Hey all!
I have been a rack user all my life except for when I was 12 running an Ibanez chorus pedal into the front end of a Gorilla 25 watt amp. That was 30 years ago...
I just grabbed up a banged up Carl Martin XII Chorus pedal... only one half is functional due to the left button being gone, but I just need a replacement part and all should be well...
My question is this: in front on the amp (ISP Theta Combo) it sounds great. I don't like Chorus effects going before distortions, but whatever... Direct from guitar to mixer, it sounds great... awesome clean tones. If I run the XLR out (cab sim) to my Hum Eliminator and go out of the 1/4" jack to the pedal, to the mixer, it sounds great. The moment I try to "simply" run the Carl Martin pedal in either the effect loop of the mixer or the effect loop of the amp, I get weird drops in volume, some distortion if the effect knob on the amp is too high, and just not a good sound... all my rack stuff sounds great in the loop of either the amp or the mixer...
I am missing something about pedals? Are they specifically designed for the front of an amp and there's some sort of impedance thing or line level vs. guitar input that I am missing?
Any and all information would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks! I owe you one...