Help with stereo fx loop

[Xaeldaren]

Hi there!

 

I recently purchased a Keeley Halo dual delay pedal so I can use all of my tones within one preset with the Halo in the stereo fx loop. 
 

I’m a little confused as to the best way to use the loop. I have two splitter Y cables going from the send/return to the stereo inputs/outputs of the Halo. 
 

I’ve read online that anything before the cab block is in mono, so do I ‘lose’ the stereo nature of the pedal if I put the fx loop before the cab? 
 

I’ve tried putting the fx block after the cab, and for one of my snapshots I turn the cab block off, but then the tone changes drastically, and the signal only comes out of one side of my headphones. 
 

Can anyone advise me as to how to get the best out of the stereo fx loop? This is my first time using any kind of fx loop before, so it’s quite confusing, and my it’s entirely possible I’ve done all of this completely wrong! 

[silverhead]

Actually it’s the cab block itself that has a mono output, so yes you lose the stereo nature of any FX placed before the cab. Also a cab/IR block is critical to the sound so the tone will change dramatically (usually for the worse) when you turn the cab off.

 

For best results I suggest you place your FX Loop after the cab in your preset’s signal path and cable your delay pedal in the loop. Make sure you use TRS cables in the POD Go Send/Return jacks. I presume that’s what you are doing with the Y-splitters. And don’t turn off the cab unless you are compensating somehow (e.g. by using a physical guitar cab in the 4 Cable Method (4CM)).