Yep. Basically, none of this is 'rules' - there are common places you would put types of pedal in a chain, but it's not going to kill anyone if you ignore that.
Guitar fx noob. Which order of fx?
- KVRAF
- 11001 posts since 15 Apr, 2019 from Nowhere
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- 2751 posts since 12 Mar, 2002 from Central NY
I agree with all of the above. The listed orders are common, especially in rock, for a reason. You can't go wrong with the tried and true. BUT, as has likewise been mentioned,
rules are meant to be broken. Have fun and experiment. Sometimes effects that were made specifically for other instruments...bass, synth etc....can sound really cool on guitar and vice versa.
rules are meant to be broken. Have fun and experiment. Sometimes effects that were made specifically for other instruments...bass, synth etc....can sound really cool on guitar and vice versa.
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- KVRian
- 1181 posts since 27 May, 2008
I did but I kept getting the pick stuck in the keys
- KVRAF
- 2269 posts since 10 Jul, 2008 from Orbit NE US
Wah after fuzz gives the ‘normal’ wah sound, fuzz after wah gives a peaky/shrieky kinda effect, using fuzz (distortion/overdrive) before a phase shifter or flanger makes a lot of harmonics for the flane/phase to work with. Compression at the very end of signal chain will tame all the possible volume peaks and valleys, compression towards the beginning will give that swell effect and feed a more even signal to other pedals. Fuzz after modulation can get sizzly. Delay early in the chain will make echoes with effects distinct on each echo, delay late in chain means the composite sound will delay as one type of sound echoing. Wah more towards the end can be used as a simple filter. Be sure to try as many combinations as possible.
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- 5146 posts since 22 Jul, 2006 from Tasmania, Australia
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- KVRian
- 692 posts since 8 Jan, 2017
One recomendation if you're doing this inside a DAW:
Put an EQ as the first effect, to use take the unnecessary low-end rumble with HPF. This will make anything after to sound better, mostly the amp.
Put an EQ as the first effect, to use take the unnecessary low-end rumble with HPF. This will make anything after to sound better, mostly the amp.
- KVRAF
- 5146 posts since 22 Jul, 2006 from Tasmania, Australia
--that will take away any DC also, thanks for the tip mister mixerheavymetalmixer wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:09 am One recomendation if you're doing this inside a DAW:
Put an EQ as the first effect, to use take the unnecessary low-end rumble with HPF. This will make anything after to sound better, mostly the amp.
- KVRAF
- 1844 posts since 16 Jul, 2004 from Deepest Yorkshire
I use an audio isolator to deal with any possible DC Offset. They are cheap and handy to have as they also do unbalanced/balanced conversion. As it is a transformer, they can colour the signal so a good quality one is advised. I use one of these (with jack and XLR ends)nix808 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:33 am--that will take away any DC also, thanks for the tip mister mixerheavymetalmixer wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:09 am One recomendation if you're doing this inside a DAW:
Put an EQ as the first effect, to use take the unnecessary low-end rumble with HPF. This will make anything after to sound better, mostly the amp.
http://orchid-electronics.co.uk/trans.htm
They are not to be confused with a DI, which deals with impedance and level matching (attenuation) as well as balancing, but may be transformerless so not isolating.
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- KVRAF
- 5146 posts since 22 Jul, 2006 from Tasmania, Australia
man-that's cool to know,
I have an isolator for hum, but that one is a different animal I think
I have an isolator for hum, but that one is a different animal I think
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- KVRian
- 688 posts since 17 Sep, 2007 from Planet Thanet
I'm a convert to the compressor and now have a couple scattered about my boards. As well as the more traditional place in the chain, they also come in useful after things like a Qtron.
- KVRAF
- 1844 posts since 16 Jul, 2004 from Deepest Yorkshire
- KVRAF
- 5146 posts since 22 Jul, 2006 from Tasmania, Australia
It's a ground loop isolator, I used to need more than one when wiring a couple of old PC's audio together