With all the different types of effects and devicesavailable for musicians, there can be confusion with how to set up your signal chain with your effects. We offer a variety of pedals that can be placed in many different ways in your audio signal chain.
There is no wrong way to connect your effects in your signal chain as each method can provide you with different sonic results. Though what works for one person or rig may not work for another.
Another way to set up your pedals is by placing them within the effects loop of your amplifier. An effects loop is an audio input and output loop that is placed after the preamp and before the power amp section of your amplifier, using theEffects Send and Effects Return jacks. On some amplifiers, these can be labels Preamp Out (Effects Send) and Power Amp In (Effects Return). Not all amplifiers have effects loops, but those that do allow for you to place some of your effects within the loop.
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Typically, players tend to place their delay and reverb effects within the effects loops of their amplifiers. This placement is especially helpful if you get your overdrive and distortion from your amplifier instead of pedals. Otherwise you would be feeding your delay repeats and reverb ambiance into the overdrive and distortion of your amplifier, which can sound muddy and washed out. You can also place your modulation pedals within the effects loop of your amplifier as well for a different sound.
With series effects loops, the entire signal from the amplifier’s preamp section is sent through Effects Send OUTPUT to pass through the effects and return through the power amp section from the Effects Return INPUT.
Withparallel effects loops, half the the signal from the amplifier’s preset section is sent through the Effects Sent OUTPUT to pass through effects, while the other half passes directly on to the amplifier’s power amp section to always be heard unaffected. With this type of effects loop, there is typically an effect level control that allows you to dial in the amount of the effect you want heard along with your unaffected signal. We recommend setting the MIX control on any of your effects to 100% when placed within a parallel effects loop. Our TimeLineandBigSky pedals have a Kill Dry feature (DRYSIG parameter in the GLOBLS menu) that mutes your dry signal for use in parallel effects loops—however we do not recommend using this setting when using more than one pedal within the effects loop.
Pedal Board Signal Chain Help
Guitar => compressor => volume pedal => wah pedal => overdrive => chorus=> tremolo => amplifier INPUT; amplifier effects send => delay => reverb => amplifier effects return
Guitar => compressor => wah pedal => overdrive => amplifier input; amplifier effects send => chorus => tremolo => volume pedal =>delay => reverb => amplifier effects return
Some of our pedals have qualitiesor features that allow them to workin multiple locations or a specific location in the signal chain.
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DecoTape Saturation & Doubletracker is a unique effects pedal that allows for a wide variety of tonal possibilities. You can place Deco near the beginning of your signal chain and use theTape Saturation as a light overdrive. Or, you can place Deco at the end of your chain, use lower Tape Saturation settings, and provide your entire signal with the tape-like warmth, compression, and added low end harmonics.
MobiusModulation has a unique Pre/Post connection feature that allows you to place the effects in one of two locations in your signal chain. Within the Params menu of each preset, you can select whether you would like it to be placed within the Pre or Post positions in the chain. (See Mobius manual pages 22-23 for details.)
LexRotary can work well after your gain based effect with your other modulation pedals, or at the very end of your signal chain as well to make it sound like your entire signal is passing through a rotating speaker cabinet.
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BigSkyReverberator has a built-in cab filteractivatedbya toggle switch on the back of the pedal. This gives you the sound ofplaying through a custom 1×12 speaker cabinet with the reverb effects engaged or bypassed. This feature works well for direct recording or connecting directly to the mixer of a PA system.
It’s important to remember that these setups are not set rules that must be followed. You can get a variety of unique sounds by placing your effects in unorthodox locations. It’s common to run into that special sound that came about as a ‘happy accident’ when setting up your effects. Using these suggestions, you can build up your own pedalboard to suit your individual taste.
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You might have heard people talk about hard and fast rules, and others that say it doesn’t matter at all just play the solo right for once.
I would love to go back in time to my high school self and see what pedal signal path I used. I remember having 3 or 4 pedals laid out on the floor, each with their own power supplies plugged into a power strip. I had no idea that the signal chain mattered.
And then I got more into pedals which meant I got more pedals. I eventually graduated to a pedal board (and from high school) and somewhere learned that the order of pedals mattered. So I followed the “rules” I had learned about pedal order.
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And while I’ve stuck closely to that order, I’ve also done some experimenting with pretty cool results (I'll show you my preferred signal chain at the end of the article).
I’m a believer in knowing the rules first, so you know how to break them. In our context, it’s important to understand why this signal chain is the most preferred set up. From there you’ll have a better understanding of how your pedals interact with each other.
I’m going to start by going over the standard, recommended, mandatory, do this or else pedal order you’ll see in any article or write up. There are a lot of benefits here and I actually use something similar to this. I’ll go over the reasons as we’re going along.
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But don’t get too hung up on this. Especially if you’re recording, have a small pedal board, or want to express yourself in a different way than the norm. Remember, this is all subjective. And while 80% of guitarists might agree on this signal chain, there are different strokes for different folks and different signal paths for different situations.
Fuzz pedals normally come first because of how they respond (negatively) to buffered pedals. Even buffered bypass pedals can have a significant impact on how your fuzz sounds. It kind of sucks the life out of your tone. Putting your fuzz pedals before anything else makes sure there aren’t any buffers in front of it.
Wahs are another form of tone sucking pedals and typically do better in the beginning of your signal chain. One thing that is very much open for debate is if wahs sound better before overdrives and gain pedals, or if they sound better after overdrives and gain pedals.
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Envelope filters and auto wahs would naturally come next. They respond to your pickup’s dynamics and putting them towards the end reduces their touch sensitivity. Pitch shifters also work well at this point in your pedal chain.
The primary function of a compressor is to “normalize” your signal. That means the loud parts are brought down and the quiet parts are brought up. If you have any buzz or hum coming from your overdrive, no matter how small, it gets amplified by the compressor if it comes after an overdrive.
This same thing happens with fuzz pedals, by the way. I don't know if I've heard anyone play a compressor and a fuzz at the same time. And I don’t know how it would sound. So I guess give that a shot and report back!
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Next in your chain would be your dynamic pedals. Overdrives , distortions, boosts , and EQ pedals. Where you put each pedal will do different things. Especially if you have multiple gain pedals (and be honest, you do).
Starting with overdrives and boosts, you have two options. Put the boost before the overdrive or put the overdrive before the boost.
If you put your boost before your overdrive, you’ll add mostly just gain to your overdrive pedal. Your tone will stay relatively
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