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| Hi! This may be a silly question. I have a Korg AX3000g Processor which has a send and return. How do I connect this to my amp which also has a send and return?
The manual that comes with the Korg seems to suggest that the send and return is only used to connect external effects units.
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| | Forget about send and return for a moment. Plug your guitar into the processor's main input jack. Plug another lead into the main output jack of the processor (it has two, use the "first" one that's probably labelled output 1), then take this lead and plug it into the main input jack on your amp (put master volume on the amp to zero while you do this). This will get you up and running safely. Now, send and return sockets are there to patch in a separate effect units to work with the processor or the amp - look at it as looping in another circuit board to your equipment. So how do you practically use send and return? Well let's say you're a bit of a reverb freak and you're not happy with the amp's built-in reverb. So you go and buy a studio quality, rackmount reverb unit. You hook the send socket of the amp to the reverb's input and connect the reverb's output back to the amp's return socket. Hey presto, the rackmount reverb unit now acts like a "built-in" reverb for your amp. Hope this makes sense - if not, please ask about anything you're still unsure of.
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| Not all effects gear will work well in a 'send and return' loop.
For example, effects pedals are designed for guitar-size input signals, so the 'line level' signal from an amps's FX Send may drive them into distortion. The reverb unit suggested by TMITJ with a line level input and will be fine, but take care when using effects pedals.
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| | Thank for the responses - I think I see how to do it now. I'll give it a try. |
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