Good day everyone,
I am a recent FX8 owner, and I am having a lot of difficulty with getting the unit to work with my Rivera Knucklehead [K7] amplifier using the 4CM. Here is the signal chain as I have it now:
Guitar --> FX8 in 1 PRE --> FX8 OUT 1 PRE L using humbuster cable --> High gain input of Rivera
Rivera FX Send --> FX8 in 2 POST L --> FX8 out POST L using humbuster cable --> Rivera FX return.
The Rivera FX loop send is set to 10. The Rivera FX loop return is set any where between 1-10. The Rivera FX loop blend is set to 10.
Here is my issue: The effects send to the FX8 never clips no matter what I have the Rivera FX send level set to. The FX8 return does not push the amp hard enough to ever reach unity gain. The effect level is super low and hard to hear. If I turn the Rivera loop blend to anything lower than 10 the amp gets much louder, but the effect goes away completely.
I've spent hours trying to figure it out, and have read the owners manual for both the amp and the FX8 over and over, but I must be missing something. I've tried the FX8 direct into the Rivera FX loop and it makes no difference. I've tried the FX8 mix at 0 to 50% with no change in the sound.
I am hoping someone out there has used this set up, or a similar Rivera amp with the FX8 and can provide me with pointers on what I am doing wrong. I have tried different cables, etc, but the issue is always the same. The send from the amp never clips the input, and the return from the FX8 is never loud enough to achieve unity gain. Any help is much appreciated! Thank you!! Tobe
I am a recent FX8 owner, and I am having a lot of difficulty with getting the unit to work with my Rivera Knucklehead [K7] amplifier using the 4CM. Here is the signal chain as I have it now:
Guitar --> FX8 in 1 PRE --> FX8 OUT 1 PRE L using humbuster cable --> High gain input of Rivera
Rivera FX Send --> FX8 in 2 POST L --> FX8 out POST L using humbuster cable --> Rivera FX return.
The Rivera FX loop send is set to 10. The Rivera FX loop return is set any where between 1-10. The Rivera FX loop blend is set to 10.
Here is my issue: The effects send to the FX8 never clips no matter what I have the Rivera FX send level set to. The FX8 return does not push the amp hard enough to ever reach unity gain. The effect level is super low and hard to hear. If I turn the Rivera loop blend to anything lower than 10 the amp gets much louder, but the effect goes away completely.
I've spent hours trying to figure it out, and have read the owners manual for both the amp and the FX8 over and over, but I must be missing something. I've tried the FX8 direct into the Rivera FX loop and it makes no difference. I've tried the FX8 mix at 0 to 50% with no change in the sound.
I am hoping someone out there has used this set up, or a similar Rivera amp with the FX8 and can provide me with pointers on what I am doing wrong. I have tried different cables, etc, but the issue is always the same. The send from the amp never clips the input, and the return from the FX8 is never loud enough to achieve unity gain. Any help is much appreciated! Thank you!! Tobe