i've been using the split n' blend for awhile but i'm thinking it won't be able to effectively blend in clean where it's noticeable in effects that have high output, like a big muff. i'm concerned that if i increase the effect level, that when the clean is blended in its going to get lost and not really heard.
i had bought a bass soulfood, which has a blend control that has the clean volume increase when the output of the effect increases. the blend is actually an added circuit that is run off an IC. which means that my initial thought about how this was modified for to have the blend was wrong. if you split the dual gang pot into two separate pots you can control the amount of clean low end in the overdriven effect (the way the klon gain pot works is as you increase gain, more mids and lows are removed from the signal, so if you split the pots you can control the clean independently).
i know i could add a booster between the blend board and blend 3, but i really don't want 2 daughterboards. i started to make a new layout with an added boost on the split n' blend, but it seems silly to have a 3 transistor daughterboard.
This got me thinking a few things:
1 - can the split n' blend be altered to make the 2nd transistor, which runs the clean signal to the blend pot, be turned into a boost, and run the blend as a dual gang pot to control the clean output and blend? ie blend moves more to the wet, clean volume decreases.
2 - would it be better to use something like a "pan in, pan out" like what rg keen had designed?
i'm just looking for the easiest, lowest parts count, and smallest way to keep the clean volume of blend at have similar output to the effect volume so it doesn't get lost. so in my head either way if there is some way to use a dual gang to control both blend and clean output would be best, rather then having 2 separate pots,
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