Channel Switch with Independent Volume Controls?

[railhead]

I had looked into building a channel switch with volume controls for each channel, enabling me to equalize the volume for different instrument outputs -- but I can't find the thread, nor can I find any of my notes on the subject. That said, I remember there being all kinds of problems with doing this -- but I can't recall what those problems were!

So, does anyone have any thoughts/schematics for making a switch box with volume controls? Would it be "best" to simply make each channel a boost?

TIA

[railhead]

In all seriousness, is there no answer because it'd be a pain to do, or am I totally over-thinking something simple?

[ashcat_lt]

What exactly are you switching?  You say channels.  Please define.

[railhead]

An A/B switch with output volume control.

[jacobyjd]

well, my guess is that you wouldn't want to go the passive volume route for this.

I'm thinking through my own rig right now, and I know that passively lowering the volume of my instruments generally gives unfavorable results with things like driving the front end of my amp and using a fuzz pedal.

My guess is that the best way to do this would be through a sneaky dual-booster setup, but it's probably choosing the lesser of two evils--boosting one instrument to unity with a higher-gain instrument might cause similar issues.

[David]

I had looked into building a channel switch with volume controls for each channel, enabling me to equalize the volume for different instrument outputs -- but I can't find the thread, nor can I find any of my notes on the subject. That said, I remember there being all kinds of problems with doing this -- but I can't recall what those problems were!

So, does anyone have any thoughts/schematics for making a switch box with volume controls? Would it be "best" to simply make each channel a boost?

TIA

What about this?  Make a 2 (or however many) channel mixer.  Put a mute switch on each channel.  Mute the channel(s) you aren't using.  Unmute the one you are.  Adjust channel volume levels to taste.  Rock on!