AX8 suddenly loses all low end

Dendrite said:
Also, if there is NO pedal plugged into extern1 it can see voltage irregularities at the extern1 input and read that as wah engagement.
Like Smit said above, autowah is a different conversation. :)
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This JUST happened to me today - went to my first jam session with the AX8 and was perplexed why some patches sounded thin and fizzy (the ones where I had a wah block). Because I knew I wasn't going to use the wah, I didn't bring it. Once I got back home and did some testing I figured it out.

So I guess that means the pedal travels with the AX8 regardless? I don't want to be adding or deleting the block based on if I intend to use it or not on any given day.
 
Just take a TRS plug, connect the ring to the sleave pin, and plug it into the ext port. That would be the equivalent to a wah in heel position and disable the blocks with auto engage set around 5%.
 
ChristThePhone said:
Just take a TRS plug, connect the ring to the sleave pin, and plug it into the ext port. That would be the equivalent to a wah in heel position and disable the blocks with auto engage set around 5%.
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I wonder why they didn't put an auto-switching jack that shunts to ground when nothing is plugged, that would have avoided these autonomous oscillations and rendered useful the "exp initial value" settings.
 
The solution is simple: when you are not connecting an external Pedal, do NOT tell the AX8 that a pedal is connected.
Temporarily change EXTERNAL 1 (or whichever ones you use) from PEDAL 1 to NONE.
 
Admin M@ said:
The solution is simple: when you are not connecting an external Pedal, do NOT tell the AX8 that a pedal is connected.
Temporarily change EXTERNAL 1 (or whichever ones you use) from PEDAL 1 to NONE.
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I might be mistaken, but isn't ext1 configured to be connected to pedal 1 by default (likewise ext2, 3, and 4 are connected to pedal 2, 3, and 4) ? At least the default configuration should be a little less prone to this problem to make the AX8 beginners life easier.
 
Wigam2 said:
- went to my first jam session with the AX8 and was perplexed ... So I guess that means the pedal travels with the AX8 regardless?
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Another solution that might be useful for some would be to copy all of the presets that you tend to use to a section of unused banks, then in these banks replace the wah blocks with shunts. If you're at a jam session without your wah, then use the presets in these "no wah" banks; and if you have your wah, use the original presets.
 
ChristThePhone said:
I might be mistaken, but isn't ext1 configured to be connected to pedal 1 by default (likewise ext2, 3, and 4 are connected to pedal 2, 3, and 4) ? At least the default configuration should be a little less prone to this problem to make the AX8 beginners life easier.
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this was done to make customers lives easier so they don't have to program a pedal. *shrug*
 
Admin M@ said:
The solution is simple: when you are not connecting an external Pedal, do NOT tell the AX8 that a pedal is connected.
Temporarily change EXTERNAL 1 (or whichever ones you use) from PEDAL 1 to NONE.
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This really is a bug. Not having your expression pedal should not require a configuration change.
 
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