No control of amp in 4 cable method

[pelachile]

I am using an original Peavey 5150 and I am trying to use the 4 cable method. However, once I get everything set up none of the controls on my amp effect anything. Is this the expected behavior?

 

[Moke]

Are you sure that you have it all connected correctly?

 

[pelachile]

I believe so. My head is powering a 4x12 Marshall 1960, but no tone or volume control from the 5150.

 

[Moke]

Page 21 from the manual.

 

[pelachile]

Yup, did all that. I lied though, the Resonance and Presence knobs for the power amp do work.

 

[Moke]

Yup, did all that. I lied though, the Resonance and Presence knobs for the power amp do work.

Can you post the preset, or a screenshot of the grid layout?

 

[Moke]

Do you have an 'Fx-Loop' block in the grid, where an Amp block and Cab block would normally be?

 

[pelachile]

Here it is.

 

[Moke]

Here it is.

Can you click on the Fx-Loop block to show it's parameter settings and take another screenshot?

 

[pelachile]

Here you go

 

[Moke]

Here you go

Okay. Are you sure that you are connected exactly as shown in the diagram above (from the manual)??? Using the 'Left' Out 1, 'Left' Out 2, 'Left' In 2?

 

[pelachile]

Okay. I am having an issue with either my FX loop on the 5150 or the with the Axe Fx. Super low volume lots of fizz

 

[Moke]

Is the Out 2 knob on the Axe front panel all of the way up?

 

[Moke]

Okay. I am having an issue with either my FX loop on the 5150 or the with the Axe Fx. Super low volume lots of fizz

Sorry, but just checking..... Is the Loop switched 'on' on the 5150?

 

[Moke]

Have you changed the output 1 and 2 configurations in the 'I/O' menu at all?

 

[pelachile]

Pretty sure the default behavior is for it to turn on when there is a cable plugged into it. I don't have the foot switch for it though. I think it might be the 5150. I have the head cranked all the way and the Axe Fx cranked all the way and my ears aren't bleeding. Anything past 5 on the 5150 and windows start breaking.

 

[Moke]

You may have to have the 5150 foot-switch connected to use it's effects loop?

 

[pelachile]

I don't have the foot-switch. I have 2 hum buster cables. Getting a lot of pre amp noise and the volume is gone. It's like it's being run thru an attenuator or something. Noise gate in front of the FX Loop block does nothing.

 

[Moke]

I don't have the foot-switch. I have 2 hum buster cables. Getting a lot of pre amp noise and the volume is gone. It's like it's being run thru an attenuator or something. Noise gate in front of the FX Loop block does nothing.

Are the two 'Humbuster' cables on the Axe-Fx Outputs only? And are the TRS ends at the Axe-Fx side of the connection?

 

[pelachile]

One Humbuster goes from the 5150 send to the Axe Fx Input 2 L with TRS. The other goes from the 5150 return to the Axe FX Output 1 L with TRS.