Hey! Kind of a dumb question, but can anyone explain to me why the FX Send is unbalanced, and the FX RTN is balanced?
(See attached acreenshot)
For context, let’s say I wanted to throw in a couple delay and reverb pedals. Now I can’t just stick them in front of the Ax8 because I might want my delay at the end of my chain, before the amp block.
So to achieve this, people use the FX Loop block and go from the unbalanced FX SEND to pedal 1, pedal 2, pedal 3, etc.
We then go from the pedal(s) back into FX RTN — for this reason, shouldn’t the FX RTN be unbalanced to match?
I’m sure there are reasons for it, but I’m just trying to learn about connections and want to make sure I have my stuff rigged up properly
If my assumption is correct, what is the workaround? Maybe to get a converter that will turn the unbalanced TS cable coming out of the last pedal into a TRS, so I can plug into the FX RTN?
Or does it just not really matter?
Thanks!
(See attached acreenshot)
For context, let’s say I wanted to throw in a couple delay and reverb pedals. Now I can’t just stick them in front of the Ax8 because I might want my delay at the end of my chain, before the amp block.
So to achieve this, people use the FX Loop block and go from the unbalanced FX SEND to pedal 1, pedal 2, pedal 3, etc.
We then go from the pedal(s) back into FX RTN — for this reason, shouldn’t the FX RTN be unbalanced to match?
I’m sure there are reasons for it, but I’m just trying to learn about connections and want to make sure I have my stuff rigged up properly
If my assumption is correct, what is the workaround? Maybe to get a converter that will turn the unbalanced TS cable coming out of the last pedal into a TRS, so I can plug into the FX RTN?
Or does it just not really matter?
Thanks!