As pleased as I am with Dark Terror mine has quite a noise effects loop, I've got two pedals in the loop, a Behringer DR600 reverb and an Ibanez analogue delay. Off they seem quite as soon as one is on (either one) its gets a low level white noise. I've tried the amp clean so the gain isn't causing it. Changed the send/return cables and tried one or other of the pedals only. I haven't tried anything else yet as I need to have a little read up and ask here etc.
Can I jumper the loop to see if it still does the noise or will that cause problems of its own? ( i'd imagine its fine as thats what the loop is with pedals off isnt it? )
Possibly the valve ? Its a ECC81 buffered loop , at 22 quid for a JJ , whilst not that expensive I thought i'd check first.
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Jumpering the loop with a cable won’t do anything, since the loop is switched directly via the jacks anyway.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I don't recall either pedal being noisy when I ran into the quilter but then I only ran them into the front.
An excuse to search for a reverb then (as if I needed an excuse)
I remember a couple of those Behringer plastic pedals I had once (a bass limiter and a graphic eq) being noisy in a similar way, a low level hiss whenever switched on.
Having the loop after the final master volume causes three problems - it’s difficult to get the signal level right without causing potential clipping issues with low-headroom FX because it’s dependent on the master volume setting; at low settings the signal is weak compared to any noise from the FX; and you have no volume control on the amp if you’re using the FX return as a power amp input.
A quick fix for this would be to put a passive volume box in the loop after the pedals, turn the master volume up, and control the volume with the volume box.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Ibanez in front on its own - fine
behringer in front on its own - fine
ibanez in loop on its own - noisy
behringer in loop on its own - noisy
i tried minimal gain and max volume on both the 15 and 7 watt settings and its humming like my grandad in church on a sunday
to conclude , the loop is a noisy bugger. I like the loop though so has anybody else got a Dark Terror that does or doesnt do the same? Or is there a simple fix for this? Other than not running the pedals in the loop (seems a shame)