chumbo Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 This is very odd...when I connect my HX Stomp to my Hotone Siva Boogie mini-amp, I get no sound at all?? This is my signal chain: Guitar > (mono In) HX Stomp (mono Out) > (Input) Hotone amp > Speaker. Pretty basic stuff. If I keep the same exact signal chain and just replace the HX Stomp with any random FX pedal, it works fine!? As far as HX Stomp settings, they're the same exact settings I use successfully with my Seymour Duncan Power Stage 170. All I did is replace the Power Stage 170 with Hotone amp so...what could be wrong?? Thx in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmalle Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 To summarize you're saying that you've checked that the Hotone works and that the HX Stomp works and the cables, too, but they don't work together, right? That is impossible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumbo Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 On 2/17/2024 at 6:02 PM, Schmalle said: That is impossible. And yet that's exactly what's happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmalle Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Set it up like this: guitar -> cable -> HX Stomp Input L/Mono HX Stomp Output L/Mono -> cable -> Hotone Input If you don't power the HX Stomp it is bypassed and you should get the raw guitar sound. Do you? If you then power the HX Stomp does the sound mute after booting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datacommando Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 On 2/17/2024 at 2:42 PM, chumbo said: This is very odd...when I connect my HX Stomp to my Hotone Siva Boogie mini-amp, I get no sound at all?? This is my signal chain: Guitar > (mono In) HX Stomp (mono Out) > (Input) Hotone amp > Speaker. Pretty basic stuff. If I keep the same exact signal chain and just replace the HX Stomp with any random FX pedal, it works fine!? As far as HX Stomp settings, they're the same exact settings I use successfully with my Seymour Duncan Power Stage 170. All I did is replace the Power Stage 170 with Hotone amp so...what could be wrong?? Thx in advance! Hi, From the description of your set up, the amps and cabs in your HX Stomp are not being used. Have tried to patch your HX Stomp by using the 4CM with FX Loop of the Hotone amp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumbo Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 On 2/17/2024 at 7:07 PM, Schmalle said: Set it up like this: guitar -> cable -> HX Stomp Input L/Mono HX Stomp Output L/Mono -> cable -> Hotone Input If you don't power the HX Stomp it is bypassed and you should get the raw guitar sound. Do you? If you then power the HX Stomp does the sound mute after booting? Yes! Exactly. With HX Stomp off, I hear the guitar, when I power the HX Stomp, there's no sound. So...sounds like you were expecting that behaviour. Do you therefore have an explanation as to why? Thx Datacommando... Quote From the description of your set up, the amps and cabs in your HX Stomp are not being used. I don't understand what you are saying? Why aren't they being used? What makes you say that? 4CM...I first want to understand why this basic setup isn't working since it should work (as I wrote, it works fine with my Power Stage 170 so...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmalle Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 On 2/18/2024 at 1:26 PM, chumbo said: Yes! Exactly. With HX Stomp off, I hear the guitar, when I power the HX Stomp, there's no sound.[...] This tells us that the cabling is correct. We go step by step. Set Global Settings -> Preferences -> Bypass Type to DSP Press the Upper Knob and Lower Knob together to DSP bypass HX Stomp. The display will read “DSP bypass! Press any switch.” Turn up the VOLUME knob. You should now hear the guitar again. Do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumbo Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 On 2/18/2024 at 2:50 PM, Schmalle said: (...) You should now hear the guitar again. Do you? Yes I do but...how does this help? I still can't get any of the HX Stomp sound processing to my Hotone amp which is the point of this thread so...? One odd thing I notice is that there is a considerable drop in volume when using the DSP Bypass as opposed to the Analog so I set it back to Analog. EDIT: I now realize that the drop of volume with the DSP Bypass was due to the fact the the HX Stomp's volume knob still controls the output so raising it solved the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmalle Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 On 2/18/2024 at 4:14 PM, chumbo said: Yes I do but...how does this help? I still can't get any of the HX Stomp sound processing to my Hotone amp which is the point of this thread so...? One odd thing I notice is that there is a considerable drop in volume when using the DSP Bypass as opposed to the Analog so I set it back to Analog. Now we know that it's not defective. The volume drop in DSP bypass mode can have multiple causes: input block -> In-Z not 1MOhm or Auto input block -> Gtr Pad not Off output block -> Level not 0dB Global EQ VOLUME knob not full Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumbo Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 Ok thx bu I'm not sure any of those suggestions would help because, don't lose track of the fact that everything works as expected with EXACTLY the same HX Stomp settings when connected to the Power Stage 170!? This is such a weird problem...I really don't get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmalle Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Sure, but don't loose track of the fact that you're dealing with a 5w guitar amp vs a 170w power amp. Maybe you just turned the output block level way down on your patches because the PS 170 is LOUD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumbo Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 SOLVED!! Don't ask me how...I just turned it off, had a cup of coffee, came back and turned it on and all is working!! Thanks to everyone for your patience and taking the time to help me with this odd problem, really kind :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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