Disto loop & Mono loop, what's the difference?
(please, don't tell me that the disto loop is for the disto and the mono loop is for the other....)
Disto loop & Mono loop, what's the difference?
- warlus1
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"The Loop Distortion is made for connecting distortion pedals to the Profiler, and is only in mono. The feature unique
to this loop, is that any volume boost of a preceding effect will be applied to the DIRECT OUT/SEND jack, thus
driving the external distortion pedal. This is actually what you would expect, anyway. The regular Loop Mono and
Loop Stereo do this differently: here, the volume boost of a preceding effect will be applied after the RETURN of the
loop. The send level will be unaffected, so the connected effect will not be overdriven. The regular Loop Mono and
Loop Stereo are suitable for all non-distorting effects. " (page 80, reference manual) - Does that help? -
If you have a stomp pedal that likes to be driven hard or boosted, then the distortion loop can do this if you place a boost in front of the loop.
I also seem to remember (from trying out the distortion loop) that there seems to have been some sort of a gate - but try that out for yourself. The best way to approach this is to experiment. I tried both: Putting the real life pedal in front of the KPA and into a loop. -
The regular Loop Mono and
Loop Stereo do this differently: here, the volume boost of a preceding effect will be applied after the RETURN of the
loop. The send level will be unaffected, so the connected effect will not be overdriven.Distortion Loop Example:
Stomp A ---> Stomp B Distortion Loop ---> Stomp A Output control ---> Stomp CThis is not the same as:
Stomp A (including the Output control) --> Stomp B Mono Loop ---> Stomp C -
I think the point is that if you need the kpa send level to affect the tone, you want to use dist loop.
If the send level isnt important, try both and listen for noise or interference and signal quality. I suspect electrically, the only difference between them is that one engages an analog amplifier, which seems likely to add at least a bit of noise. On the other hand, dist loop would give you more control over gain staging, which is also crucial to maximizing SNR
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ok
thanks
