Compression in parellel loop of RK1

[konstantine RK]

I am thinking about hooking up a Dynacomp MXR pedal into my loop 2 of the Roadking one.

Parellel loops I hear are better suited for EQ, compression and gates..

any experiences with this type of thing???


kon

 

[MrMarkIII]

When I tried a compressor in series loop, the compression made the subtle background reverb as loud as the dry guitar signal. I'd bet it would also try to make all the channels equal volume as well. Whatever goes in, loud or soft, comes out the same volume. Or at least the compressor tries really hard to make it happen.

 

[domct203]

A parallel loop is great if you only want to mix in some of the effected signal while leaving your core tone intact. This would not work very well with a noise gate because when the gate would close to mute the unwanted noise, the parallel loop would still pass signal (or noise) around the loop. The same would happen with an EQ, the frequencies that are cut on the EQ would still be present in the parallel path thru the fx loop. You would need to turn the loop mix up closer to 100%, which would pretty much be the same as a series loop.

Now with the compressor that may be the way to make it a little more subtle, similar to the Barber Tone Press, where you can mix in some of the dry signal with the compressed signal. Try it and see!!

FWIW, I never really cared for a comp in the loop of a Recto. It seems to squash the dynamics of the amp. YMMV.

Dom

 

[konstantine RK]

it sounded like pure crap. Back in line you go lil Dyna Compressor from MXR! Im back to using only the series loop. My Dry/Wet signals are now more managable.... hmmmm maybe I should get that RK2 when the money starts rolling in?