0175westwood29 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 so im really happy with how my rig sounds atm sits nicely in the mix with my band. i use an always on overdrive (mesa flux drive) to push the terror into nice gritty drive, but thing is im extending my effects soon thanks to tom from cog effects, and im gonna be pushing some octave and fuzz through the amp aswell and have been looking at ways to protect my speakers in the obc 410. i know to watch the volume etc and listen for farts etc but with everything going on its gonna be a bit hard to hear if im over exerting a speaker. im wondering if its worth me in vesting in something to go at the end of the chain to just control big low or high spikes and level out the volume. from looking around im thinking that a sfx thumpinator at the end of my chain should stop the speaker over working and some sort of comp at the start to stop volume spikes coming from my playing i switch between fingers and pick and vary the attack alot. i want to keep the dynamics in my playing so not looking for crazy comp, would i be better of putting that in the effects loops? just looking to see ppls views. if theres and alternative to the sfx then please tell me also thinking of the xotic comp but suggestions welcome. andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/toppicks.shtml"]http://www.ovnilab.c.../toppicks.shtml[/url] If you use a rack comp probably better to use the FX loop but a pedal not so critical. Edited November 17, 2013 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Why not use a limiter rather than a compressor if you're worried about peaks but want to keep the dynamic in your playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 A combination of Thumpinator and limiter should work well. There was a Thumpinator for sale on here recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1384722753' post='2280057'] A combination of Thumpinator and limiter should work well. There was a Thumpinator for sale on here recently. [/quote] yeh sadly just missed out on this, have managed to score a boss limiter is it best to through this up front in the chain? andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Whenever I`ve used a compressor I`ve always had that first as in bass goes into it, followed by anything else. Always worked fine, can`t see a limiter being much different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Logic suggests to use a limiter last in the chain if you have other effects that could generate there own volume or low-frequency spikes. Basically, stick your limiter after anything that could cause a volume or low-frequency spike, whether it be your bass playing or a filter effect or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 [quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1384842955' post='2281292'] Logic suggests to use a limiter last in the chain if you have other effects that could generate there own volume or low-frequency spikes. Basically, stick your limiter after anything that could cause a volume or low-frequency spike, whether it be your bass playing or a filter effect or whatever. [/quote] that makes sense looks like it will be first into the lmb-3 and then into a thumpinator then onto the orange after a crap load of effects of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 [quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1384842955' post='2281292'] Logic suggests to use a limiter last in the chain if you have other effects that could generate there own volume or low-frequency spikes. Basically, stick your limiter after anything that could cause a volume or low-frequency spike, whether it be your bass playing or a filter effect or whatever. [/quote] +1 - stick the limiter right in front of the amp if the main object is to protect the amp. On the Thumpinator - you may not need it depending on the frequency response of the amp + cab combined with the limiter ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Yeh put your effects first, then the thumpinator, then the limiter, then the amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 Boss limiter on route to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 just a little update, grabbed my self a behringer rack eq today, its has a built in high pass so nothing below 25hz will go into the amp, cost 51 quid from evilbay. well worth a look if say you dnt have the money for a thumpinator. also the boss limiter works really well am staying well away from the enhance knob tho, but levels all the spikes out plus will give a nice little boost after all my pedals once my nice shiney pedal from tom at cog effects comes next year! andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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