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better I'm working on the supertramp rhythm parts and it's a.. nightmare. But the song is cool and when I get a section and speed up is very satisfying. Let's see how far I get

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@ Izzy could you please continue to provide the DLL directly in the first post? The CDLC Enabler executable doesn't work with Linux.

Okay. For starters we need to clarify something: My initial hum and noise I was perceiving when trying to use the Effects Loop Send to the Rocksmith cable was a mix of things not related to a real noise problem. It was actually caused by using a single pickup and Rocksmith having some distortion tones etc on. Mostly it was the tone settings in Rocksmith. Once I setup the Rocksmith tone to be a clean sound with no pedals or effects in the software, then it went to being normal sounding. There is a little more pickup noise on a single coil, but if you mix two of the singles, then the extra buzz cleans up (using an SSS American Professional Strat). This is kind of expected, so not really a concern. With that said, I have tested everything I can find with using the effects loop send port to get an output to the computer via the Rocksmith USB cable. First of all nothing comes from the Effects Loop Send port unless you put a phono plug of some type into the return port just to activate the effects loop. When you have the effects loop set to serial in Boss Tone Studio, then you do get an output to Rocksmith, but the amp will not output any sound from its speaker (normal for a serial effects loop since this leaves the signal path open with no return signal hooked up). When you have the effects loop set to parallel, then you can have the amp making sound AND get sound to Rocksmith as expected. So, you CAN use the Effects Loop Send port to work with Rocksmith and also use your amp with no ground loop noise etc! It sounds as good as plugging the Rocksmith right to the guitar (almost). That is good news....but..... Unfortunately, I cannot find any way to NOT have the Amplifier Section settings sent out to the Rocksmith cable. In other words you cannot get a direct tap from the input of the guitar. This means if you have the amp set to Crunch, Brown, gain turned up etc. That is all gonna get sent to the Rocksmith cable. This must all be part of the preamp section in the Amplifier as shown in the block diagram in the manual. This section is hard wired before the effects loop apparently. According to the block diagram, you should be able set all your effects section stuff on the amp to be after the loop and not sent to rocksmith (Booster, Delay, Reverb, etc.) though. So, this means your tone in Rocksmith is going to be altered however your Amplifers amp section is set. So, if you don't want to use the amplifiers speaker and instead listen to the tones in rock smith, your gonna need to have the amp setup to output as clean of a sound as you can before the effects section to mimic the output straight from your guitar. Now, if you just turn off the tones in Rocksmith and use only your amp for sound, then I do not know how much "distortion" from clean that is in the amp section might affect the response within Rocksmith. If you crank the gain up to max and set it to crunch or Brown and it still picks up okay then you may be fine. I have not tested this. In my opinion, this is not as good as having a splitter before the input to the amp unfortunately (sending a clean signal right form the guitar to Rocksmith and the amp), but it does work with some caveats. So, I am not satisfied with the method for myself. I have not tested using the USB stuff yet. There is still some possibility that might work out better, but then it may need some other "Hacks" like the no "cable patch" or using the microphone feature implemented for acoustics (which then does not work with tones in Rocksmith). The USB could still be viable and better though. So, for myself I am at two options left to pursue. Some sort of an acceptable splitter (using a stomp box, DI Box, Lehle P-Split, Tuner pedal with Bypass etc.....or looking into the USB. The only other ports on the amp before the preamp are the Secondary USB according to the block diagram. Hope this info helps someone. I will post more if I pursue looking into utilizing the USB from the amp. Just picking a splitter before the amp is a whole ridiculous mess of choices....I was hoping the send loop was gonna be the end all, be all. It would be if it could only be before the preamp or if they could somehow send a clean signal past the preamp "Amplifier" settings to the effects loop send (possible software change?? Hard to say without seeing schematics of the amp.)