Any reason to not put tuner after compressor

[lidl e]

I need a small tuner added to my gig board.

 

I have just enough space for it, but it would have to go after my compressor.  

 

I can't see any reason that would be an issue. Would the fact that the tuner has a buffer make a difference?

 

The compressor is always on

 

Cheers.

Edited March 17 by lidl e

[SumOne]

Generally, the 'rule' seems to be to put the Tuner at the start as that's the cleanest signal to get the tuning from e.g. an extreme example - putting it after an envelope filter that's turned on would make tuning difficult, you'd need to click off your envelope filter before tuning - whereas having the tuner in front you wouldn't need to turn off the envelope filter (or other pedals) for accurate tuning. But after a compressor should be fine.

 

Although saying that, some pedals (especially Fuzz) don't like having a buffer ahead of them - so you'd perhaps want your buffered tuner after them.

 

.....so I don't think theres really one right or wrong answer - it depends on your signal chain.

 

Edited March 19 by SumOne

[Osiris]

I'd been running my tuner after my compressor for a couple of years without any issues. My reason being the assumption that the compressed signal would give the tuner a more consistent signal to work with - despite almost certainly not hitting the threshold on the compressor as my tuner responds better with gentle sting plucks than the strength I usually play at. But a recent shuffle of my board meant that the tuner went first, before the compressor. It seems to respond ever so slightly quicker this way, but we're talking fractions of a second, maybe half a second max per string. My comp is bufferered, whether that matters or not 🤷

 

So IME, both combinations work, with my gear anyway (Pitch black custom into LMB-3) with tuner into comp possibly a tiny weeny bit quicker to respond. I'd say just go with whatever works for you.

[prowla]

I think a compressor might even help a tuner,as it will give a more stable signal.

[LukeFRC]

pretty sure, if it came to it, there's a foot switch somewhere on the compressor that might turn it off? 

 

[Baloney Balderdash]

20 hours ago, LukeFRC said:

pretty sure, if it came to it, there's a foot switch somewhere on the compressor that might turn it off? 

 

Well, to nitpick said compressor might have a build in buffer that would still affect the signal, even if switched off.

 

That said I am quite certain that wouldn't affect the tracking or accuracy of the tuner negatively.

 

If anything that actually ought to improve it.

 

Edited March 21 by Baloney Balderdash

[LukeFRC]

1 hour ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Well, to nitpick said compressor might have a build in buffer that would still affect the signal, even if switched off.

 

That said I am quite certain that wouldn't affect the tracking or accuracy of the tuner negatively.

 

If anything that actually ought to improve it.

 

it would have been a less humorous comment if I had caveated it too much.  

[TRBboy]

It'll be fine, I've done it that way around before purely because it was the only way I could get my pedals to fit on my board. It's not like the compressor is going to change the pitch of the signal 😅