A/B/Y switch. Does it degrade signal?

[Loren Littlejohn]

I was wondering if an A/B/Y switch degrades signal at all and here is why:

I want to run a guitar into both input 1 (instroment level) direct and a toneport.

Obvisouly the goal being that input one is going to get reamped. But my question is: by splitting the guitar level in 2 will I have signal loss? Does it matter?

 

[Wolfeman]

You won't lose signal as long as you keep the cables short. And don't buy a cheap one either, they hum like crazy.

 

[KeithRT99]

why not use a di that has an out on it for the amp?

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Well because it was stated that it was better to go inst level input on my firepod than go through a DI then into a mic preamp on the firepod.

I just bought the reamp v.2 and I have currently have 3 ideas/methods I can use to obtain the DI signal (and I would like to have the best/least noise possible)

1: Go through my DI (no through output option unfortunatly, it's a simple DI) into a mic pre on the firepod, the downside is I don't know how I would use an amp or amp sim this way without getting a different DI box.

2: Get an A/B/Y switch and run that into both the firepod inst in and toneport.

3: Just plug strait into the toneport and use it's integrated DI send in gearbox (send 3-4 witch comes before all processing). This is the best option in that it is the cheapest, but I dunno how good it is since I have only done some shitty reamping this way.

 

[Wolfeman]

Why not just run the guitar straight into the firepod instrument in. Since you need to hear an amp of some sort while you record the DI, just use a plugin that sounds decent like amplitube and monitor it while you record..... You have a pretty stout machine, monitoring latency shouldn't be an issue for you

 

[Fredrik-Ablaze]

Why not simply use the "pre amp send" function on the toneport?
That sends the signal straight from the toneport to track and uses the ampsounds for monitoring.

 

[prowlergrig]

^yep that's what i'm doing with my current project.. i hope it's better than just a "shitty reamping" solution

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Why not simply use the "pre amp send" function on the toneport?
That sends the signal straight from the toneport to track and uses the ampsounds for monitoring.

I do that. But I am unsure if it's the best way.

 

[2012]

The TonePort isn't a very good DI, but the difference you're looking for probably isn't very significant. However, I don't use the TonePort for a DI, because I have access to better methods.

When I need to use a TonePort for monitoring, I run the guitar directly into the interface DI, then use an output of the interface into a Redeye > TonePort and back into the DAW. With Low-Latency monitoring enabled, it works just fine with almost zero latency. I get the monitoring signal without any latency and the DI without compromise.