Multiple Cab and Amp Routing

LiveeviL2000

LiveeviL2000

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Guys, in my quest to be as lazy as possible.
I want to be able to route my amps to my cabs and switch between them with a push of a button. I dont want to swap cables around.

I have 3 cabs and 2 amps that I am interesting in doing this with. or if it has to be even numbers 2 cabs.

Any suggestions?
 
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I finally have my heads & cabs all set up for multiple bass & guitar cabs in the bandroom. I label the cords & everything is in play by using cab end of 1/4. Quick 1 pull change,

if i need to a/b for what gets the mic. Use a looper & get technical..in the room real time both on to really here the comparison
 
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That would work, but I think it's more than I need and the price tag is a bit much to swallow. It would be great if I really needed to switch on the fly for whatever reason, but I just want it more for convenience. I want to just hit a button or whatever instead of getting behind everything and moving cables around.
 
I use a Radial Tonebone for channel switching with the tuner out can run 3 amps it does not switch speaker cabinets

1999 I made a 7 channel amp switcher for a friend nothing like 7 100 watt Marshall's wall of sound.
 
LiveeviL2000 said:
Guys, in my quest to be as lazy as possible.
I want to be able to route my amps to my cabs and switch between them with a push of a button. I dont want to swap cables around.

I have 3 cabs and 2 amps that I am interesting in doing this with. or if it has to be even numbers 2 cabs.

Any suggestions?
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Considering tube amplifiers, switching cabinets while the amp is operating can blow the output transformer.

The makers of these speaker switchers take no responsibility for the damage that can occur.
Typical of products made in China.

The only safe way is to switch the amplifier into standby, then change speakers, then turn the amplifier back to operate.

Considering solid state amplifiers, not as sensitive to operating the amplifier without a load even for a very short period.
But, still not advisable.

From a technical standpoint, switching speakers while the amplifier is operating is a very poorly conceived idea.
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
Considering tube amplifiers, switching cabinets while the amp is operating can blow the output transformer.

The makers of these speaker switchers take no responsibility for the damage that can occur.
Typical of products made in China.

The only safe way is to switch the amplifier into standby, then change speakers, then turn the amplifier back to operate.

Considering solid state amplifiers, not as sensitive to operating the amplifier without a load even for a very short period.
But, still not advisable.

From a technical standpoint, switching speakers while the amplifier is operating is a very poorly conceived idea.
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I'm not looking to switch on the fly, Just want to select the amp and cab I want without switching cables.
 
We had this conversation (well, a similar one…you ended up buying that Radial box for switching effects loops, an I got my little patch bay) a while back… but it went in this direction too… @Don O has an excellent bit of kit for this…perhaps he will remind us.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
We had this conversation (well, a similar one…you ended up buying that Radial box for switching effects loops, an I got my little patch bay) a while back… but it went in this direction too… @Don O has an excellent bit of kit for this…perhaps he will remind us.
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Here’s what I use to switch between 4 amps and 4 cabinets. Ya gotta make sure you have correct impedance matching. Also, all cables are speakers cables, obviously said the blind man. I have 2 of these. I only switch when amp power is off.

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LiveeviL2000 said:
Guys, in my quest to be as lazy as possible.
I want to be able to route my amps to my cabs and switch between them with a push of a button. I dont want to swap cables around.

I have 3 cabs and 2 amps that I am interesting in doing this with. or if it has to be even numbers 2 cabs.
You are on a mission
Any suggestions?
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I too wanted a switcher for cabinets. And I discovered that they are more than I wanted to spend. So...

I made this and have it on the wall above where my amplifiers live.

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Each jack of a section (of which there are four) is linked. It lets me do stuff without crawling around behind stuff.

If I want to run three drivers together at 12 ohms, it's easy. If I want to run them at 2 and change, not a problem...

And I can do it standing up.
A caveat...I turn the amps off before making any changes.
 
rolandson said:
I too wanted a switcher for cabinets. And I discovered that they are more than I wanted to spend. So...

I made this and have it on the wall above where my amplifiers live.

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Each jack of a section (of which there are four) is linked. It lets me do stuff without crawling around behind stuff.

If I want to run three drivers together at 12 ohms, it's easy. If I want to run them at 2 and change, not a problem...

And I can do it standing up.
A caveat...I turn the amps off before making any changes.
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All the right words there! Brave, and thorough…good stuff!
 
I suppose that I should add...
if putting something like this together (I have all of $20 into it; I used good ¼" jacks...the $4 ones! The bananas were a buck three eighty nine for a dozen) use care in the banana jack spacing so that using the banana plugs which are a mounted pair is possible.

I guess banana plug spacing has an industry standard and they're all uniform. Who knew?
 
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