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rossipedia said:
Quick Amazon search shows a couple, for example. There's really no reason they shouldn't work, assuming they have proper noise rejection and shielding.

Alternatively you could get standard straight connector SPDIF cables and a 4-pack of right angle adapters.
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I saw those before, it's actually what sparked my question. They are specifically described as "audio" cables, which I don't think will work. Like I said, the connectors are RCA, but you need a specific type of cable to support SPDIF. Here's an article from Sweetwater explaining as much https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/standard-rca-cable-for-spdif-connection/
 
^ Yup, the impedance is what I was missing. It's hard to evaluate a lot of those cables off Amazon because many of them say "digital audio coaxial" which you'd think would mean they support SPDIF.

But as long as you have the right impedance and good shielding, you should be good.
 
The Yellow cable of one of those Red, White, and Yellow A/V cables will also work in a pinch. Especially if the Yellow part has adequate shielding.

There’s a good chance just everybody has one of those laying around.

When I did home theater installs, we’d just use RG59 cable and install our own ends.
 
rossipedia said:
Quick Amazon search shows a couple, for example. There's really no reason they shouldn't work, assuming they have proper noise rejection and shielding.

Alternatively you could get standard straight connector SPDIF cables and a 4-pack of right angle adapters.
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That's not a S/PDIF cable; it's a regular analog audio cable.

Google right angle spdif 75 ohm cable to see some examples.
 
Took the VP4 off the shelf today. Originally put it in the AM4 insert but forgot that the insert processes backing tracks so I ended up putting VP4 into AM4 via spidf.

Does anyone in fractal land use all effects in front of the amp like you would in the real world without an effects loop? Of all the videos I've watched I've always seen time based effects and what not after the amp but this is sounding pretty good right now.
 

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ComplexSouth8585 said:
Does anyone in fractal land use all effects in front of the amp like you would in the real world without an effects loop?
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A lot of people do. Even more people don't. :)

Time-based effects after the amp is something you do in the studio, because you can. With a traditional amp-based rig, you can't do that. So you go with the only thing that's available: all effects in front of the amp. Both can sound good.
 
Most amps have effects loops these days. It's not quite the same as post-processing in the studio since they're almost always between the preamp and the power amp. But it's close enough. You can model that easily enough in the AxeFX/FM units, but not on the AM4, unless you disable the power amp + cab modelling and go direct into a real power amp+cab.
 
ComplexSouth8585 said:
Took the VP4 off the shelf today. Originally put it in the AM4 insert but forgot that the insert processes backing tracks so I ended up putting VP4 into AM4 via spidf.

Does anyone in fractal land use all effects in front of the amp like you would in the real world without an effects loop? Of all the videos I've watched I've always seen time based effects and what not after the amp but this is sounding pretty good right now.
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My VP4 is before the AM4, but I use a block on the AM4 for reverb and delay ("Echo" type), after the AMP.
 
This is Floofy (my wife named her, so it is what it is). She came out of the woods as a 6-week old on a cold February day and settled-in under my back porch. It took me all day to catch her. We did the math and calculated that she'd been born on Christmas day. She steals guitar picks.
 

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kitties on leashes.
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BROCKSTAR said:
Isn't that what FX LOOPS are for in amps though? To add time based effects and modulation after the amp before the cab.
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That’s not really what an amp’s effects loop does, though. It lets you add effects after the preamp and before the power amp, which is as close as you can get to putting effects after the amp without destroying your gear. It’s a compromise that approaches effects-after-the-amp, but it doesn’t achieve it.
 
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