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Post by Jefferson on May 21, 2015 13:05:59 GMT -7
Just picked up an FX Engineering RAF Mirage compressor. Had a lot of folks tell me that it was amazingly transparent and that the effect was not squashy at all - that it just served to round out the tone a bit if you left it low. I've gone back and forth with compressors but I think when used modestly they can really enhance your tone...
Just wondering where in my tone chain this thing should run. My chain is as follows: 1. boss TU2 tuner 2. Teese wah (off and on the board) 3. Rockett blue note OD (amazing pedal) 4. Carl Martin AC tone OD 5. Skreddy Lunar Module deluxe 6. Ernie Ball Volume pedal with buffer 7. Love Pedal baby face trem 8. TC Alter Ego Delay 9. Earthquaker Dispatch Master reverb/delay 10. Lizard Leg Draconis - one side on all the time.
thanks for your thoughts...
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Post by southmusic70 on May 21, 2015 14:27:29 GMT -7
I always put mine first after my tuner, but I don't use wah. I would think that you'd want to put it between the tuner and wah because it will amplify any noise your wah makes if put after the wah.
I don't know your compressor pedal, but I feel like a blend control allows me to get a more satisfactory and subtle effect (that I leave on all of the time).
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Post by jb on May 21, 2015 14:42:02 GMT -7
I also put it first after my tuner.
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Post by bloozeman on May 21, 2015 17:22:15 GMT -7
Compressor first before OD and just a hint that kenny Wayne shepherd told me, put your wah first then tuner and other pedals.
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Post by daveyk on May 21, 2015 21:29:41 GMT -7
Compressor first before OD and just a hint that kenny Wayne shepherd told me, put your wah first then tuner and other pedals. Yes
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Post by jasper on May 21, 2015 22:22:36 GMT -7
I go 1 tuner 2 wah 3 compressor 4 OD 5 volume pedal 6 phaser/tremolo/chorus 7 Delay. You can always experiment and discover what tone you may like.
This guy has great information on Compressors.
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Post by LT on May 22, 2015 12:05:47 GMT -7
I would put the Comp between the wah and the 1st OD as well….but a lot of the guys here place it after the final OD pedal.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 16:03:39 GMT -7
Ok, I'm a contrarian. I like to run my comp after my drives, a la Trey Anastasio. I find it helps to keep the volume more even when turning on one or more drives.
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Post by dergit (Markus) on May 23, 2015 1:26:00 GMT -7
As always, it depends... a compressor evens out dynamics. If you want your tone to retain headroom and your boost pedals to boost, compress first. If you want to even out everything in the end and like a squashed sound, compress last. Anything in between is possible. Like most, I like to place it early in the chain.
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Post by j4gitr (John) on May 23, 2015 4:34:10 GMT -7
Ok, I'm a contrarian. I like to run my comp after my drives, a la Trey Anastasio. I find it helps to keep the volume more even when turning on one or more drives. +1. I'm in this camp, but it can add to the noise. Mine is not always on.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2015 14:28:27 GMT -7
Yep, definitely noisier this way. I kinda dig the way it squashes more as the signal gets louder. Great sustain this way, too. I don't use the comp as an on all the time thing, though.
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Post by jasper on May 23, 2015 18:12:13 GMT -7
Another video regarding what a compressor does where it is placed in the chain of OD pedals
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Post by deltone on May 24, 2015 12:01:47 GMT -7
Another video regarding what a compressor does where it is placed in the chain of OD pedals Great video. Thanks for sharing! Making me re-think the location of my compressor. And I get the treble boost thing now.
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Post by Jefferson on Jun 10, 2015 9:11:34 GMT -7
So I finally got the RAF Mirage installed on the board. I was worried about squash and noise and I needn't have been. This thing is really nice! It isn't loud at all, in fact at the settings I am using it I really don't notice any additional noise. It also does exactly what others told me it would do - it rounds out the sound so you sort of lose the peaks and valleys and I find that to be quite nice. It also feels like it fattens things up just a bit in a very musical way.
lastly, because of the way it works to even things out, I feel like I sound more polished as a player. not perfect mind you, but more polished with the way notes seem to end at exactly the right time.
I know this design isn't like any of the compressors of the past, something entirely different. imho, they got this just right. I think this may be a leave it on all the time kind of pedal...
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