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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Any tips on making a passive "switch box" for external FX]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>take a look at passive matrix mixers, there is a good schematic (for a 3 x 3 matrix) in &quot;the art of hardware hacking&quot; book. i could maybe scan or photograph it for you, if the relevant googling fails!</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Domu]]></name>
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			<updated>2015-09-11T00:20:49Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Any tips on making a passive "switch box" for external FX]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Howdy all, I don&#039;t have much knowledge of building things like this, but I&#039;m trying to design something to re-route signal in or out of external effects.<br />I use a two Gameboy setup, and want to be able to direct either of them between one, both, or neither FX boxes while playing a song. (So I don&#039;t have to plug in/unplug anything during a performance or recording. Just a flip of a switch or two.)</p><p>Everything needs grounded of course, and it&#039;s also going to need to maintain stereo sound throughout. This is just to get an idea of how to wire things.&nbsp; So here&#039;s what I&#039;ve drawn up. <br /><a class="postimg" href="http://i.imgur.com/vl4eYoN.jpg?1" title="http://i.imgur.com/vl4eYoN.jpg?1" id="forum_image_78772721"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/vl4eYoN.jpg?1" /></a><br />Which resistors should I be using for the passive mixing? I have made a passive mixer before using 1K resistors, and noticed signal was louder when one side of the audio was playing, but much softer with both sides of the audio playing... I need to avoid that if possible, I don&#039;t know if that&#039;s due to the resistors I used or how I wired it. <br /></p><div class="quotebox"><cite>ShintarouMusic wrote:</cite><blockquote><p> </p><p>- Small case<br />- 4 1k Resistors<br />- 1 or 2 short pieces of wire for ground<br />- 3 Stereo jacks</p><p>It doesn&#039;t look pretty but it&#039;s functional. My soldering skills aren&#039;t that great. <img src="https://chipmusic.org/forums/img/smilies/tongue.png" width="15" height="15" alt="tongue" /></p><p><a class="postimg" href="http://i39.tinypic.com/2igy72o.jpg" title="http://i39.tinypic.com/2igy72o.jpg" id="forum_image_50502488"><img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/2igy72o.jpg" /></a></p></blockquote></div><p>Edit: I&#039;d also like to be able to optionally run one signal source through both FX, that won&#039;t work with what I&#039;ve drawn. Should I add a switch to mix the two FX at the end, or do something else?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[ShintarouMusic]]></name>
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			<updated>2015-07-22T08:50:21Z</updated>
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