setup questions

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I finally pulled the trigger and got the CQ-18T and I’m in the middle of setting it up for use in my home studio and live with a band, and I have a couple questions:

  1. I have the delay/echo setup on fx3 and I want to use button 3 to mute the input of the effect. do I need to set the effect in a mute group? I’m presuming that the default button choice of mute will kill the effect entirely and cut off the tail. I’m using fx3 as a long delay throw.

  2. is there a way to side chain a compressor on 2 guitar channels being fed by the lead vocal channel? i do this on my SQ6 by putting the guitars into a submix with a compressor.

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I have the delay/echo setup on fx3 and I want to use button 3 to mute the input of the effect. do I need to set the effect in a mute group?
I don’t have a CQ, but in the manual I find that I can assign to a softkey “Mute … for specific channels” and I would assume that it works the same with a single FX.
Perhaps you could test it on your CQ.

I’m presuming that the default button choice of mute will kill the effect entirely and cut off the tail. I’m using fx3 as a long delay throw.
In the manual I see that I can choose a Mute Mode for FX:
“Set “Trails On” to hear any reverb or delay trail fade out naturally when muting an FX unit. Set Trails Off to have the FX mute instantly”

is there a way to side chain a compressor on 2 guitar channels being fed by the lead vocal channel?
The manual contains a block diagram and there is no side chain for compressors - so I’m afraid it won’t be possible.

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Not with current firmware. You can support any post in the suggestion section, or make a new wish. I wish we had both channel sidechain compressor AND submix group.