HX EFFECTS STEREO ISSUES

[John_Copley]

Hey, as someone coming over from analogue to digital I've managed to work my way through it all but I'm having an issue now I can't figure out. 

 

Basically I've just bought an Orange Rocker 32 which has a stereo fx loop where you can run each speaker separately. I'm fully using the HX EFFECTS now for everything, gain included.

 

My issue is obviously the gain sounds horrible through the fx loop but I still want to run my delays etc as stereo and have wet/dry options. 

 

So how can I have the gain going through the front of the amp (I understand it will probably have to come out of both speakers this way) and then I want the delays etc to come out as stereo in whatever way that's possible. 

 

For extra info I don't mind my gain coming out both speakers, I like my ping pong delay coming out stereo and I like my big delays etc coming out of just one speaker for my wet dry.

 

Would really appreciate some help. 

[silverhead]

Have you tried the 4CM setup? See manual pg10.

[Schmalle]

Use the 4 cable method (4CM) and add a fifth cable to connect HX FX Out R with the Orange's FX Return R.

[John_Copley]

Thanks for your help, seem to have the fundamentals down. Ive done the 4CM with the extra cable to connect HX FX Out R with the Orange's FX Return R. 

 

On the HX effects I've stuck all my gain in, then the stereo 1/2 FX LOOP (which brings the volume down, even at +6db?) then I go ping pong delay which is stereo ping ponging between speakers, then I put the reverb on path B with the Y splitter before it with A set central and B set fully right. Then I think a mixer comes up at the end, not totally sure what Im doing with that so keep it as both paths at 0db and A central and B right.

 

Does this sound about right? putting the reverb on path B makes it slightly noisy, anything I'm doing wrong or could do better I'd appreciate it. 

 

[Schmalle]

On 10/9/2025 at 9:12 PM, John_Copley said:

Thanks for your help, seem to have the fundamentals down. Ive done the 4CM with the extra cable to connect HX FX Out R with the Orange's FX Return R. 

 

On the HX effects I've stuck all my gain in, then the stereo 1/2 FX LOOP (which brings the volume down, even at +6db?) then I go ping pong delay which is stereo ping ponging between speakers, then I put the reverb on path B with the Y splitter before it with A set central and B set fully right. Then I think a mixer comes up at the end, not totally sure what Im doing with that so keep it as both paths at 0db and A central and B right.

 

Does this sound about right? putting the reverb on path B makes it slightly noisy, anything I'm doing wrong or could do better I'd appreciate it. 

 

Imagine the paths (represented as lines) are stereo cables. Sometimes a stereo signal travels through it, sometimes a dual mono signal.

 

If you use both Paths (A and B) you have two stereo paths. The mixer block defines how two stereo signals are mixed.

In your case the signal on path A set central will leave the mixer block on L and R while B set fully right will leave the mixer block on R only.

 

Stereo blocks process the L and R input unmixed and put out a stereo signal.

Mono blocks mix L and R input and put out a signal that is the same on L and R (dual mono).

 

"putting the reverb on path B makes it slightly noisy"

Can you describe the noise? Which reverb do you use?