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Old 09-11-2009, 10:04 PM
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I have the following pedals.
What´s the best way do plug them in my pedalboard? who is first, who is middle, who is last?
And i should put in the input of my amp or in the lop (send/return)?

the pedals:

Electro Harmonix - Octave Multiplex
Boss Bass Synth - Syb5
Digitech Bass Synth
Ibanez Bass Synth SB7
Ibanez Phazer PH7
Dod Bass Stereo Flanger Fx72
MXR Bass Auto Q
Digitech Bass Multi Chorus
MXR Bass Wah - White 105Q
MXR VARIPHASE PHASER PEDAL CSP-001
ISP Decimator
EBS Multicomp
MXR Ten Band EQ
MRX Bass DI+
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Old 09-11-2009, 10:56 PM
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I have the following pedals.
What´s the best way do plug them in my pedalboard? who is first, who is middle, who is last?
And i should put in the input of my amp or in the lop (send/return)?

the pedals:

Electro Harmonix - Octave Multiplex
Boss Bass Synth - Syb5
Digitech Bass Synth
Ibanez Bass Synth SB7
Ibanez Phazer PH7
Dod Bass Stereo Flanger Fx72
MXR Bass Auto Q
Digitech Bass Multi Chorus
MXR Bass Wah - White 105Q
MXR VARIPHASE PHASER PEDAL CSP-001
ISP Decimator
EBS Multicomp
MXR Ten Band EQ
MRX Bass DI+
good lord... i will give it a try, but that is based on what i liked when i wired everything in one big series.

1. i like eq first, especially with synths and filters, because you can have it set to make them respond a bit better. i bet a lot will disagree with that, so i thought id clarify.

2. your mountain of synths should be second. the octave multiplexer is in this group. things with tracking issues need to be first.

3. your group of phasers and flangers and chorus pedals should go next; either that or your wah pedal. it shouldnt matter, as i doubt you will use both simultaneously.

4. my compressor is always last. its in a rack, so that could be why, but its always been that way, and it works for me.

5. obviously your di should go last.

6. ive not a clue what the decimater is, but if it distorts the tone at all (not like a fuzz or od, but you know what i mean), i would put it after the flangers and phasers, but before the wah. this pedal would determine the order of number three (above).

this is but my opinion. give that a go, or trust someone else who posts here. i dont own your synths and phasers and stuff, but if you run some simultaneously, obviously you need to fool around with the order in those groups on your own; cant help you there.

hope that helped. have fun.
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I generally order them by size, with the biggest at the start and the smallest at the end. Some people reverse it.
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Some people reverse it.
Well think about it, bigger pedals are louder so you want the to go small to big so that your signal has more power.
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Well think about it, bigger pedals are louder so you want the to go small to big so that your signal has more power.
That's true.
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6. ive not a clue what the decimater is, but if it distorts the tone at all (not like a fuzz or od, but you know what i mean), i would put it after the flangers and phasers, but before the wah. this pedal would determine the order of number three (above).
Decimator is a noise gate.
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Decimator is a noise gate.
You'll want that at the end 'cos all those pedals are going to go hissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss................ .....

There are 14 pedals you have, which in theory is 196 different possible ways to order them (please feel free to correct my maths).

I think you may have too many pedals?

How many sounds do you actually use in your set?

I suggest you use as few as necessary live. The difference between one phaser/bass synth and another will probably not be that much in a live situation. My feeling is to maybe use the effects during recording but for live - do you really want to hump all those pedals about?
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There are 14 pedals you have, which in theory is 196 different possible ways to order them (please feel free to correct my maths).
I think you are wrong the actual number would be 87178291200 or 14x13x12x11...x1
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I think you are wrong the actual number would be 87178291200 or 14x13x12x11...x1
I was going on 14 times 14....

However, I bow to your superior maths!

I won't ask for an explanation as I probably would n't understand it.

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I was going on 14 times 14....

However, I bow to your superior maths!

I won't ask for an explanation as I probably would n't understand it.

no prob I'm not as good as I used to I've just got nothing to do at the moment and I like maths
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I have the following pedals.
What´s the best way do plug them in my pedalboard? who is first, who is middle, who is last?
And i should put in the input of my amp or in the lop (send/return)?

the pedals:

Electro Harmonix - Octave Multiplex
Boss Bass Synth - Syb5
Digitech Bass Synth
Ibanez Bass Synth SB7
Ibanez Phazer PH7
Dod Bass Stereo Flanger Fx72
MXR Bass Auto Q
Digitech Bass Multi Chorus
MXR Bass Wah - White 105Q
MXR VARIPHASE PHASER PEDAL CSP-001
ISP Decimator
EBS Multicomp
MXR Ten Band EQ
MRX Bass DI+
http://users.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/fx-order.htm

give this a read....although there is no set order....there is a sort of reason to putting certain effects in a particular order....

hope that helps
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Try this.


ISP Decimator
Electro Harmonix - Octave Multiplex
MXR Ten Band EQ

MXR Bass Auto Q
MXR Bass Wah - White 105Q
EBS Multicomp
MXR VARIPHASE PHASER PEDAL CSP-001
MXR Bass DI+

Ibanez Bass Synth SB7
Digitech Bass Synth
Boss Bass Synth - Syb5

Dod Bass Stereo Flanger Fx72
Digitech Bass Multi Chorus
Ibanez Phazer PH7
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