It is well known that putting an analog/digital conversion before a distorted tube preamp creates a certain amount of hiss. This is not unique to fractal, as all digital gear can do it. For example, when I put my strymon mobius before my bogner set to a distortion channel, there is some hiss when the pedal is engaged. If I bypass it, the hiss goes away.
Previously, fractal has said that the front end of the FX-8 (pre) can be bypassed separately from the back end (post). This means that you could set up a preset where the front end is bypassed, and have an analog signal going into the front of the amp that is only buffered. This would be useful for distorted presets where guitarists often only uses time based effects in the post position. For cleaner sounding presets, the guitar player could bring back in the front end for compression etc.
So here is my question:
When running the FX-8 in the 4cm, does bypassing the front end of the FX-8 eliminate the extra hiss on higher gain channels?
Previously, fractal has said that the front end of the FX-8 (pre) can be bypassed separately from the back end (post). This means that you could set up a preset where the front end is bypassed, and have an analog signal going into the front of the amp that is only buffered. This would be useful for distorted presets where guitarists often only uses time based effects in the post position. For cleaner sounding presets, the guitar player could bring back in the front end for compression etc.
So here is my question:
When running the FX-8 in the 4cm, does bypassing the front end of the FX-8 eliminate the extra hiss on higher gain channels?