Horizontalste Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I get bags more volume out of my amp when I put my pedals in front of it? If I just go bass to amp the limiter kicks in but using my pedals with the volume set to the same as off I can really crank it, in fact I can go flat out with it. I'm not complaining at all, just wondering what happens to my signal that the amp likes? Amp is a Genz contour, pedals are polytune, opto stomp, mxr od, bass is a Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I would think that if you're compressing the signal you'll be evening out the volume and by boosting the lows you'll be consistently that bit louder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 your pedals might be rolling off the low end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 pedals on or off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) [quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1399195161' post='2441862'] I would think that if you're compressing the signal you'll be evening out the volume and by boosting the lows you'll be consistently that bit louder? [/quote] Plus the one. The Optostomp I had cut some lows as well. Assuming we're talking about you having the pedals activated when you say it sounds better ! Edited May 5, 2014 by ahpook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdw Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Presumably some of the pedals reduce the dynamic range (compress) in some way, or reduce the low frequencies, if you want to increase the (percieved) volume then compression is the most effective way, at the expense of dynamic control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cattytown Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 The compressor will compress increasing loudness by taming peaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Yup, compression. Peaks are no higher (or even lower) but the perceived volume is significantly greater as the average volume is higher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.