quick switching question?

[foxfire]

last night i put a lpb2 and a hogsfoot together in a single enclosure. i'm only ever gonna use one at a time so i put a spst on the output(of both) right before the single volume control and the switch works. i just wanted to check and see if there isn't a better place to put the switch? i keep thinking it would be better to put the switch on the power supplies to the circuits instead of the output signal?

[CGDARK]

Hi!

Yes, you can put the switches at the power supply line of each effect, but I would recommend you to use a dpdt or a 3pdt to switch between the two effects. Just use the traditional true bypass arrangement and replace the jumper with the other effect. You can also implement a more complex arrangement to shunt the input of the effect not been used.

CG

[RaceDriver205]

Nope, thats the right place. If you connected their outputs straight together and switched the power:
A - the switching of the power would likely affect the performance (maybe pops, maybe a lag before sound was heard)
B - the sound output would be adversley affected by the ouput electronics of the 'off' effect.

[CGDARK]

Racedriver205 is right and that's why I reccomended the modified true bypass arrangement.

[foxfire]

thank you both. i'm tring not to spend any money on this one or at least till i know i like it. so i'll stick with the spst till i get back from my tour at which point i can start buying parts again.