Board order

octaves almost exclusively belong first. i put my OC-2 after a synth pedal (korg G5) but even then putting it before works too.

envelope filters gennerally go before only delay and dirt (not a rule. but gennerally.)

feel free to experiment and leave it the way you like it. youll most likely leave your octave in front, though.

 

Since envelope followers track best with clean signals, and some people like to quack out their fuzzes, this board order got a bit large...and the same with EQ.

My envelope follower has a trigger input and my distortion has a clean out...so I only use one EF...but my EF is pretty big and takes its own power supply...so that's not always the best option for everyone (plus, it's a phaser not a filter).

Different compression (to tame envelope, to punch up grind, and limiting signal to tame peaks before sending to a power amp or out of a sampler) can be useful as well...especially when gainstaging is not being your friend or when you don't have control over in/out volume where you really need it.



bass pre
Tuner
octave
Envelope/sidechain

squeeze comp
octave dist.
drive
fuzz
chorus
eq/wah
synth


sweep/envelope
trem/phaser

reverb
eq
delay
loop sampler

limiter comp.
Amp pre.
D.I.

 

I usually put a octave first then dirt then filter then dirt but sometimes [like now] I have a fuzz before my octave to make it glitch and sputter for some synth sounds.

 

I say all pitch shifting belongs at the beginning. As far as the filter, I have an overdrive before my envelope filter and a fuzz afterward. The overdrive before to get that Les Claypool type slap tone and the fuzz after to just quack it out.

 

This is one of those things that comes down to taste. Do yourself a favour, get a fan out(cause you might sweat a bit!) sit down and start with one effect. then build on it, switching the order as you go and adjusting to taste. Try playing the same riff with teh pedals switched and see what differences you notice.

 

Or you could forget what broadbent says and see what everybody else suggests with reasons and go from there, then going back to what Broadbent said because there are really only so many combinations...

 

octave - fuzz - envelope

 

It's definitely a personal taste thing, but for me it's:
Bass -> Tuner -> Octave -> Synth -> Envelope Filter -> Overdrive/Distortion -> Wah -> Fuzz -> Modulation (Chorus/Flanger/Vibrato/Tremolo/etc) -> Volume Pedal -> Reverb/Delay -> Amp/DI