Midi routing EXTERNAL pedals- is there a better way?

[spikey]

I have a few Strymon pedals in stereo I like to control via Midi in the Axe-FX III Mk2. I have found that in order to get the Strymon pedals at the correct volumes I have to turn the "Out-3" knob on the AFX all the way up while leaving the Strymon pedals around 1/2 way up.

FYI- I was running an M-Plex box just after the "Out 3" box but the latest beta firmware clips both outs 1 & 3 to the MAX (both meters pegged) and the only way to clear it, is to hard reboot the AFX. It did NOT do this before the update. Using Trial and error, I found if I removed the M-Plex box the clipping goes completely away, so I wound up with what I have below now.

So, I kindly ask the gurus here, is there a better solution to run/incorporate the Strymons than what I've done below?

 

[unix-guy]

There is a confirmed but with the multiplexer block on 17.01... you have described the symptoms

FYI, your question doesn't really have anything to do with midi so you might get better responses by changing your thread title to be something about "using external effects".

Output 3 is designed for unity Gain with the knob at 100%, so that makes sense here.

From your image, you are running the Strymon pedals in parallel. Is that intentional?

 

[spikey]

There is a confirmed but with the multiplexer block on 17.01... you have described the symptoms

FYI, your question doesn't really have anything to do with midi so you might get better responses by changing your thread title to be something about "using external effects".

Output 3 is designed for unity Gain with the knob at 100%, so that makes sense here.

From your image, you are running the Strymon pedals in parallel. Is that intentional?

Thanks for verifying the bug and the tip (to me). I didn't see that.

No, I'm not running them in parallel intentionally, I just thought that was the intended way to run them.


So do I put in-3 and out-3 in line with the current line/one? That would place them correctly in series then?

 

[unix-guy]

Thanks for verifying the bug and the tip (to me). I didn't see that.

No, I'm not running them in parallel intentionally, I just thought that was the intended way to run them.


So do I put in-3 and out-3 in line with the current line/one? That would place them correctly in series then?

I'm not saying it's wrong. It's dependent on what you're connecting and what you're trying to achieve, and what you like.

I don't have any experience with those units so I can't really advise much on the "best" way. Effects that are "ambient" are often run in parallel, so that's probably a good way to do it as I know many Strymon effects fall into that category.

One thing to keep in mind about parallel routing is that unless the parallel effects are at 100% mix then you're adding additional dry signal into things.

I have a vague memory that Strymon has a "dry kill" setting or something like that for this case, but I might be wrong.

If you place the Output/Input in line then it will be series.