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Old 06-24-2008, 09:57 PM
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barge vb-jr... where in chain?

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ok so i have a true bypass strip and lots of effects. i was thinking this should go maybe first then get the feed from the last in my chain so i can get a clean/dirty signal through my whole effects?
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Old 06-24-2008, 10:08 PM
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yeah, that's about it.

I'd keep the clean amp simulators (Sansamp) out of the loop, but that's just me.
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Old 06-24-2008, 10:22 PM
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Mine's got two loops, but really you could do the same thing with two VB-jrs so the idea would be the same.

There are certain effects that I don't want blended (EBS Octabass, Line 6 Liquaflange, Empress Tremolo, Line 6 Echo Park, SansAmp BDDI and soon probably the Chunk Octavius Squeezer) either because the pedals already have good blends themselves or because the effect wouldn't work well with a clean blend (trem, delay etc). For pedals that already have a good clean blend, I like them out of the loop because it lets me set the blend somewhere different than where the Barge blend level would be set.

That's really the only thing you need to consider. Do you actually want all of your effects blended? If so, put 'em all in the loop. But I'd give it some thought. I have my two pedals with the worst bypass (Moog Bass MuRF and Boss PS-3) in a separate loop both because the MuRF's blend is not that good but mostly so they aren't always sucking my tone. If you run all your pedals through the VB-jr, you are losing part of the appeal of having a true bypass blend loop.

Just something to think about.

Edit: Just reread your post and saw that you have a truebypass strip, so ignore the second part of my post. But the first point, that some effects (pitch shift, delay, tremolo, octaver, some choruses and pedals with a good onboard blend) may not belong in the loop.
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Old 06-24-2008, 10:30 PM
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yeah thats what i was wondering since i can take out the pedals im not using in the true bypass strip, maybe only certain ones need to be blended. Probably my moog for sure any maybe some of my boss? will using the barge be too weird being a loop inside a loop( the strip)?
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