TotalSonic |
I'd love to see the schematic for that
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Well, the basic idea is very simple actually. You have a row of rotary switches, let's say four of them. Thus you have four inserts. The output of switch one goes to input of switch two and so on.
Each rotary switch position (on every insert) means a specific piece of equipment on the rack. 1=EQ, 2=Compressor, 3=Masterbuss Autotune etc. Very simple to do in unbalanced chain with a, say, six-position 4-deck switch. two decks for send, two for return.
Then you just route your signal by turning the knobs. 2, 1, 3 - 4, 2, 6.. the only real problem is that basically, you can set the units in feedback if you choose the same compressor on inserts one and two, for example.
This part is still unsolved. A total answer to this would be to do the thing with relays + digital logic, but it gets too complicated for the purpose. For myself, I might just do it passively like described and add a "mute" button that cuts all the outputs (with a relay) while sequencing the gear. I press that while I turn the knobs. When you get that down to your spine, you'll be OK.
You don't have to do that all the time anyway.