Jan-Westerdijk Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I can’t get the 4 Cable Method to work on my Mesa Boogie lonestar special. I do have sound. But i cant change the channel when i do the sound get cut of and is less loud. Is this a known problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Yes, the "known problem" is you haven't inserted an FX Loop block in your signal chain. You have to do that, otherwise you're bypassing your amp's preamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan-Westerdijk Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 @phil_m I did have inserted a FX loop block in my signal chain. But selecting this block doesn’t change the channel but the sound get cut of and the knobs of channel 2 doesn’t react. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jan-Westerdijk said: @phil_m I did have inserted a FX loop block in my signal chain. But selecting this block doesn’t change the channel but the sound get cut of and the knobs of channel 2 doesn’t react. How do you have the cables between the HX Effects and your amp? I'm confused as to what you're saying here, exactly. I'm not sure what you mean by "selecting this block doesn’t change the channel"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan-Westerdijk Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Look at atached immage. This is the block chain i am trying to get to work. The third is the fxloop block. I have the cables connected as instructed from helix tutorials. as you can see i have the fx block assigned to an push button when i push to select it doesn’t change the channel. sorry about my english, its not my native language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan-Westerdijk Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Cable 1: From your guitar to the guitar input on the Helix. Cable 2: Your send 3 from the Helix goes to the guitar input of your amp. Cable 3: From the effects loop send of your amp put that in to return 3 on the Helix. Cable 4: From the output (left/mono) of the Helix in to the effects loop return of your amp. this is how attached my cables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Jan-Westerdijk said: Look at atached immage. This is the block chain i am trying to get to work. The third is the fxloop block. I have the cables connected as instructed from helix tutorials. as you can see i have the fx block assigned to an push button when i push to select it doesn’t change the channel. sorry about my english, its not my native language I think I understand now... You need to assign the preamp block to the same switch that you have the FX Loop assigned to, and you need to have it so that when one is turned on the other is turned off. Then when you bypass the FX Loop, the preamp will turn on and you'll be going straight into your amps effects return. The volumes may be very different, so you'll have to adjust the levels in the preamp block to get them where you want them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbuhajla Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Are you saying you are trying to change the channel on your Lonestar amp with the FX send/return block? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan-Westerdijk Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 Yes i’m afraid that was what i tried to do. Try to change the channel. But now i know that was wrong. I use a command and switch for that now. That works great But when i use the 4cm, the volume and treble, bass etc dont work. Only the output and solo from the fx loop changes the volume. And there’s is a lot of static noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Jan-Westerdijk said: Yes i’m afraid that was what i tried to do. Try to change the channel. But now i know that was wrong. I use a command and switch for that now. That works great But when i use the 4cm, the volume and treble, bass etc dont work. Only the output and solo from the fx loop changes the volume. And there’s is a lot of static noise. Your tone stack controls with the 4CM. If they're not, it means you're bypassing your amp's preamp somehow. That usually means you have the the FX Loop block turned off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan-Westerdijk Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 I deleted the fx loop block. Inserted a New fx loop block. And it works. Thanks for The help Only the static noise is still there. Ik have to roll the volume down from the AMP to make it less noticeble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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