Algal Bloom in Pedal Chain

[misc1600]

Just ordered one and was wondering where most place these? Right now my pedal chain is Boss TU-2, Dano TOD V1., RAT, Trachouse Red 70's Fuzz, and a Carl Martin Contour and Boost. I'm hoping the RAT and AB will play nice with each other.

I will experiment, but just wondering.

[univalve]

my taste says put it more in the front of the chain. but opinions may differ.

[Holy Schnikes]

Agree with univalve. I place it up front but no need to put it first in line. I actually feel my boost sounds better after the AB and AB Synth so I'd experiment and see what works with your setup.

[Jero]

My ABsynth (similar to ABloom), is the 3rd pedal on my board of 10, directly after 2 other fuzzes. Doesn't have to be there, but I like it.

[dan_abnormal]

I'm having: tuner -> compressor/booster -> Fuck OD -> Shredmaster -> Algal Bloom -> EP-Pre -> others...

But I will try putting it as my first dirt pedal next time.

[ohsojayadeva]

I spent a few days moving it around trying to convince myself there was a difference. It ended up first in my chain. I'm not saying there is or isn't a difference, but I haven't been motivated to move it since placing it there.

[Seedy]

I have a Bloom, ABsynth and Phantom Octave on my board, and they are the first three pedals. The PO absolutely has to go first because it doesn't have the full "electric sex-tric" sound if it goes any later. I then had the Bloom, then the ABS, with the theory being that the Bloom is true bypass so wouldn't mess with the ABSynth oscillation (the oscillation on this pedal after a buffered Boss TU2 just doesn't work at all). I also hoped that the starve on the Bloom would affect the ABS in a cool way, but it did nothing of note. So since I was re-conceiving my board this week as I added some stuff, took stuff away, etc., I decided to switch the Bloom and ABS. Now, I really like it this way because the ABS oscillation/synth bass is intact and sounds awesome through the Bloom (Still with me?).

My board is now PhantomOctave>ABSynth>AlgalBloom>Boss DD5>QTron+>Freeze>M9>amp. And I saw that it was good.

[magiclawnchair]

well, i tend to keep the algal bloom toward the end of my fuzz line but before the modulation. example : phantom arcade>dark boost>ab-synth>wolf computer>algal bloom>great wall>and aardvarks>randy's revenge>cosmichorus>ghost disaster...