Hi,
I just picked up a used Timefactor and am having a hard time getting it connected correctly. For the most part I will be using it with a Marshall JVM which has a Parallel/Series effects loop. I’ve always used the loop in parallel mode, because I like having the dry signal come through as well. I’ve tried a number of different combinations with the Timefactor…both with the loop in series and parallel, and with KillDry both on and off, and different Bypass modes…but every time I get it set up to work for one thing, then it doesn’t for something else.
One way I was hoping to use the Timefactor was with the dual delays running in series rather than parallel…to have the two delays cascading over each other. I found a “hack” for doing this on the forum here…running a patch cable from Output 1 to Input 1, then running Output 2 back to the amp. This worked great going straight into the front end of my homebrew Princeton, but not so well in the loop of the JVM.
Since I typically run the JVM’s loop in Parallel, I get phasing uniess I turn on the KillDry on the Timefactor. This was working fine until I try running the dual delays in series as described above. When I do that, I cannot hear Delay A…it’s just gone, all I get is Delay B. If i turn KillDry off, then I get both delays, but then I get phasing! It doesn’t make sense, why would KillDry kill Delay A?? Does it somehow get routed to the parallel signal?? I realize running the delays in series is not really the way the unit was intended to be used, so maybe there is no good solution here?? But I thought I’d ask.
Thanks!
