Signal Conditioners

Signal Conditioners:

Signal Conditioners do not change the basic nature of the sound, they only increase gain or modify tone. This includes all distortion and equalizarion boxes (Wah included).

-Compressor: reduces dynamics by creating a threshold. Anything above this threshold becomes attenuated to a more level signal. Often used to increase sustain.

-Equalization: has the ability to boost or cut different frequencies of the guitars tone. Able to give you a mid-heavy blues tone or a scooped metal sound.

-Distortion: Adds dirt to the signal creating a more hi-gain tone, as gain increases so do odd order harmonics.

-Wah Pedal: Active EQ circuitry varied via foot pedal with a resonant frequency from
500-2k hz. A wah may typically be used after distortion but one example of someone doing things differently is Jimi Hendrix as he put his before the gain.

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