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Hi everyone,

I'm hoping to get some advice on connecting my 3 keyboards - Nord Stage 3, Prophet, and Microkorg - to the same pedalboard. The pedalboard currently has a reverb pedal, a delay pedal, and a Strymon Deco at the end of the chain.

I'm looking for the best way to integrate both keyboards with these effects pedals while maintaining a clean signal path and optimizing control.

Any insights or recommendations on how to achieve this setup would be greatly appreciated!

Here are some specific questions I have:

Signal Chain: What order should I connect the keyboards, pedals, and mixer in the signal chain for optimal sound quality?
Stereo/Mono: Should I use separate cables for each keyboard's output into the pedals, or can I sum them to mono beforehand?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Do you want to play with them at the same time / live? It could sound weird if you feed the three into the same effects (apart from the deco who could provide a "tapey" feel to the whole mix or the reverb).

If you are ok with using it separatly, a DI can help : i came across this tool https://franklinaud.io/products/ss-6-st ... direct-box but there could be cheaper alternatives like a good old mixer

I feed my keyboards into the pedalboard using my interface and laptop (with the external audio effect in ableton) : this works live and well with space and time based effects (the latency that comes with using the laptop serves as a tolerable pre-delay).