oleksandr.poyan
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Hi all,
I have recently bought Fractal Audtion FX8 Mark II. The idea was to hook it up to Mesa Boogie Triaxis as a controller and effect processor, but I have faced a problem of hum and poweramp pops when going from Stand By/ On and vice versa.
I have tried 2 types of 4CM connections. First one is with using Mesa Boogie Triaxis loop:
Guitar -> FX8 In (PRE) -> FX8 Out (L\MONO) -> Triaxis Input -> Triaxis Send -> FX8 In (POST) -> FX8 Out (POST) -> Triaxis Return -> Triaxis Output A -> Poweramp Input -> Speaker
Second is without using Mesa Boogie Triaxis loop:
Guitar -> FX8 In (PRE) -> FX8 Out (L\MONO) -> Triaxis Input -> Triaxis Output A -> FX8 In (POST) -> FX8 Out (POST) -> Poweramp Input -> Speaker
These two setups sounds the same, and the same problems remain. When I'm on clean channel of Mesa Triaxis I can't hear any hum, and I'm able to boost it using Fractal FX8 drive pedals to high gain voice and still will not have any noise, when guitar volume is on or off. But when I switch to ether crunch or lead mode where significant amount of gain, I hear the same type of noise coming out of the speaker. The more gain is used the more significant noise level become. I can hear it through the speaker whether my guitar volume is on or off. Also I've faced a problem of poweramp pops when going from Stand By/On and vice versa. It's kind off reverberation pop, when I hear echo afterwards. The louder poweramp gets the more pronounced pop sound will be, when I decide to switch it off/on. It's represented on whatever Mesa Triaxis channel I'm at the moment.
Bare in mind that I'm not using Humbuster cables or any TRS to TS cables. Just standard TS to TS cables. I've read that Humbuster cables might work in this situation, but I'm not sure. Also want to add that Mesa Triaxis + Poweramp + Speaker combo works well and there is no hum or noise beside tube standard noise. Any thoughts, guys ?
I have recently bought Fractal Audtion FX8 Mark II. The idea was to hook it up to Mesa Boogie Triaxis as a controller and effect processor, but I have faced a problem of hum and poweramp pops when going from Stand By/ On and vice versa.
I have tried 2 types of 4CM connections. First one is with using Mesa Boogie Triaxis loop:
Guitar -> FX8 In (PRE) -> FX8 Out (L\MONO) -> Triaxis Input -> Triaxis Send -> FX8 In (POST) -> FX8 Out (POST) -> Triaxis Return -> Triaxis Output A -> Poweramp Input -> Speaker
Second is without using Mesa Boogie Triaxis loop:
Guitar -> FX8 In (PRE) -> FX8 Out (L\MONO) -> Triaxis Input -> Triaxis Output A -> FX8 In (POST) -> FX8 Out (POST) -> Poweramp Input -> Speaker
These two setups sounds the same, and the same problems remain. When I'm on clean channel of Mesa Triaxis I can't hear any hum, and I'm able to boost it using Fractal FX8 drive pedals to high gain voice and still will not have any noise, when guitar volume is on or off. But when I switch to ether crunch or lead mode where significant amount of gain, I hear the same type of noise coming out of the speaker. The more gain is used the more significant noise level become. I can hear it through the speaker whether my guitar volume is on or off. Also I've faced a problem of poweramp pops when going from Stand By/On and vice versa. It's kind off reverberation pop, when I hear echo afterwards. The louder poweramp gets the more pronounced pop sound will be, when I decide to switch it off/on. It's represented on whatever Mesa Triaxis channel I'm at the moment.
Bare in mind that I'm not using Humbuster cables or any TRS to TS cables. Just standard TS to TS cables. I've read that Humbuster cables might work in this situation, but I'm not sure. Also want to add that Mesa Triaxis + Poweramp + Speaker combo works well and there is no hum or noise beside tube standard noise. Any thoughts, guys ?
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