LOL. I just don't like post-distortion effects. Delays get lost in the mix, and aren't as prominent as I'd like, and reverbs turn into some bad 80's cop movie.
I'd much rather put the reverb and delay in front of the amp and dial the mix extremely low in order to clean it up somewhat. Still has a "gluey" character, and things are just more prominent and soundscapey that way. It must just my stupid brain, but anyway... this is how I roll!
So right now, as much as I love it, the Timebender is off my board for the time being. I think I've got a really nice equilibrium with mah Boss's... it's a really simple setup now. Way more simpler than anything I've had in the past...
I've taken my tubescreamer and MXR Micro Amp off the board at the moment, but the tubescreamer might have to go back on as we've got a few songs where I do volume swells with the volume pedal, and I always used to use the tubescreamer to level it out a bit. I noticed the lack of it today.
The only problems with this board really:
- Boss buffers adding noise
- Phase 90 isn't quite the sound I need for some songs; some songs need the OTA Small Stone style phase, and others need the FET style of the Phase 90
- My tap tempo cable that goes to both delays does cause a tiny bit of hum when it is next to the power supply, not sure how to fix it
- Realistically I could get the whole thing even smaller. I might make a custom box and ditch the PT2; not 100% sure on that yet.
All in all, tubescreamer aside, this is everything I will ever need for a live setup! Anything more than this, and I get lost... my brain starts farting out and I can't compute.
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I think time and modulation effects usually almost always sound better post distortion. There are some sounds and exceptions to the rule though.
Are they near the PSU? Maybe that is introducing a bit of noise. I've not noticed the boss buffers being poor in the delay pedals, but I have noticed some pedals are noisier when near the power supply before.
I used to only use the drive channel on my bandit but now much prefer pedals into the clean.
It's all pretty low end stuff price wise i know but i spend all my money on hookers and crack.