RE: [Harp-L] New to Octave and Delay pedals

[d peer <dpeer2000@xxxxxxx>]

Rule #1: If the effect makes the signal noisier, don't place it before amplifying and gain devices.

 

Rule #2: Put coloring effects after amplifying and gain devices.

 

Rule #3: There are no rules. That is, the above rules may be bent when you want a certain effect. But understand the trade-offs you make in noise and performance.

 

That said, general practice is to place modulation effects (octave) before time effects (delay). For more on the signal chain, look at Crash Course On Guitar Effects by Joe Bennett (ISBN 0-634-07309-5).



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> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 00:08:52 +0000
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> Subject: [Harp-L] New to Octave and Delay pedals
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> I just got a MicroPog octave pedal for my birthday - never used one, but have wanted one for a long time. Right now I only use a Lone Wold Delay pedal from the mic to my HarpGear Double Trouble.  What's the consensus on which pedal should go first in the chain if you only have two pedals - octave and delay? My first impressions are that I would want to delay the wet octave signal and not octave split the delay signal, but what do you all think? 
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> Messin' around with the wet/dry mix and the sub/high octave mix on the MicroPog, what sounds best to me in general is a fairly heavy dry mix setting with just a bit of low and high - just fattens it up without it getting too techno sounding.  I actually thought i could use it best to add more suboctave to higher DEF harps and high octave to low harps, but that's not what my ear tells me - a bit of high octave adds thickness to an F harp while suboctave does the same thing to a low F# harp. I guess that makes sense.  
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> Any one want to weigh in on the octave pedal - don't want to get too gimmicky with the sound - when do you all use it?  
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> Thanks in advance! 
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> Ross Macdonald 
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