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Effect Loop (Pink)
To connect external gear, the PROFILER offers a hardware effects loop, represented by the DIRECT
OUTPUT/SEND and the RETURN on the back side. These are the same jacks that you use for PROFILING.
✓ The PROFILER Stage even offers two SEND outputs and four RETURN inputs, which allows the use of two
independent effect loops.
You can apply a hardware effect loop in any of the effect modules. For PROFILER models other than Stage, you
cannot use the hardware effects loop in more than one location of the signal flow at the same time. So, if you try to
engage the loop at more than one location within one Rig, the first loop in the signal flow will win. Similar logic
applies, if you try to configure more than two effect loops within one Rig at the PROFILER Stage.
While Loop Mono works well in any effect module, you can establish a stereo return for your external effects by
placing Loop Stereo in the X, MOD, DLY or REV modules. In this case, the RETURN INPUT will work as the left
input and the ALTERNATIVE INPUT as the right input for any PROFILER model other than Stage.
With PROFILER Stage you could establish even two independent effect loops:
• Loop Mono or Loop Distortion via lower loop (SEND 2 and RETURN 3) plus another optional Loop Mono or Loop
Distortion via upper loop (SEND 1 and RETURN 1)
• Loop Stereo via lower loop (SEND 2 and RETURN 3+4) plus another optional Loop Stereo via upper loop (SEND 1
and RETURN 1+2)
• Loop Stereo via lower loop (SEND 2 and RETURN 3+4) plus Loop Mono or Loop Distortion via upper loop (SEND 1
and RETURN 1)
• Loop Mono or Loop Distortion via lower loop (SEND 2 and RETURN 3) plus Loop Stereo via upper loop (SEND 1
and RETURN 1+2)
Therefor the PROFILER Stage offers an additional option within the effect loop to assign either the lower or the
upper loop jacks. If you just want use one effect loop we recommend to use the lower loop as this leaves the SEND
1 and RETURN 1 jacks unoccupied and ready for PROFILING.