preamp/compressor chain order

[EVT]

Hello everyone,
I was just wondering, the order in which I should run a drum machine, or anything I want to use--- both a preamp and compressor on...

Is there a standard way?

--into a preamp first, then into a compressor

-- or compressor to preamp?

thanks,
evt

 

[deepwater]

into a preamp first, then into a compressor