Tomschelfaut

I don't have the original supply, I'm using a cioks dc7, which seems to be working fine and I also tried all the other outlets and the issue persists

Tonight I wanted to play with my HX FX at rehearsal and it won't start anymore. I haven't touched it in a few weeks, it's just been sitting on the pedalboard. It starts up, but all the screens are blank and the bottom middle footswitch is flickering. The unit does not react to anything. I've tried hard reset manually, it doesn't reset, I just get the blank screens. I hooked it up to the PC just now, tried resetting with HX edit, nothing, the app doesn't react. The unit does seem to connect to the PC though. I need this thing for a gig on Monday, so any help would be appreciated!

although I now noticed that the volume of the V4 doesn't add volume anymore past the halfway point... Not that it's an issue, but it's weird :)

That seems to have done it! Now I can turn up the overdrive higher without issues! Can you explain the reasoning behind this? Like why do the output and the fx loop have to be line? Why specifically -8.5db? I'd like to understand this kind of stuff more for future issues :) Thanks so much!

Ok, so I've tested a bunch of stuff, seems that I need to keep the volume of the overdrive pedal really low (below 4) in order not to add any volume to the chain. That way i get the best sound and I can match the volumes. The clean channel of the bluguitar goes into overdrive when i turn it up too high or when i set the fx loop to line level. I'm guessing it won't get any better :)

Didn't see this yesterday :) I don't know how old it is, I bought it second hand. It was basically mint though. I updated it to the latest software... I'll test the bluguitar and hx as well, but I don't recall there being a problem in the past. Could be that the +4db switch had always been on though, can't remember...

I did only test the V4 preamp during the whole bypass test... I'll run some more tests tomorrow and let you know what I find!

The bluguitar fx loop is set to series.

So far the only thing that seems to work best is using the +4db on the bluguitar, turning op the volume of the v4 to match the clean sound of the bluguitar, and all hx in and outs on instrument

And another thing, the clean channel on the iridium gets pushed much more with the 4cm. When i play it with just the v4 connected, i get a nice clean sound, but with the hx in the loop, it becomes slightly distorted at the same volume position. This could be an important thing, because it probably means that somewhere the hx is inputting too much signal into the amp 1

Also, very strange, when i touch the mode button with my finger there's a faint sizzling sound, like an electrical reaction, only happens when i touch that button

Ok, so I tried this the first test (after preamp) there was a change in volume compared to bypass, also some added hiss, with the second test, no difference at all... As for the mix of the fx post preamp, the delay was at 19%, so not high at all...

First off, thank you for being patient and trying to help out! Nice to see that the internet still has nice people! So I did as you said, sounds fine, there aren't any weird volume jumps and I can use the volume controls on both to get them even. I have to say though, it sounds a lot better now, without the HX, so there might be some tone sucking going on there. It's also a lot quieter (no hiss whatsoever). I did put a horizon drive in the HX to push the front a bit and get a bit more gain, but i was very conservative with it (gain at 0.5, level at about 7). Maybe I'll give you the whole FX chain that I had set up: in - compressor (only for clean channel) - noise gate - wah - horizon drive - FX loop - 10 BAND EQ (only for leads and at 0.0db) - simple delay (leads and clean) - spring reverb (clean). I tried to make sure nothing added any gain or volume in the chain, only in the compressor i had to add about 6-7db to get unity with the original signal.. Hope this helps! And thanks again :)

I did this: "Connect the send of the multi-effects (which goes to the input of your amp) to the input of the V4 Preamp. Connect the Through output of the V4 Preamp to the input of the amp. Then connect the amp’s FX Send, which goes to the return of the multi-effects’ return, to the Loop In of the V4 Preamp. After that connect the Loop Out of the V4 Preamp to the return of the multi-effects. Finally connect the multi-effects output to the amp’s FX Return. This way both the preamp of the amp and the V4 are in the loop of the multi-effects and the V4 works in Amp-Through mode." It's from the Victory FAQ so...

I just gave it a shot, now it sounds like both preamps are cascading into one another...

I'll try that, but where do i place the FX loop blocks then in the HX? Do I make a parallel path in the editor? and do I put the bluguitar FX loop on parallel as well then? (has a switch for that)?

I tried what you said, and everything gets pushed way too hard and the effects after the preamp are loud and washy (delay and reverb)...

Hey guys, I'm having issues with my current setup: I use the 4CM to connect all three devices: Guitar goes into HX input HX send goes to input of the Victory pedal Victory pedal send goes to input of the Bluguitar Send of the Blueguitar goes to the return of the Victory Victory return goes to the HX HX out goes to the return of the Bluguitar This gives me the possibility to use the clean channel of the bluguitar, the dirt channel of the victory, with HX FX both in front of and after the preamps. It seems to work, but I started fiddeling around with the line/instrument settings in the global menu and now I get a signal that is either way too hot, or either way too low. The Bluguitar also has a switch to choose between +4db or -10db for the FX loop. I have no idea what this means... The +4db drastically lowers the output volume in my setup, the other one makes it louder. At certain settings the fx after the preamp, like delay, are way more present than they're supposed to be... Now I've set the output of the HX to line and the FX loop as well (I read that this could help). Trails are also switched off on the FX loop in the HX. I've also noticed that the preamps in the Bluguitar are much louder than the victory preamp. Maybe it's just like this or maybe it's because I did something wrong. The volume on the victory is maxed out. Please help me fix this setup so I can get the best possible sound out of it. I read all over the net, but there's so much conflicting advice and I'm kind of a noob when it comes to levels, gain staging, dbs, etc... Thanks in advance!