Hey guys I need help. I am playing an outdoor gig next month and really want to use my Mesa Boogie Dual Rec. To be honest my amp and rack gear has been sitting collecting dust for almost 8 months since I got the AFX (I've been running FRFR this whole time with indoor gigs). I'm totally satisfied with the Axe and all the tones I'm getting out of it. I thought it was going to be easy to just eliminate the Cabinet sim and Amp sim in the Axe and use the Axe Effects through the Mesa effects return but I am getting a muffled tone with the Mesa Effects Loop engaged while running the Axe. This happens even when all Axe blocks are dissabled so it is not really an effect in the Axe that is doing this. I'm running the effects loop 100% in and 100% wet output in the effects loop. I have to crank the output on the Axe 100% and there is still a drop in volume when the effects loop is engaged and it has a muffled tone. The other rack gear I had before the Axe worked great because there wasn't a volume drop when I turned on the effects loop. So long story short I want to play really loud at this outdoor gig and not worry about being fed through a PA. (The PA might not be that great at this gig). I really want to keep it simple for tones and didn't want to mess with trying to use the Axe Fx as a preamp if I don't have to. I did try to hook up the Axe into the Amp Return and I get super close in tone and could make the tones exact with time, but I would love to use the amp instead at this gig and not worry about dialing in the Axe. Is there a better way of doing this or should I start making preamp settings in the Axe for the Amp Return? Am I missing something here? Any body else had this problem before? Is there a better way to do this?
Note*** Edited** The problem was the Axe Global I/O was set to Front Input instead of Rear Input. The dark tone problem is fixed when you switch this in the Global I/O Menu. I knew I had read this before somewhere....Woops! Back to the Wiki.....
Note*** Edited** The problem was the Axe Global I/O was set to Front Input instead of Rear Input. The dark tone problem is fixed when you switch this in the Global I/O Menu. I knew I had read this before somewhere....Woops! Back to the Wiki.....