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September 27, 2010 at 3:24 pm #80792bucketbotParticipant
Hi Guys,
First post here & just ordered one of these.
Where in your chain are you putting this?In the amp loop or up front?
Pre or post distortion?September 27, 2010 at 5:01 pm #111683friedjesseradioMemberthinking about this, you could either get some REALLY AWESOME sounds or just mediocre sounds putting them in effects loops of effects. im thinkin about dmb. i am sorry to say that i cant help you but as soon as you find out, please tell me how your results differ. thanks
September 27, 2010 at 8:51 pm #111689SanquiFlerbMemberWell, to me seems that at the end of the chain makes more sense. For example: you have a monophonic octaver and then the freeze: you freeze the pitch shifted sound and then you play something using the octaver also. No problem there. But if you put the freeze first then the octaver has to track the freezed part and then also track what you play on top of it, which can confuse the pedal.
September 27, 2010 at 9:34 pm #111691efilhoMemberI would have it right after the distortion/OD pedals. But that’s just me.
September 28, 2010 at 2:17 am #111694friedjesseradioMemberi was thinking of a stereo chain where its guitar branches into 1 amp but also branches into a pog2 then a freeze so you could get organ chords while playing overtop of em
September 28, 2010 at 2:06 pm #111701Kevin DemuthMemberQuote:I would have it right after the distortion/OD pedals. But that’s just me.I haven’t used a Freeze yet, but I think that’s what I’d do too…
With effects such as the Freeze, it seems to me that most of the fun would be had running it through other effects…
a static, frozen sound doesn’t seem that interesting to me, but if you had it running through modulation/delay/etc it would sound really cool.September 28, 2010 at 9:39 pm #111705friedjesseradioMemberthinking of the interaction between em all, i think it should be just before a distortion
September 29, 2010 at 2:19 am #111713HammyWhammyMemberi would say to put it at the end of your signal chain, since it’s technically a looper. If you just think about it, whatever effects in front of it, it will loop, and the effects after, will effect the loop.
September 29, 2010 at 11:24 am #111712Kevin DemuthMemberQuote:thinking of the interaction between em all, i think it should be just before a distortionI thought that too, but I’d have to try it first…
Running a frozen loop plus direct playing through a distortion/od/fuzz may result in a messy sound.
September 29, 2010 at 11:29 am #111718Kevin DemuthMemberQuote:i would say to put it at the end of your signal chain, since it’s technically a looper. If you just think about it, whatever effects in front of it, it will loop, and the effects after, will effect the loop.That’s exactly why I’d put it before other effects.
As the Freeze only loops such a short section of audio, i.e. freezes the sound, I don’t really see why you’d want to freeze the output from a chorus/phaser/tremolo/delay etc. in most cases…Fwiw, I tend to run at least a couple of effects after my conventional looper pedals too.
September 29, 2010 at 5:24 pm #111722friedjesseradioMemberwell the thing is that i was thinking distortion comes out as buzzing and although thats what all sound is, if you take one part, it wouldnt be a good texture
October 2, 2010 at 2:59 pm #111761Island3rMemberMine is after drive and my pog, but before mod and delays. I have a pic up in the pedalboard thread.
August 7, 2011 at 7:09 am #113534dogtownboyMemberIt would seem logical to use the Freeze as a “looper” pedal and place it at the end of the pedal chain. I don`t know, maybe it would “confuse” the other pedals and make for a muddled sound. I am really just an old surf dog from Venice Beach and am confused by anything more technical than diatonic harmony. I have about 24 pedals which I believe in, but need serious help/advice in how to place them in regard to “real time” deployment. I mean, I`m usually too busy playing to think about pressing more than one or two foot switches in the middle of a song. People are depending on me. Help me, my brothers!
August 9, 2011 at 4:03 am #103494andersbrorParticipantQuote:Mine is after drive and my pog, but before mod and delays. I have a pic up in the pedalboard thread.This is where I have mine also. I like to have a nice organ sounding ambient drone.
October 17, 2011 at 4:17 am #116158MattInVegasMemberBig Muff >> Freeze >> Deluxe Memory Man gave the best tonal possibilities.
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