Guitar Synth Pedal Placement

[Strandberg Junkie]

Gonna pick up a Source Audio C4. This is the current chain:

guitar > OD > chorus > KSR pre-amp > EQ > delay/reverb > SS amp

Where should it go? Never used a synth before. Thanks.

 

[8len8]

I always place any pedal that does a lot of processing (synth, detune, etc) first in the chain so it has a cleaner and simpler signal to process.

 

[Strandberg Junkie]

I always place any pedal that does a lot of processing (synth, detune, etc) first in the chain so it has a cleaner and simpler signal to process.

Did more reading after posting and that's the general consensus. Thanks.

 

[Devin]

Different pedal I know but I also run my Pigtronix Mothership 2 first in line

 

[Monkey Man]

guitar > OD > chorus > KSR pre-amp > EQ > delay/reverb > SS amp

As stated, many processors will make pitch interpretation tricky for synths.

I highlighted the main offenders in your initially-proposed chain for the purposes of illustration, the EQ being the only one of them that could go either way depending on whether or not you're boosting or cutting mid-range content.