I understand that, but that is more time consuming than just moving my source to the new track.
I'll explain.
A lot of units will allow you to have your source plugged into say, track 1.
You record your track, then when you want to record to track 2, instead of pulling your cable out and plugging into track 2, you assign input 1, what you are already plugged in to, to record to a different track i.e. 2-6. so you do not have to physically move the cable to a different track.
My idea is to get a splitter that is 1 in, 6 out, so all of the inputs already have the same source feeding them, and all I need to do is disarm the the recorded track, and arm the next track I want to record to without having to plug in, or unplug any cables.
This would, at least to me, make it easier to keep specific input, fx, and eq settings exactly where they where when recorded, so if I need to do any punches or anything else, the settings are exactly where they were when the track was recorded.
I appreciate your reply.