rlord1974
Active member
So to follow up a question I posted a few days ago on using an FX loop...... Here are the relevant facts:
1.) I am thinking of moving my delay, reverb and tremolo pedals from running them into the front of my amp to running them through the FX loop.
2.) My main live amp is currently an Egnater MOD50. It's loop is designed for line level effects processors, not instrument level stomp boxes. For this very reason, Bruce Egnater created a level shifter to run in the effects loop of the amp if you want to use stomp boxes in the loop.
3.) I would prefer to not have to buy the level shifter discussed in (2.) above.
4.) I am thinking of replacing my Boss DD-3 with a T-Rex Reptile 2 delay. Why?.....Because (a) it has tap tempo, (b) it has modulation and, most importantly, (c) it has an input trim/level control.
So here's the real question.....
If I place the T-Rex Reptile 2 as the first stomp in my FX Loop's signal chain, I can presumably dial down the input level from the FX Loop Send to appropriately match the instrument level input the pedal really desires. I assume this will lower the output level coming out of my pedals from line level to instrument level. That would mean my FX Loop is 'sending' line level and 'receiving' instrument level. Is this an issue? I imagine it will make me have to run my amp's Master Volume higher, as the effect will basically be a de facto attenuation of the signal? Is this the case? Are there any other potentially unwanted or negative consequences of running the loop this way?
Thanks!
1.) I am thinking of moving my delay, reverb and tremolo pedals from running them into the front of my amp to running them through the FX loop.
2.) My main live amp is currently an Egnater MOD50. It's loop is designed for line level effects processors, not instrument level stomp boxes. For this very reason, Bruce Egnater created a level shifter to run in the effects loop of the amp if you want to use stomp boxes in the loop.
3.) I would prefer to not have to buy the level shifter discussed in (2.) above.
4.) I am thinking of replacing my Boss DD-3 with a T-Rex Reptile 2 delay. Why?.....Because (a) it has tap tempo, (b) it has modulation and, most importantly, (c) it has an input trim/level control.
So here's the real question.....
If I place the T-Rex Reptile 2 as the first stomp in my FX Loop's signal chain, I can presumably dial down the input level from the FX Loop Send to appropriately match the instrument level input the pedal really desires. I assume this will lower the output level coming out of my pedals from line level to instrument level. That would mean my FX Loop is 'sending' line level and 'receiving' instrument level. Is this an issue? I imagine it will make me have to run my amp's Master Volume higher, as the effect will basically be a de facto attenuation of the signal? Is this the case? Are there any other potentially unwanted or negative consequences of running the loop this way?
Thanks!
