User Manual

Introduction

For years, I have been frustrated to hear the signal deterioration when playing through a chain of effects. Because of the narrow

dynamic range and multiple filtering, these effects greatly disturbed the directness and trueness of the guitar signal.

Pro-audio mixers standardized "Aux send/return" function to help solve this problem. This preserved the integrity of the guitar's

signal and dynamics by feeding the effect with the unaffected signal.

The X-Blender incorporates pro-audio engineering technology to solve the sonic imperfection some effects produce and was

designed to be completely transparent. You'll be amazed by the clarity of the sound!

For Series Mode activation (Figure 1), connect the send jack to the input of the effect. Connect the output jack of the effect with

the return jack on the X-Blender. The series loop is active when the red LED bypass switch is lit and the blue LED blend switch

is off. In the series mode, all the controls are disabled. The input signal and the output signal are not buffered in this mode.

Figure 1

effects

To amp or following effect

Signal Flow

SEND

RETURN

OUT

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Introduction For years, I have been frustrated to hear the signal deterioration when playing through a chain of effects. Because of the narrow dynamic range and multiple filtering, these effects greatly disturbed the directness and trueness of the guitar signal. Pro-audio mixers standardized "Aux send/return" function to help solve this problem. This preserved the integrity of the guitar's signal and dynamics by feeding the effect with the unaffected signal.
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For Parallel Mode activation (Figure 2), the device is connected the same way as Figure 1 but the blend on/off is switched on. This switch activates the DRY / WET Mix knob which controls the mixture of the DRY signal (unaffected signal) and the effect signal. As you turn the mix knob to the left, you get more dry signal. Turn the knob to the right, you have more wet signal. This mode is very handy when your effect device thins out the bass or drops the volume.