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HERE'S a link for xone92 to EFX unit using midi. They use EFX1000 but I'm sure the EFX500 will be similar if not the same?
Here's a post from the PioProdDJ forum hopefully explaining another solution. Hope it makes some sort of sense!:
The problem I'm having with the Xone 92 is that there doesn't seem to be effects loop capabilities on the board. Instead, the Xone seems to act like a traditional studio mixer with aux sends and returns. The return is controlled by a fader on the right of the Xone 92 and that return signal is ADDED to the mix out, which results in a "doubling" of the effected signal (not only do you hear the dry signal from the fader channel being sent to the EFX, but you also hear the return of the EFX on the return fader as well), unlike the the pioneer which allows the EFX to "get between" the fader channel and mix out with the original/effect knob controlling the wet and dry signal (therefore, no "doubling" of the effected channel).
Now, I know that a work around could be to simply plug the mix out of the Xone into the EFX input and the EFX output into your power amp (or whatever), but then three things come into play:
1) You take away your ability to cue the EFX
2) You take away the ability to hear the EFX in the booth monitor (which is a must in a club DJ setting)
3) You must set the mixer up that way before you start playing on it (not always possible in clubland)
Does anyone out there have a solution to creating an effects loop with the Xone 92 that would (a) get rid of the doubling (without turning the the auxs up and down which would constantly screw up your levels) and (b) allow you to hear the EFX in the booth monitor. Hope my explanation was clear. Thanks in advance!
Here's the reply:
You are absolutely right about everything you have said on how the xone works, indeed there is no effects loop, but a studio style aux system...
Now, to get over this, there are a couple of ways (sorry, none as good as the press of a button on a djm )... and they both revolve around the idea of fader swaps, so that you go 100% "wet" (EFX) signal and no "dry" (original)...
a) when you get ready to replace your signal, simply fader up the return channel and fader down the original (with aux set to pre fader, aka button pressed @ aux knob)... this requires, however, 2 things, 1 that you practice the fader swap to minimize noticeable gaps and also that you have your trims set up so that the signal is the same (as a rough guideline, I set the aux at around 50%-noon or 55% and the trim on the return channel at 7.5)
b) the one I use since it seems much better, you make the return of the efx go to a "regular" input, in my case, channel 4... why? well, here you can both monitor the signal better through the LEDs to make sure they're similar to the original, still cue as in return and, best of all, use the crossfader... I set the crossfader between the original channel and the efx channel (say, 2 and 4 - left is 2, right is 4) and the curve to the least sharp... this way I can bring both faders up and when I turn the fader from A to B (doesn't even need to be fast) there is no noticeable gaps at all... so in essence the xfader becomes your send/return on/off button... of course it has its problems, namely you "lose" a channel for the efx and (more importantly to me) you can get confused with the EQing: I start EQing on channel 4 while using the efx and then want to cut the efx but find myself cutting the EQ as well since I return to the original channel where I have forgotten to change the EQ knobs to match channel 4
So, in conclusion, it takes a while to get used to, but I guess you can work it out ... at home at least.
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