Thanks for the feedback! Sorry for the response delay – I took a trip out to Pittsburgh to hook up with my old bandmate and didn’t have regular computer access.

You answered the biggest part of my question, which actually in the last paragraph since I figured so few people would have tested the Q in such a manner. Since it’s safe to run a dry signal into the input and functionally run a beefier fx chain into the Q’s own loop return I can basically route any sounds I need through my mixer into the return jack the Q, simplifying my wiring significantly and opening up an endless array of possibilities to adjust on the fly. Yes, I actually have tabletop mixers on my pedalboard!

The reason I wanted that compressor inside the loop is that the AMT Slap Bass has a tendency to take over the show via attack enhancement, and I wanted to be sure the signature Q effect came out more distinctly in the mix.

I needed the option to use all effects clean in addition to the option of having the Q Tron working its magic on them all at once. My goal was, since I’m playing Bass, to use the mixer as a sort of secondary blend knob for the OM, allowing me to remix in a secondary dry signal that would optionally be enhanced on the high end by the Metal Muff. Reason being that the muff is intended for guitar and sucks out my lower frequencies. I ran a few tests with blending the MM’s signal with my bass’s dry signal before Guitar Center took my instrument in, with beautiful results.
On a separate channel I was running a Bass Big Muff Pi, and the resulting sound can best be described as “huge.”

Thanks again for the input!