timefactor and modfactor woes
May 24, 2008 - 04:44 am
I recently purchased the timefactor and modfactor and run them through the loop of my Mesa/Boogie Rect-o-verb combo amp. I was twiddling around with them for the first time today and noticed some odd sounds coming out of some of the pre-sets when I put the stompboxes through my FX-Loop. For instance, on the Timefactor's pre-set 3:1, after of few seconds of the delay a really low, rumbling sound occurs and increases in volume considerably. This noise doesn't stop until I bypass the effect. Also, on the modfactor's 2:2, there is no phaser at all, the moment I turn the effect on an extremely loud noise starts buzzing through the speakers. Bear in mind that the Rect-o-verb has a parallel FX-loop that only goes up to 90% wet. When I place the stompboxes in front of my amp these issues do not occur at all. I would much rather place the FX through the loop, however, since I play with distortion and prefer delay and mod after the amps distortion. I was wondering what the problem was? I'm guessing its associated with the parallel loop. Should I mod the loop for serial? Thanks a lot guys.
Hi aandres
your Boogie FX loop has a Mix control, not a wet one. It simply adds fx level to up to 90% of the dry sound level amount. Make sure you have NO DRY signal passing from the Eventide pedals. The manual will teach you how to engage the KILL DRY function.
all the best
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I was just reading the Rectoverb manual, and it mentioned that the Master volume feeds into the Send jack. Perhaps try lowering the master volume?
What happens when you have low master volume, low wet mix on the boogie (a few %) and a low mix on the Timefactor/mod with killdry engaged - i.e.very little of the 'factor? Does it ever sound normal (even if at really quiet volumes)? Or is it always nasty?
Hi Roobin,
Suffice to say that shouldn't happen. What kind of cables are you using? I've noticed some amps have problems if you try to use balanced cables in the loop and that standard guitar cables work best.
Does the loop work correctly with other pedal in the loop, even just with a standard cable? I've seen amps before that had problems with their loops, especially with with effects that include a bit of gain where they would start feeding back through the loop even at normal volumes.
Finally, what happens when you turn the send down, did that fix the problem?
Sorry Dan if I gave the wrong impression, I don't have a Boogie! I was just trying to help out aandres.