ReRouting Audio Signals

[Dusmond]

Hello,


I'm trying to find a way to be able to rerout my guitar or synth signal between any of a number of possible rack mount looping gear pieces.

A mixing board comes to mind first but I need more than one set of stereo outputs. So mixing boards are useful on the input side but not the output side. I've never seen any mixing boards with more than one stereo output.


Is there another way to achive this?


Just to clarify what I want to do. Generally my guitar signal travels through a number of rack mount pieces, then I want to be able to send that signal to various looping setups, being able to hear them all and mix them all together.


Thanks

[af-sabianq]

hi there!
first welcome to audiofourms.com

as for mixing boards...

stereo is simply 2 channels, a right and a left.
and aux send is a channel too
so is a sub bus.
so is a "mix-b"
there is nothing special about any of the outputs of any mixer.
all of the outputs are equal in quality and signal. (sans the unbalanced RCA "tape outputs" found on some low end mixers)
different mixing consoles simply have different routing options.
like a matrix, or an aux send or a sub group or L/R master out.


most mid to high end "consoles have a multiple sub bus groups outs"
like a mackie 16x8 has 16 in 8 sub mixes out, a stereo R and L out plus 6 aux sends and a few other options like a mix b, control room out, ect...

for a total of 16+ channels of output.

and that is a lower end mid level mixer.
pretty much anything above that level of mixer will have far more than just two channels of outputs.

regardless, what you are looking for my friend is a piece of equipment called an "audio patch Bay"

this will let you plug in all of your processors, compressors, limiters, echo chambers, Parametrics, graphics, what ever.
then all you have to do to use a piece of equipment is connect a patch cable to the apropreate equipment connection to make the patch. you can also link multiple pieces of equipment together in any combination using parallel or serial connections.

check this out here:
http://homerecording.com/patchbay.html
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/closeup/PB48--Main

[Dusmond]

Thank you for pointing me in the correct direction.

Exactly what I need.