Amplifiers' Effects Loop - The GigRig G3 ATOM User Manual

THE ADVANCED SWITCHING SYSTEM
CONNECTING AMPLIFIERS' EFFECTS LOOP
There are three important steps to connecting to your amplifier's effects loop.
The best way I find to explain this is to think of your amps' preamp as another pedal. Your preamp is
connected to your amps' power section, and this is where the amps FX LOOP sits, between the preamp
and power amp.
a. First, workout which G3 Atom loop you want to use to connect to your amps' FX LOOP. Any G3
effects loops BEFORE the loop you connect to your amplifier will effectively be BEFORE the
amps' preamp. Any G3 Atom loops AFTER the preamp loop connected to the amp will
effectively be in your amplifier's effects loop.
b. Connect the SEND from the chosen G3 Atom effects loop to the input of the amplifier.
c. Connect the EFFECTS SEND from the amplifier to the G3 loop RETURN. The preamp is now in
that loop of G3.
d. Connect OUT1 to the effects RETURN.
Now that the amplifiers effects loop is connected to G3 Atom, we have to turn it on. You'll need to go
through every pre-set and turn on your chosen preamp loop. Yes, every single pre-set. If you don't do
this your signal from G3 will head straight to your amps POWER AMP, bypassing the preamp and it's
not going to sound great.
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