HX Effects 4cm and outboard pedal

[dannyboyee82]

Just wondering how you would achieve having a outboard fuzz that you can insert in to one of the loops on the HX Effects, and use 4cm as well? 

[silverhead]

Using 4CM you can simply place your outboard fuzz pedal wherever you wish in the 4CM chain. You don't need to use a separate FX Loop for it. For instance, place it between the guitar and the Helix, or between the Helix FX Send and the amp Guitar input, etc. 

[silverhead]

For maximum flexibility in terms of placing your outboard fuzz vis-a-vis your HX FX blocks you could use the 2nd HX Effects FX Loop for it alone. The 2nd FX Loop would operate completely independently from the 4CM FX Loop.

[dannyboyee82]

 

1 minute ago, silverhead said:

For maximum flexibility in terms of placing your outboard fuzz vis-a-vis your HX FX blocks you could use the 2nd HX Effects FX Loop for it alone.

 

Yeah, that's what I'm looking for. How would I go about hooking it up? 'Return 2' --> pedal input/pedal output --> 'Output Right'?

[silverhead]

Send2 -> fuzz pedal Input / fuzz pedal output -> Return2. Place HX Effects FX Loop2 anywhere you want in your HX FX preset signal chain.

[dannyboyee82]

Ah ok.. got it. Thanks buddy. Appreciate the help. Anything I need to be aware of in terms of A/D/A and fuzz pedals etc? Guessing a germanium fuzz face probably isn't going to work so well in the loop this way?

[silverhead]

You just need to make sure your signal levels are properly set. Your outboard pedal likely uses instrument level signals so set your HX FX Send/Return levels accordingly. No need to worry about A/D or D/A conversions.

[dannyboyee82]

Brilliant. Thanks silverhead.