Help pls . .
Apologies to Poundcake for starting a redundent thread! Sorry Sir!
I currently have a Boston Engineering Distortion, EQ and Noisegate and a Century Compression sustainer pedal and a Behringer Multiefx pedal. (Chorus/Flanger/Tremolo/Delay/Phaser/Pitch Shifter)
I have them set up as follows Guitar-NoiseGate-EQ-Compression/Sustainer-Behringer MultiEfx-Distortion
(I read somwhere that generally you set up the pedals from cleanest to dirtiest sound)
and now for the questions:
( just inherited the gear so Im not really familiar w/ how thery work or should work)
Noise Gate:
How does or should the noisegate work? My noise gate almost doubles the hum when the distortion is on, and on some settings (I was just experimenting with it) kinda slows the reaction of the sound (like a delay, but only once). Im not sure if its broken or I just dont know how to set it up properly. How do I check?
Compression/Sustainer:
Same question, How does/should it work? I've tried experimenting with it and haven't really seen the actual "effect" it has on the sound, very minimal difference from clean tone. Almost unnoticed when the distortion is in effect.
Distortion:
I have no problem making this pedal work and tweaking it, the problem is the strong hum it generates. I tried yung batteries and a power supply, still the hum. I tested it alone Guitar-Pedal-Amp hum still . . Are you guys experiencing the same hum w/ your Boston Distortions?
The Behringer Multifx:
I got this covered as well, But I noticed when the delay is in effect from clean tone, it produces clear piano like sound for every note, but when distortion is added the repeats seem to break off as they progress, getting dirtier and dirtier as they fade out, Is this natural for delays?