In which order would you plug this pedal collection?

[lufo]

Having the following pedal collection, in which order would you pulg them? I want to take the best out of all of them!!

This is the list of my collection... you will read them in no specific order...

A. DarkGlass-Electronix Microtubes B3K (CMOS Bass Overdrive)
B. Demeter-Amplification Compulator Pro (Compressor)
C. Eden WTDI (D.I and Bass Pre Amplifier)
D. TC-Electronic Flashback x4 (Delay-Looper)
E. Source-Audio Soundblox Pro (Bass Envelope Filter)
F. Source-Audio Soundblox 2 Orbital Modulator (Chorus, H. Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo)
G. Source-Audio Dual Expression Pedal
H. Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Bass Big Muff (Fuzz)
I. Electro-Harmonix Steel Leather (Attack Expander)
J. Boss Noise Supressor NS-2
K. Boss choramatic tuner TU-3

 

[Woodsbass]

Having the following pedal collection, in which order would you pulg them? I want to take the best out of all of them!!

This is the list of my collection... you will read them in no specific order...

A. DarkGlass-Electronix Microtubes B3K (CMOS Bass Overdrive)
B. Demeter-Amplification Compulator Pro (Compressor)
C. Eden WTDI (D.I and Bass Pre Amplifier)
D. TC-Electronic Flashback x4 (Delay-Looper)
E. Source-Audio Soundblox Pro (Bass Envelope Filter)
F. Source-Audio Soundblox 2 Orbital Modulator (Chorus, H. Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo)
G. Source-Audio Dual Expression Pedal
H. Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Bass Big Muff (Fuzz)
I. Electro-Harmonix Steel Leather (Attack Expander)
J. Boss Noise Supressor NS-2
K. Boss choramatic tuner TU-3

Depends on how you're running your setup. If that is all running in series with no line going from your DI to PA support, or you want your dirty signal running to the PA, I would do this:

I>A>H>E>J>D>F>C>B>K

But if you want your clean signal to go to the PA, put your Pre-amp before all dirt/modulation.

 

[Jeremy James]

K - E - B - I - A - H - F - D - C

Tuner first so it get's a clean signal.
Filters next because they work better with a full clean signal.
Compressor to even out your sound before it hits the rest of the fx.
Expander after compression is the norm.
Overdrive/distortion/fuzz, normally before any time based or modulation fx.
Chorus/Flanger etc., work better after overdrive/distortion etc.
Expression/Volume here so it effects all previous fx.
Delay here so it effects all previous fx.
Noise suppressor last for obvious reasons.

But there is nothing says you can't put them where they create the sound you are after.

 

[newbold]

I. Electro-Harmonix Steel Leather (Attack Expander)
H. Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Bass Big Muff (Fuzz)
A. DarkGlass-Electronix Microtubes B3K (CMOS Bass Overdrive)
E. Source-Audio Soundblox Pro (Bass Envelope Filter)
J. Boss Noise Supressor NS-2
B. Demeter-Amplification Compulator Pro (Compressor)
G. Source-Audio Dual Expression Pedal
F. Source-Audio Soundblox 2 Orbital Modulator (Chorus, H. Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo)
D. TC-Electronic Flashback x4 (Delay-Looper)
K. Boss choramatic tuner TU-3
C. Eden WTDI (D.I and Bass Pre Amplifier)

I put the Steel Leather first to be able to push the dirt and filter more and set my gains lower for touchier tones.

I put the filter after the dirt so the sweep gets the grit and works its magic more.

IME mods sound better after compressors, delays sound crisper after mods, a tuner can mute the whole deal before sending a line to FOH (WTDI is a D.I.).

I like to be able to get different uses from my pedals. While I admit that an envelope follower works best with a pristine signal, a bypassed or buffered signal works just fine and putting everything after it really doesn't let it turn into a tone tool. I'm really fortunate that My EF has a sidechain trigger in so I can run it at the end of my chain.

If you can send a signal to the 'sensor in' to control the envelope I would really recommend you look into it so that you can run the EF as far back as you'd like.

I've contemplated getting a used steel leather to purely control my sidechain line...but I've never used one on my bass so maybe I'd have to get 2.

 

[Baird6869]

I went thru a similar exercise recently and the differences in opinion for effect order was amazing. Beyond TB, folks at Bass Player will say one thing and Bass (or guitar) Mag says the complete opposite. Two good examples are where to put compression and a tuner. Some say always at the end and others say always at the beginning.

I played around with dozens of different effect orders on my board and FOR ME, I find the following sounds best....

Note: I don't tend to have multiple effects on at any given time. My compressor is on most of the time, but it is off when I use distortion/OD. Also, I don't tune my bass with my octave or envelope filter on obviously, so my tuner at the end works just fine.

Filters and octaves sound better first IME, then compression, overdrive/dist, chorus, delay, then boost, then tuner.

YMMV, but I found playing around with multiple effects in a few different orders really helped me understand how they effect each other.

 

[David Beers]

K - E - B - I - A - H - F - D - C

Tuner first so it get's a clean signal.
Filters next because they work better with a full clean signal.
Compressor to even out your sound before it hits the rest of the fx.
Expander after compression is the norm.
Overdrive/distortion/fuzz, normally before any time based or modulation fx.
Chorus/Flanger etc., work better after overdrive/distortion etc.
Expression/Volume here so it effects all previous fx.
Delay here so it effects all previous fx.
Noise suppressor last for obvious reasons.

But there is nothing says you can't put them where they create the sound you are after.

I am agreeing with this order for the most part. Sometimes the compressor can sound good in the effects loop of your bass head, but you have to listen to how it responds to a distorted signal. Sometimes a distortion pedal can overwhelm a compressor, which is why Jeremy James put it near the beginning after the filters.

As for the relationship between distortion and filter sequence, both ways are cool. If you distort your signal before the envelope filter, you can get a synth type of sound (try the Muff into the filter). If you distort after the filter, it will just sound like a distorted envelope filter, which is usually what you want. I would even be tempted to go muff -> envelope -> darkglass so you can do either. I use a Rat for fuzz before my Maxon envelope and then into my Crossover Distortion pedal. If you tune the output of the fuzz and the sensitivity of the envelope just right, you can get some really great Bootsy type synth sounds.

Delays and loopers always go last in my mind, unless you want to stick a specific effect after the looper to effect your finished loops (try a whammy or distortion).