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Really sorry about that, and thank you so much for your pacience. That was exactly I'd want to say, totally agree with you "is a STEREO device" means that can output a stereo signal ;-) Exactly! At the moment I'm not using a Speaker. In a live situation I'd use a Tonex Pedal with profiles instead of my "AmpHead+CaptorX". The actual setup is intended to be used at home for recording and practice purposes. Right to say that without using AmpHead send/return I'd obtain a dry signal from the speaker output of the Captor X. I'm gonna do it this way! ...so I'm NOT gonna do it this way!

Thank you so much for your contribution about the puzzle! :D I've tried using "lift" on the Walrus Audio and on the Captor X, but the hum stays the same, just when I push the button on the Captor X the hum INCREASES instead of being eliminated. So confused about it but I know I should analyze much more in depth the "ground loop" question. I've read that people who uses HXFX in 4CM "the mono way", using - amp send/return - cuts the ground wire from cables that goes from send to return on the HXFX. As reported in the attached pic. I don't think it's safe to disconnect the ground from XLR of the Torpedo X to HXFX. Isn't it? If it can be useful as additional info I've created the XLR to TRS Jack cables following This scheme: XLR to Stereo Jack maybe I should have wired them this way: XLR to Mono jack using mono jack instead of TRS... Anyway: I should have been more clear BEFORE and I'm really sorry about that, thanks to those who are giving their contribution to the solution!

Thank you but you are wrong: Torpedo Captor X is a STEREO device (Torpedo Captor 4/8/16 - the black one - which I owned before is a MONO device), when the signal goes through reverbs and/or twin tracker your signal is STEREO. You can check it even from pictures of the app used to control the device: you can select STEREO or DUAL MONO. Torpedo Captor X has two XLR Outputs and it can be used in MONO / DUAL MONO / STEREO (If you like it and you're interested about it). I know that probably all Guitar Amplifiers are MONO in, MONO send/return, MONO out. Maybe it was my fault not to specify that I'm Playing at home, going STEREO out from the HXFX through a Walrus Audio Canvas STEREO that goes to my STEREO audio channel 1\2 of my Audio Sound Card. Why do I need stereo from Captor X? 'Cos I'd like to use a subtle ROOM REVERB + TWIN TRACKER from Torpedo going out in STEREO from Captor into my HXFX. In my signal Chain - into the HXFX - I got a block called STEREO RETURN (which I've set to instrument as correctly suggested before). I've used it, I set the correct level from captor x and the AFTER this Block: - STEREO VINTAGE DELAY + STEREO DYNAMIC HALL. This is the way I'm using it now, and it's working ;) The only problem I'm trying to solve now is annoying hum... not so loud, but significantly increased compared to another config where I go direct with guitar into the amp - then Captor - then stereo return Block on HXFX which in this case is the FIRST block at the beginning, but obviously doesn't let you use distortion/boost/compressor (in MONO) BEFORE the amp...

Thanks for the answer, My Amp has an fx loop but I'm a little bit confused about the routing: If I understand it in a proper way I will lose any stereo effect into HX Effects, I'll be only able to use MONO blocks. i.e.: a stereo ping pong delay or a stereo dynamic Hall reverb wich I found (on Helix) is better than the ones provided by the Captor X. This is why I'd like to use my AmpHead+Captor as a "block" into HXFX chain. Yesterday I was able to try for a short time configuring all the send/returns of HXFXs to INSTRUMENT (lowering the oT VOL on the Torpedo and leveling to proper level) and it worked: the strange thing I've noticed is a strong hum in the background.

Thank you so much for the answer, I'll try to set everything to INSTRUMENT. "Amp speaker out -> Torpedo Captor X (used as Amp&Cab block)" means that I'm going from 8Ohm Speaker Output of my AmpHead to Speaker in of the Torpedo, and both are used as an "Amp&Cab" block of the chain: inserted in the HX Effects chain via mono send and stereo Return.

Hi! I got an HX Effects unit and I'm very happy about it. I was experimenting with my Captor X / Amp Head / HX Effects and I'd like to use them all togheter. The signal flow is set like this: Guitar -> HX Effects input set to INSTRUMENT level Send 1 (mono) from HX Effects set to INSTRUMENT level -> Amp in Amp speaker out -> Torpedo Captor X (used as Amp&Cab block) Torpedo Captor X Balanced Stereo Output xlr to jack -> stereo Return on HX effects set to LINE level. Here is where the problems starts: if I set the send/return 1 to instrument level to optimal level and impedance for the amp I'll found myself with the wrong level on one side of the stereo return, that uses both returns from 1 (instrument) and 2 (line) If I set both send/returns on HX Effects to LINE level I'll crank my amp too easily due to to high output from send 1 to amp in. Is there a way to solve this issue? Can I just raise down the level form send 1 to amp to match the correct signal or there's an impedance problem due to level/instrument impedance? Thanks!