be for bass lines and will either go into its own bass channel or a little bass amp. I’ve read all I can about ABY pedals active or isolated and y splitters. Seems some work better then others depending on circumstances and one size does not fit all. Most discussions are also based around a passive electric guitar going into two amps which is completely different. Thanks Last edited by Mischief; 03-03-2018 at 05:42 AM. 
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#4
03-03-2018, 07:40 PM
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I use this with a T5 to split the signal between an acoustic amp and an electric guitar amp. Works good.
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#5
03-07-2018, 05:52 AM
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Yes I can use the pedal to split just as you said. That’s the way I will until I can get a pedal that can split before the pedal. One of the reasons I wanted to pre split the signal is I’ve seen good results using a EQ and compressor before the pedal which can help it lock in and track better and seemed to really clean up the bass when strumming chords. Of corse though I then need to retain the original signal with a splitter to send to the Play acoustic pedal.
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#6
03-07-2018, 05:59 AM
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Have you ever tried to split into standard pedals and a DI? I’ve been told the imbalance of the input can cause an issue with some types of ABY pedals. I’ve also been told that active pickups act differently then passive with ABY pedals. However I can’t seem to find any information on how an active pickup being split to regular pedals and a DI respond and what type of ABY pedal handles It best.
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#7
03-07-2018, 07:39 PM
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For your application, I would probably get a Radial BigShot ABY. It's active, so you shouldn't experience any signal loss when splitting, and has ground lift, isolated outputs, and a few other bells and whistles that can come in handy to solve common ABY issues. It will require a 9v power supply, since it's active.
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03-08-2018, 11:03 PM
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Thanks. I’m thinking the same thing. One issue the boss pedal had when I use it to split (thru and Octave out separate) is if I depress the pedal when the octave is on the guitar signal is reduced by about half. That means if I can’t really switch it on and off without stopping to readjust the guitar volume. If I understand these active splitter ABY pedal it should remain balanced despite switching. Is that correct?
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03-09-2018, 09:30 AM
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03-11-2018, 05:13 PM
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03-11-2018, 09:35 PM
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Mmmm [emoji848] interesting, I’ll have to set it up and try playing with the settings to see if I can mitigate the dynamic change when turning the pedal on off. Does your OC-3 change guitar volume if you have the settings different? I played around with some of my settings but I think I had direct guitar at 12:00-3:00 and the OCT between 12:00-3:00 the range at around 9:00-10:00 Have you found a setting that works well for both picking baseline and strumming full chords?
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03-14-2018, 11:38 AM
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Yes. Using my Ovation, if the direct level knob is set between 2 and 3 o'clock, the guitar volume is the same with the pedal on or off. In setting the direct knob level it helps to have the octave 1 level knob all the way off. When you have the direct level set, then bring the octave 2 level up as needed. Quote:
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