RE: Using a Looper with a mixer

["M. Steven Ginn" <sginn@airmail.net>]

Hi Richard,

How should I analyze how I want to manipulate my sounds?  How do I learn
so I can better understand the musical implications of series/parallel
and pre/post faders?  I have Craig Anderton's book about effects and I
understand at a basic level things like delay should come before reverb
and compression should usually be first in the signal chain as well.  I
am using a line mixer to combine the sounds of all my synths into a
single audio pair which I can then begin routing in series through my
compressor, delay, looper, reverb or send to a mixer where I blend in
these effects using aux busses.  But which is the best way (musically
and quality) is what I am not sure about.  For me, keeping everything in
series is more time efficient when setting up and tearing down my rig,
but if it is going to sacrifice potential musical and sonic quality and
flexibility then I would bring along the external mixer and use the aux
bus approach.

Thanks,

Steve

> 
> I think it is counterproductive to look for rules about how to hook 
> up effects and looping devices to a mixer. You need to analyze how 
> you want to manipulate your sounds and you need to understand the 
> musical implications of series/parallel and pre/post.
> 
> Depending on the mixer you use, it may be possible to hook up your 
> instrument(s), all your effects, and your looper in such a way that 
> you can route any signal to any device. But from the nature of your 
> question you are probably just getting started, so you should 
> probably keep it simple.
> 
> If you want the best suggestions, you should specify what equipment 
> you are using and what kind of musical results you are after.
> -- 
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