PLEASE HELP!!
i do love the boss ps-3 for its quirkyness and the wicked mode 7. and i try to put it on my pedalboard on many occassions. the latest, it stayed on my board for around 2 weeks. but then i found i lost volume, i lost tone considerably, and when i engage other (tbp) pedals (with the ps-3 on bypass) my signal was very thing and i got significant volume loss. for example, when i engaged my delay (digilog) or chorus / reverb (dr scientist), i get a SIGNIFICANT volume loss on top of the volume loss of dry tone.
how do i know this for certain? well, i felt that something was very wrong for the choruses / delays / reverbs to have volume loss when engaged, as they are true by pass and is of a very good standard, so i took the ps-3 out of my loop. and lo and behold, the volume drop was GONE. in fact, i had to turn the master of my amp down just cus the signal was too loud without the ps-3 in the loop. the volume drop is significant, not to mention the change in tone.
this is extremely pissing me off. as much as i'd like the ps-3 in the loop, the tonesuck is tooooooooo much for me. also, i cannot be bothered--actually i do not have enough realestate--to put it in a looper.
however, i have heard other users say boss's buffer is VERY GOOD. maybe it's me who's doing something wrong? i know ZERO about buffers and impedance. maybe i'm just putting it in the wrong spot in the chain? maybe it doesn't match the impedance of the pedals around it?
here's my signal chain for reference:
fingerprint
fuzzfactory
mayo
timmy
boss ps-3 <<<<<<<<<<<
pitchblack
fix'd fuzz
screwdriver
pitch pirate
empress trem
cosmichorus
digilog
moog lpf (i'd have to put THIS in a looper too)
reverberator
timefactor
PLS HELP! i'd really like to keep it on my board. it'd be a shame if i can't use it
i do love the boss ps-3 for its quirkyness and the wicked mode 7. and i try to put it on my pedalboard on many occassions. the latest, it stayed on my board for around 2 weeks. but then i found i lost volume, i lost tone considerably, and when i engage other (tbp) pedals (with the ps-3 on bypass) my signal was very thing and i got significant volume loss. for example, when i engaged my delay (digilog) or chorus / reverb (dr scientist), i get a SIGNIFICANT volume loss on top of the volume loss of dry tone.
how do i know this for certain? well, i felt that something was very wrong for the choruses / delays / reverbs to have volume loss when engaged, as they are true by pass and is of a very good standard, so i took the ps-3 out of my loop. and lo and behold, the volume drop was GONE. in fact, i had to turn the master of my amp down just cus the signal was too loud without the ps-3 in the loop. the volume drop is significant, not to mention the change in tone.
this is extremely pissing me off. as much as i'd like the ps-3 in the loop, the tonesuck is tooooooooo much for me. also, i cannot be bothered--actually i do not have enough realestate--to put it in a looper.
however, i have heard other users say boss's buffer is VERY GOOD. maybe it's me who's doing something wrong? i know ZERO about buffers and impedance. maybe i'm just putting it in the wrong spot in the chain? maybe it doesn't match the impedance of the pedals around it?
here's my signal chain for reference:
fingerprint
fuzzfactory
mayo
timmy
boss ps-3 <<<<<<<<<<<
pitchblack
fix'd fuzz
screwdriver
pitch pirate
empress trem
cosmichorus
digilog
moog lpf (i'd have to put THIS in a looper too)
reverberator
timefactor
PLS HELP! i'd really like to keep it on my board. it'd be a shame if i can't use it