Where do you place Reverb(s)? Pre/Post-Looper?

["William Walker" <billwalker@baymoon.com>]

All of my effects run pre-looper, though I can appreciate all the reasons why one might put effects post loops, particularly if the looper had aux outputs like the Lp-1 does so that you could run a loop or group of loops to an effects unit, for specialized processing.  I might do that someday if I ever break down and buy a POG or something like it. I find it easier to manage my loops if I print the effect to the loop rather than post loop process.  One reason I like putting my reverb before the looper is I like what happens to big reverb sounds when putting loops in reverse, the reverb will naturally achieve a gated reverse reverb sound as will other effects like delay.  Also, since I like to vary the amount and depth of the reverb I find putting it post looper less manageable,  as what might be appropriate for one loop reverb-wise, may not be appropriate for all of my loops, making things too muddy. I have a dedicated expression pedal controlling the depth of reverb which isn’t possible with most pedal reverb units.  Well I guess with a volume pedal and some king of signal splitter you could .I really appreciate this level of control over reverb depth as it allows me to have continually varying amounts of reverb. I could for example, bloom the reverb just on the decay of melodic notes , or rapidly deploy reverb burst to create  gated reverb effects while playing percussively.

Bill