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By Champloo Mon Jan 13, 2014 3:51 pm
could someone point in the right direction for which patchbay would be best for this situation....

This is what I have setup

MPC 1000
Sp 303
Sound Module
MicroKorg
Turntable into my mixer
Mixer that has main outputs + aux outs (alternate output)

What I want to do is have the main outs of the mixer going to my speakers and the aux outs going into my MPC 1000 record inputs, so that i can record and chop everything that is going through my mixer interface (ie sound module, microkorg, pc sounds like itunes/internet).

But... when i finally get all my tracks into my DAW, I like to run certain sounds from the DAW back into my SP 303 for lo-fi effects and then run the wet signal back into the DAW. I have to disconnect my cables and go alway across my table to do this and it gets tiresome after awhile, plus im worried about messing my inputs up on my machines.

So, given all of this, what would be the simplest and cheap (in terms of price), patchbay i could get, to where I can keep cables hooked into my MPC 1000 Record Inputs and my SP 303 Inputs... and I can just choose the signal path using the patchbay, without changing cables?

thanks
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By electric dragon Wed Jan 15, 2014 11:01 pm
A patchbay should solve this issue for you if setup properly.

Read this page: http://tweakheadz.com/patchbay-setup/

Basically you set up the patchbay to route the things in back how you want to default everything, and then when you need to re-route, you just connect the proper in and out on the front.