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Well in plugin world if they’re adding noise it’s for no good reason and you should either turn off that “feature” or find a different plugin that doesn’t do that. Most of the time we want the noise gate before any non-linear plugin which might reduce the dynamic range because it‘s usually...

The only thing “active“ about that ABY thing is the LED. It‘ll work as well as any Y cable, which is to say probably fine after a buffer. The benefit of balanced connection is questionable and conditional compared to the effect of attenuating an already slightly too quiet signal just to turn...

Depends mostly on what DAW but also what compressor

I mean the description you posted for the Octaswitch didn’t say anything about an output buffer and I’m not actually familiar with it. So when I was talking input vs output, it was more about the difference between the two units you were talking about. If any of the loops is engaged, we’d...

It has a buffer at the input. Before your guitar goes anywhere else, it hits a buffer. Then all the pedal loops are true bypassed. the difference between input and output buffer is that with the output buffer, the load on your guitar depends on which pedal is first in line OR the buffer if...

nm I think I was wrong

Yeah just let it dry before you plug it in. The worst that could happen is the connectors maybe corroding or oxidizing a little. They are built to be self-cleaning, though, so plugging it in and unplugging it a couple times should clear that up, and frankly the amount of current that amp pulls...

I think I can see a mechanism where the difference between sample timing and midi ppq timing and the sort of random spot in the buffer block where playback starts could lead to that little sliver getting “rounded” in different directions each time you start playback. Sometimes it ”rounds up” to...

I love when people put VU meters on so that the can see if their other plugins will sound their best, even though that is going to be a function of how much distortion that plugin is likely to cause but VU meters can't really tell you anything about that because distortion has very little to do...

IF the plugin’s nominal level is calibrated the same as your ADC, then you’d figure proper gain staging in the actual analog realm would translate directly to the emulated analog world. ADCs are not standardized, though, and neither are plugins actually, so it’s a bit of a crap shoot. I can’t...

Distortion has nothing to do with average levels. All that matters is the peaks. Turn the knobs til it sounds good.

This is just not how this pedal works. Sustain is basically gain driving into the threshold and could be called “amount”. Nothing to do with timing. Attack actually adjusts both attack and release time. Level and Tone come after the compression. Thats not what this pedal does. It’s a...

No I don’t think that’s what I’m saying. This is a fixed threshold compressor. The threshold never changes. The only way to control how much compression happens is by adjusting the level of the signal going into the compression element. I was pointing out that adding gain before this fixed...

No. Nothing to do with audio resolution. Faders tend to be logarithmic so that the same distance of adjustment leads to bigger gain changes when the fader is down toward the bottom. Near 0, you can easily make sub-db adjustments. Down toward the bottom that gets harder. It’s about...

In analog, where you’re actually sending out of the mixer to some other gear and back with all the noise that adds, it’s best to run send levels relatively hot and then turn down the return. In digital it doesn’t much matter either way. The only real concern is fader resolution - it gets tough...

Adding gain before the compression is the same as turning down the threshold. More of the signal goes above the threshold so more of it gets compressed.

Nothings gonna screw with your tone. You’ll probably have more trouble trying to split the signal than running through a buffer or two. My concern would be more can I actually step on three different pedals fast enough to hit the transition without sounding weird. They do make things like...

Quality control might be an issue, but it’s a nuts-on clone which should be indistinguishable from the original in fair comparison. i can say that I hate it as much as the boss one. :)

Behringer CS400 is exactly the CS3 but like $30 new.