I did a search, but came up with nothing. I was wondering what the "correct" order for distortion and modulation (delay, chorus, reverb, etc) effects is? Distortion first, or other effects first in a signal chain?
My actual pedals right now are (in this order):
1-Korg Pitchblack
2-Hardwire Metal Distortion
3-Russian Muff
Pretty basic, but I'm looking to add more modulation type effects into my rig. Is there any difference where you place these pedals, since 75% of the time a distortion will be used with a reverb or a chorus or whatever. I'm in a drum and bass trippy, stoner type metal band.
Is there any difference where you place these pedals, since 75% of the time a distortion will be used with a reverb or a chorus or whatever.
Yes. Distorted chorus sounds very different to chorused distortion. Just swap stuff around until you like the sounds that come out, but yeah most people prefer distortion/fuzz early in the chain with modulation effects later (otherwise the modulation effects tend to get a bit washed out).
Thanks. I was thinking exactly what you guys recomended. I got to talking with a know-it-all salesman at GC today while looking at pedals and I started to get a little confused.
it's an iterative process.... there's a few rules of thumb, e.g. that distortion then filter sounds different from filter then distortion, but most of it's just plugging stuff in and trying different combinations.
as a general rule should fuzzes go after OD so as you go along the chain you have the ones with the most gain last???
hope this post makes sence to someone I couldn't quite say what I was thinking.
I understand what you're saying. I think it's mostly a personal preference thing as to what order you put your gain based effects in. Personally, I put my ODs first, then my fuzzes, and then my distortions. I would rather distort an overdriven sound than overdrive a distorted sound.
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Originally Posted by wabbit
I would have listened to the first couple of bars and then headed straight for the nearest one.
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today while looking at pedals and I started to get a little confused.
