I need a 2nd pedal board, would this work?

[StruckingFuggle]

I like my Helix, but there are some pedals I still want to use.  Having a single board with all the pedals is ridiculously large, heavy, and highly impractical.  Cases that large are stupid expensive.  

 

So, I'd like to break it up into two more reasonable smaller boards, and use a multi-pin cable with breakout boxes to connect the two boards.  I found the Planet Waves modular system, which has eight fully shielded TRS channels with DB25 on both ends.

 

The break out boxes would have 7 TRS 1/4" jacks, and one MIDI connector.   The planet waves cable would be 5 feet long, which means 10 feet of cable out and back for an FX send.  

 

The guitar signal would start on the expansion board, go into the tuner -> frequout -> Ego -> and then eventually to an RJM loop switch Gizmo with various drive pedals in the loops -> breakout box -> pw cable -> breakout box -> Helix guitar in.

 

Do you think there will be any signal problems if I have MIDI running in the same snake as audio?

 

Do you think 5 feet of TRS cable and breakout boxes are going to negatively affect the guitar signal in, or the fx loops?  

 

The idea would be to keep anything pedal related on a single board, to minimize power requirements.

 

Here is  a picture of what I'm planning:

 

[Verne-Bunsen]

That looks pretty slick! If you put it together I’d love to hear about it. I have a PedalTrain Terra for Helix with pedals, and as you say it is a frickin beast...