I know this is the last thing we want to think about as creative musician-types. But we kind of always are anyway...
Say you're a guitarist or bassist and have a pedalboard. Now, it's pretty common to have a compressor or EQ on it. But, when you were setting it up, did you ever notice that things sounded different when placed in a specific orders?
That difference is signal flow at work. Without being all science-y, it's basically the path that the audio signal takes through your gear. It's as simple as…
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