Members cfordummies Posted December 3, 2006 Members Share Posted December 3, 2006 Hey, I was just wondering if the DynaComp is as apparent when paired with a Big Muff or other distortion/overdrive/fuzz pedals. Some people don't like a compressor that squashes the sound, but that's actually what I'm looking for here. I thought I read some reviews that say you hardly notice anything with distortion on though. Anyone know? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZachOmega Posted December 3, 2006 Members Share Posted December 3, 2006 Distortion pedals by the nature of how they work squash your sound quite a bit and pretty much destroy the dynamics...for better or for worse. Basically all notes are the same volume whether you pick hard or soft. Pairing a compressor up with a distortion pedal might change the sound a small amount just due to extra circuitry, but I doubt it will compress it even further unless of course the compressor has more controls. Unfortunately, the Dynacomp only has 2 controls which will probably make getting additional compression out of it quite difficult as the level will already be essentially compressed. -Zach OmegaOriginally posted by cfordummies Hey, I was just wondering if the DynaComp is as apparent when paired with a Big Muff or other distortion/overdrive/fuzz pedals. Some people don't like a compressor that squashes the sound, but that's actually what I'm looking for here. I thought I read some reviews that say you hardly notice anything with distortion on though. Anyone know? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cfordummies Posted December 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 3, 2006 Well thanks for your help. I was just wondering because I heard that David Gilmour used a DynaComp and Big Muff together extensively but I'd wondered if it was pointless to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L6Sguy Posted December 3, 2006 Members Share Posted December 3, 2006 not sure how gilmour runs his, but i've had plenty of fun using a comp before a muff, more for a bit of level-boosting and then a bit of squish as well. the use of the compressor isnt neccessarily apparent as such, but the way the muff reacted to it was cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cfordummies Posted December 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 3, 2006 My thread is dying I'm pretty sure Gilmour ran DynaComp first, then Big Muff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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