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I appreciate everyone trying to help me solve this. After pulling apart my board and trying every conceivable cable and combination of ins and outs for testing, I've determined that the issue is with the Specular Tempus receiving a stereo signal. Whenever a stereo signal is sent to the Tempus, it splits the output into a wet and a dry signal back. I'll look elsewhere for a solution to that! Thanks!

I will do a test with the cables this evening and report back. As I mentioned in my original post, the problem I'm experiencing occurs with any preset whether someone else's or my own. If I put an FX loop block in a preset, the problem crops up. Thanks for continuing to try to help.

All of the above check out properly and the connections are as described. Thanks!

I appreciate the response. I've checked all these things and none is the cause. I've not heard anything about something unusual with the Tempus. I'll have to investigate. It's frustrating, for sure! Thanks for your help.

Some additional information after further experimentation. My problems persist even when using only one amp block, though the volume and clarity drop is not as pronounced. At the end of my chain, I'm running stereo from the Stomp into two monitors. If I solo the left monitor, it appears it's only getting the wet signal. The right monitor is getting the dry signal and some delay (first pedal in the loop chain) but no reverb (second pedal in the loop chain). I also tried putting a splitter between my drives and the Stomp so that I'm running "stereo" into the Stomp. This did not solve anything. Thanks so much.

I am a new HX Stomp user for a couple of weeks, and I'm finding my way around everything. My signal chain is Strymon Sunset => JHS Morning Glory => HX Stomp. From the FX loop of the Stomp I go stereo (via TRS y-cable) into a Strymon Timeline then stereo into a GFI Specular Tempus and stereo return back into the FX loop return of the Stomp. I'd like to build a couple of dual amp presets in the Stomp with only amps and modulation. My drives, reverb, and delay would come via the other pedals outside the Stomp. I've run across a couple of problems. First, I can get some good dual amp sounds dialed in. As soon as I add an FX loop block, however, I get a fairly noticeable volume and clarity drop. My loop is set to inst level for send and return. Everything else set to line. Secondly, when I add the FX loop block, I only get stereo output if both the reverb and delay are engaged. Delay on and reverb off, right output only. Delay off and reverb on, left output only. Any ideas on either? If I add an FX loop block to a downloaded preset of someone else, I get similar problems. Am I better off simply putting the Timeline and Tempus after the Stomp and not using the FX loop at all? Thanks so much.