Afterlife + Bloviator

[aeroemi]

What do you guys think about this two effects in one? I like the smothness of the first and the clarity/definition of the second... 

[Hangingmonkey]

I have both, ill stack them and tell you what i think. Wont be able to before the weekend tho

[aeroemi]

Thanks! 

[jimilee]

So are you going to put a compressor at the end of your chain or a sound enhancer at the beginning? It seems like an odd combination considering typically, please bear in mind and it's just an opinion, but typically a compressor is in the front of the chain and a sonic enhancer is at the end. I'm interested in learning your thinking, maybe I'm missing out on something cool! :-D

[aeroemi]

Sure!  I was thinking of a compressor followed by the sonic enhancer, with an optional switch to eventually bypass this feature... Obviously the compressor needs to be placed at the beginning of the chain, but I'm not so sure about the placing of the enhancer: I know that many people use the sonic stomp by BBE in front of their drive section (just after their Dynacomp) and (as they say) the sound is pretty good...

Now, I'd like to make a sound-sculpturing effect, and I thought that the combination of these two could be good... or maybe not... 

[jubal81]

I've played around with this and found that the Bloviator definitely works best as the last thing in the chain. An optical compressor there isn't necessarily a bad idea, though.

[aeroemi]

I've played around with this and found that the Bloviator definitely works best as the last thing in the chain. An optical compressor there isn't necessarily a bad idea, though.

You mean an optical compressor at the end of the chain?

[jubal81]

I've played around with this and found that the Bloviator definitely works best as the last thing in the chain. An optical compressor there isn't necessarily a bad idea, though.

You mean an optical compressor at the end of the chain?

Optical, yeah. They're quiet & transparent, so if you put it near the end you can use it to gently smooth everything out.