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Crossover for guitar

Olav
Anyone know of a crossover pedal that splits a guitar's signal into two seperate outputs? Low end to one and high end to the other. Controls would be nice ;)
I suppose this would be quite a challenge to build so I'm also up for buying. Really just looking to see if there's anything like it outthere, or where to start looking. Google yields nothing but crossover drive pedals.
All tips welcomed!
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Re: Crossover for guitar

Jopn
You could do this fairly simply by building a simple eq circuit twice in the same box.  Have your input running to both boards in parallel, then output to separate outputs.  You could then cut the bass on one and cut the treble on the other.
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Olav
Thank, I've considered that, experimenting with one eq to seperate highs and send them through a seperate effect, left me wanting more. I'll just have to get another eq to complete the set.

Can anyone tell me if a crossover like I'm describing even exists? In whatever shape or format?
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Re: Crossover for guitar

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Re: Crossover for guitar

Olav
Thanks, but entirely not what I'm after.
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Re: Crossover for guitar

Jopn
http://www.radialeng.com/r2011/tossover.php

That's probably closer to what you're looking for, I think...
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Re: Crossover for guitar

Olav
Thanks you guys! Those look promising. Really appreciate the help, I had been googling all yesterdaynight and kind of given up this afternoon.
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Re: Crossover for guitar

Olav
Hmm, these were designed to do exactly what I want, unfortunately they weren't designed to be operated in the manner I would like to operate them. Luckily the Rolls product has a schematic published. http://www.rolls.com/pdf/IS_SX21.pdf
That's worth looking into, innit?
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Re: Crossover for guitar

Olav
A definite mismatch in impendance for both in- and outputs. How would I tackle this?
As I understand it, the electric guitar 'puts out' an average of 20-40kOhm. Input for the TinyCrossover is 10kOhm, a mismatch, though not as serious as the TC's output impendance of 1KOhm.
Any tips on cranking these levels?
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Re: Crossover for guitar

Jopn
I'm no pro in this area, but it's my understanding that you don't necessarily want the input and output impedances to be the same number when you are "matching" them.  

This article is all I've read in the past, but should be a good start to understanding this:
http://www.muzique.com/lab/imp.htm
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Re: Crossover for guitar

Olav
Thanks so much for pointing out that article! That is not just helpful in this case, it will help with gaining a greater understanding of how and why we (and they, let's not forget abput them) build the circuits we do and why sometimes pedals don't match.
Good stuff, very much appreciated!