Effect Morph Solution (kind of) [e.g. delay spill over]

[size=+1]Two Stage Sequential Split[/size]

We all know switching presets takes too much time and causes the output to mute for a small time. Turning effects on/off takes too much time, too, so the only solution to switch effects without having the small gap between the two sounds is to use the Split. Unfortunately the Split switches its two channels at the output so if you switch from loop A to loop B and loop A contained an effect that produces some delayed output (like reverbs and delays do), the sound is immediately cut off.

A cool addition to the Split would be a switch to change its behaviour to switching channels at the input but since the software "comes as is" we don't have that. The solution to this is using two Splits together sequentially, not stacked. Let's say you want to switch between a slightly reverbed distorted rhythm signal and a lead sound with a delay.

1. Insert the first Split to split the signal to either the left or the right channel. You should use a mono signal up to this point and pan channel A completely to the left while you place channel B completely to the right. You don't insert effects into the loops, this Split is only for signal splitting at the input of our custom two stage splitter. You will want to assign your footswitch/pedal to this Splitter.
   
2. Now insert the second splitter after the first one and turn on "Stereo Input L/R Split". Channel A and B both need to be centered in the stereo panorama, so does the Crossfade. Center it and leave it that way. Distribute your effects between the A loop and the B loop just as you would do with a single Splitter. Now wherever the signal comes from (A or B), they will be sent to two channels again. In stereo.

That's it, you got an A/B box switching at the input, not at the output as the default Split does. This solution is far from perfect though, there are a few caveats. If you want to have delays behind the amp and still switch gear in in the chain before your amp, you still need to have duplicate amps and cabinets since you can only switch one loop at once. There's no way to my knowing to switch two things simultaneously. Having two Splits for each splitting crowds your rack, too and this sucks especially if you work with splits countaing splits again, but I suppose you won't have that much different delay effects in one preset.

Oh, one more thing: If you just want to add a single delay to your sound and deactivate it without the remaining delayed sounds being cut off you should simply use the Input Mute switch all these effects have. It does the same (mutes the volume at the input for the wet signal) for just one effect, so only the dry signal comes through. Refer to the user guide for this, it's explained there for every effect that offers this functionality.

Cheers,
Tim