Diamond Amplification Hammersmith - Manual (Page 10)

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People sometimes inquire about the lack of an effects send. There is one. When the loop is
engaged, each Volume control becomes that Volume/Gain’s effects send. So, when on the
clean channel with the loop engaged, the Volume control on the clean channel becomes the
effects send. When on Channel 2, that Volume control becomes the effects send, and so on.
So if you’re clipping your effects, that is the control to reach for.
What about that E. Return knob on the front panel? When the loop is on, the E. Return knob
replaces each channel’s volume control and becomes the overall master volume control.
This turns each Volume control into a balancing control to level out channel volumes (and
that channel’s effects send as noted in the preceding paragraph). What is the advantage to
this? When you have the loop engaged, you can heat up the preamp to drive the channel
hotter while controlling the overall volume.
Let’s do a test.
1. Set your amp on Channel 2.
2. Set the Gain at 6 and the Volume at 4. It should be pretty loud.
3. Now, make sure the E. Return control is set to 0 and plug a short patch
cable into the loop (provided), jumping the Send to the Return. When you
play now, you should hear nothing.
4. Gently bring the E. Return knob up. When you get to about 2 or 3, you
should be at a normal, listenable level for home practice, and tonally the
amp should be about the same.
5. Leave the E. Return knob on 2 or 3 (wherever you ended up) and bring the
volume level of 2 up to about 6 or 7. You’ll hear the amp getting a lot hotter
but the volume will remain listenable (although a little louder).
6. Unity gain is about 5. So, if you bring the E. Return up to 5, you should be
able to unplug the loop without any volume difference.
7. Now switch back and forth between the channels setting the Volume
controls to a nice, balanced level or vary them from one to the other as
desired.
It is perfectly normal to run the amp with a short (1’ or 2’) patch cable in the loop at all times.
If you like having the master, jump the loop. If you don’t want it, take it out.