Line 6 Flextone Cab 212S - Manual (Page 42)

Inside Your Head: U SING THE E FFECTS L OOP
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SING THE
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FFECTS
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OOP
The back panel of the HD shows an illustration of part of the HD signal flow,
including the Effects Loop. As you can see, the series/parallel switch controls whether
(1) some sound flows directly through the amp, bypassing the effect loop (this would
be parallel), or (2) the direct path through the amp is interrupted, so all the guitar
signal flows through the effect (this would be series).
Note that the Master Volume control comes after the effects loop; you get the same
signal level flowing to your effect, no matter what Master Volume level you set.
M AKING C ONNECTIONS
Run a cable from the HD effect send to the inputs of your effect unit. This HD’s
effect send gives you a stereo, TRS (tip, ring, sleeve) connection. You can use a mono
cable to connect to a mono input effect (in this case, the HD’s left signal will flow to
the effect). For a stereo effect device that has separate left and right input jacks, use an
“insert” cable – it’ll have a TRS connector on one end (that plugs into the HD effect
send), and will fan out to two mono connectors on the other end, (those plug into
your effect unit’s two inputs).
For the return, do the same thing. Generally, you’ll want to use another “insert” cable,
with the two mono connectors plugged into your effect’s left and right outputs, and
the TRS connector plugged into the HD’s effect return. If you use a mono cable for the
return, you will get the looped signal on only one side. If the effect loop is set for series
operation, that means only the left channel of your HD will be heard. In that case,
you’ll need to use a mono-to-stereo adapter on the mono cable from the effect, to feed
both the effect return channels of the HD.
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