Explained : Compressor should go before overdrive, or after overdrive?
Should compressor go before overdrive, or after overdrive? I saw many of this questions on Internet.
There is no correct answer for this, and many videos and forums explain the difference with excellent demos. In this article I will explain from more technical point of view by using some oscilloscope screenshots.
What is compressor, what is overdrive?
Before we check graphs, I want to explain what the compressor is and what the overdrive is. Basically compressor compresses the signal when input signal reaches threshold and more. Overdrive pedals do very similar thing. Actually, overdrive can be described as boost + high compression ratio compressor. So there is no wonder the fact that overdrive hides compressor result. If you give extreme gain to overdrive, there is no difference to add compressor (In perfect world. In real world, there are another factor like tone circuit gonna change the tone, so there is the difference).
1. Compressor AFTER overdrive
Here is real screenshot of oscilloscope. Blue is the result of big signal, and yellow is the result of small signal. All input signal is sine wave.
As you see, big signal is clipped by overdrive, and compressor doesn't do much for the big signal. For small signal, compressor enhance the volume. In result, this configuration keeps your picking nuance, but equalizes the volume. Other words, when you play weaker note, you will hear tone difference (less distortion), but volume will be kept.
2. Compressor BEFORE overdrive
Let's move on next. This graph shows the result of Compressor before overdrive configuration. Difference of big and small signal is much less than first configuration because compressor equalizes the volume to overdrive. This will hide signal size difference and the signal will be more equally clipped by overdrive section. Your playing will be more equalized and tone will be constant regardless how hard you pick the string. This configuration is suitable when you prefer more consistent tone and volume.
I hope this article helps to understand the difference!
4736 comments
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-inside-out-2-2024-full-movie-free-online-on-streamings
https://www.scoop.it/topic/inside-out-2-streaming-where-to-watch-movie-online
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-ride-or-die-2024-fullmovie-free-online-on-streamings
https://www.taptap.io/post/7584360
https://www.artstation.com/voir-un-ptit-truc-en-plus-en-streaming-vf-fr/profile
https://www.artstation.com/un-ptit-truc-en-plus-streaming-vf-francais/profile
https://www.artstation.com/un-ptit-truc-en-plus-film-streaming-vf/profile
https://www.artstation.com/haikyu-2024-streaming-vf-en-francais/profile
https://www.artstation.com/voir-haikyu-film-streaming-vf-fr/profile
https://www.artstation.com/voir-haikyu-film-complet-film-vostfr-vf/profile
https://www.artstation.com/voir-bad-boys-ride-or-die-streaming-vf-fr-vostfr/profile
https://www.artstation.com/voir-bad-boys-ride-or-die-streaming-vf-vostfr/profile
https://www.artstation.com/voir-vice-versa-2-film-streamikng-vf/profile
https://www.artstation.com/vice-versa-2-streaming-entier-vf-fr-films-complet/profile
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-ride-or-die-2024-fullmovie-free-online-on-123movie
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-ride-or-die-fullmovie-free-online-on-english-sub
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-ride-or-die-fullmovie-free-mp4-720p-1080p-hd-top-box-office
https://www.scoop.it/topic/full-where-to-watch-bad-boys-ride-or-die-online-for-free-720p-480p-1080p-hd
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-ride-or-die-2024-fullmovie-online-for-free-on-english
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-ride-or-die-2024-fullmovie-online-free-720p-480p-1080p-hd
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-ride-or-die-full-ovie-free-online-on-streamings
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-inside-out-2-fullmovie-free-online-on-streamings-disney-pixar
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-inside-out-2-2024-disney-pixar-fullmovie-download-free-720p-1080p-hd-english-sub
https://www.scoop.it/topic/disney-pixar-inside-out-2-2024-fullmovie-free-online-on-english
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-inside-out-2-fullmovie-free-online-mp4-720p-1080p-hd-disney-pixar
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-inside-out-2-fullmovie-download-free-mp4-720p-1080p-hd-disney-pixar
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-full-inside-out-2-movie-download-free-mp4-720p-1080p-hd-disney-pixar
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-inside-out-2-disney-pixar-fullmovie-download-free-mp4-720p-1080p-hd
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-inside-out-2-disney-pixar-fullmovie-free-mp4-720p-1080p-hd-4k-english
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-disney-pixar-inside-out-2-fullmovie-free-download-mp4-720p-1080p-hd-4k-english
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-disney-pixar-inside-out-2-fullmovie-free-online-on-english-sub
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-films-inside-out-2-fullmovie-free-online-on-english-sub-disney-pixar
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-inside-out-2-fullmovie-free-online-on-english-disney-pixar
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-disney-pixar-inside-out-2-fullmovie-free-720p-480p-1080p-hd-on-english-15-june-2024
https://www.scoop.it/topic/bg-subs-2-2024-1080p
https://www.scoop.it/topic/bg-sub-2-inside-out-2-2024
https://www.scoop.it/topic/2-2024-inside-out-2-by-2-44
https://www.scoop.it/topic/filmi-bg-2-2024
https://peatix.com/event/4024860/view?k=0b3bd72628718c116a57a5ae5f59cc67d97a1105
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580616
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580613
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580612
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580611
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580610
https://www.scoop.it/topic/pelisflix-ver-intensa-mente-2-completa-pelicula-en-espanol-disney-pixar
https://www.scoop.it/topic/disney-pixar-ver-intensa-mente-2-completa-pelicula-en-espanol
https://www.scoop.it/topic/disney-ver-intensa-mente-2-completa-pelicula-en-espanol
https://www.scoop.it/topic/vivoflix-3-ver-intensa-mente-2-pelicula-en-espanol-y-latino-gratis
https://www.artstation.com/streaming-inside-out-2-movies/profile
https://www.artstation.com/watch-full-inside-out-2-download-free/profile
https://www.artstation.com/inside-out-2-movies-720p/profile
https://www.artstation.com/inside-out-2-movies-free-hd/profile
https://www.artstation.com/download-inside-out-2-free-full-hd/profile
https://www.artstation.com/disney-inside-out-2-full-hd/profile
https://www.artstation.com/where-to-watch-inside-out-2/profile
https://www.scoop.it/topic/where-to-watch-inside-out-2-fullmovie-download-hd-english-sub-by-where-to-watch-inside-out-2-fullmovie-download-hd-english-sub-9
https://www.scoop.it/topic/disney-watch-inside-out-2-fullmovie-free-online-on-english-sub-15-june-2024
https://narede.clicrbs.com.br/articles/sscascafdsewqrqerqewrqwr
https://notes.io/wz9LU
https://www.planetminecraft.com/forums/communities/rendering/ascxassacsadqrqwr-685649/
https://demo.hedgedoc.org/s/tZ9WZUSRK
https://tempaste.com/tTbMH1qMNwJ
https://pastelink.net/mshnhspf
https://www.artstation.com/ver-intensa-mente-2-pelicula-completa-hd-720p-hd/profile
https://www.artstation.com/intensa-mente-2-pelicula-2024-esponal-hd-720k/profile
https://www.artstation.com/ver-intensa-mente-2-pelicula-completa-hd/profile
https://www.artstation.com/cuevana-3-ver-intensa-mente-2-online-latino/profile
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580317
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580550
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580569
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580586
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580604
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580657
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580670
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580681
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580692
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580763
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580776
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580784
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580819
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580832
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580845
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-watch-fullmovie-free-online
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-ride-or-die-online-fullmovie-free-on-streaming
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-fullmovie-online-english
https://www.scoop.it/topic/bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-fullmovie-download-free-720p-480p-1080p-hdq
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-movie-free-download-720p-480p-and-1080p
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-fullmovie-free-online-on-123movie
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580993
https://www.taptap.io/post/7581023
https://www.taptap.io/post/7581039
https://www.artstation.com/watch-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-watch-free-online/profile
https://www.artstation.com/watch-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-watch-free-online-on-123movie/profile
https://www.artstation.com/watch-full-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-watch-free-online/profile
https://wiredforwar.org/topic/1356/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://forum.ripper.store/post-queue/topic-1718481596766
https://b.hatena.ne.jp/batakpulak/bookmark
https://narede.clicrbs.com.br/articles/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://www.meutimao.com.br/forum-do-corinthians/1619550/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://mforum2.cari.com.my/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=5356483&extra=
https://paste.enginehub.org/8gxKE1yrL
https://pastelink.net/siwpt50w
https://paiza.io/projects/9KdLhjlwjKGeGSMeLgyqDA?language=php
https://paste.ee/p/QIgNl
https://jsfiddle.net/batakpulak/5×9mgr3z/
https://paste.ofcode.org/6BrS48MDSVbDGBL8KFfHJk
https://paste.thezomg.com/206111/48271517/
https://paste.jp/72b4e95a/
https://paste.mozilla.org/ax2nw1sJ
https://paste.md-5.net/ocuqunogev.cpp
https://bitbin.it/NT2g00Gx/
https://yamcode.com/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://zenn.dev/rgjdgfhdfh/articles/6de5768db7179f
https://open.firstory.me/user/clxgkg1f402d001u4emqz6eyv
https://hackmd.io/bPF2boG5RaSd5ZtZomMJ2Q/BkXRO_iSR https://medium.com/batakpulak/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo-a7ef3594138a
https://herbalmeds-forum.biolife.com.my/d/80301-the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://wandering.flarum.cloud/d/71340-the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://demo.hedgedoc.org/s/rMZM45s1g
https://communityofbabel.com/en/forums/discussion/arabic-grammar-questions/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://www.toptal.com/developers/paste-gd/aB2emROK
https://lifeisfeudal.com/Discussions/question/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://matters.town/a/xvloqaz3qxxl
https://challonge.com/events/oal54dgdsgdsgdgs
https://wokwi.com/projects/400792639072674817
https://www.artstation.com/ver-intensa-mente-2-pelicula-completa-hd-720p-hd/profile
https://www.artstation.com/intensa-mente-2-pelicula-2024-esponal-hd-720k/profile
https://www.artstation.com/ver-intensa-mente-2-pelicula-completa-hd/profile
https://www.artstation.com/cuevana-3-ver-intensa-mente-2-online-latino/profile
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580317
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580550
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580569
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580586
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580604
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580657
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580670
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580681
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580692
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580763
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580776
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580784
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580819
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580832
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580845
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-watch-fullmovie-free-online
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-ride-or-die-online-fullmovie-free-on-streaming
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-fullmovie-online-english
https://www.scoop.it/topic/bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-fullmovie-download-free-720p-480p-1080p-hdq
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-movie-free-download-720p-480p-and-1080p
https://www.scoop.it/topic/watch-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-fullmovie-free-online-on-123movie
https://www.taptap.io/post/7580993
https://www.taptap.io/post/7581023
https://www.taptap.io/post/7581039
https://www.artstation.com/watch-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-watch-free-online/profile
https://www.artstation.com/watch-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-watch-free-online-on-123movie/profile
https://www.artstation.com/watch-full-bad-boys-4-ride-or-die-2024-watch-free-online/profile
https://wiredforwar.org/topic/1356/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://forum.ripper.store/post-queue/topic-1718481596766
https://b.hatena.ne.jp/batakpulak/bookmark
https://narede.clicrbs.com.br/articles/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://www.meutimao.com.br/forum-do-corinthians/1619550/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://mforum2.cari.com.my/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=5356483&extra=
https://paste.enginehub.org/8gxKE1yrL
https://pastelink.net/siwpt50w
https://paiza.io/projects/9KdLhjlwjKGeGSMeLgyqDA?language=php
https://paste.ee/p/QIgNl
https://jsfiddle.net/batakpulak/5×9mgr3z/
https://paste.ofcode.org/6BrS48MDSVbDGBL8KFfHJk
https://paste.thezomg.com/206111/48271517/
https://paste.jp/72b4e95a/
https://paste.mozilla.org/ax2nw1sJ
https://paste.md-5.net/ocuqunogev.cpp
https://bitbin.it/NT2g00Gx/
https://yamcode.com/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://zenn.dev/rgjdgfhdfh/articles/6de5768db7179f
https://open.firstory.me/user/clxgkg1f402d001u4emqz6eyv
https://hackmd.io/bPF2boG5RaSd5ZtZomMJ2Q/BkXRO_iSR https://medium.com/batakpulak/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo-a7ef3594138a
https://herbalmeds-forum.biolife.com.my/d/80301-the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://wandering.flarum.cloud/d/71340-the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://demo.hedgedoc.org/s/rMZM45s1g
https://communityofbabel.com/en/forums/discussion/arabic-grammar-questions/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://www.toptal.com/developers/paste-gd/aB2emROK
https://lifeisfeudal.com/Discussions/question/the-latest-and-best-films-of-2024-selected-by-boxofficemojo
https://matters.town/a/xvloqaz3qxxl
https://challonge.com/events/oal54dgdsgdsgdgs
https://wokwi.com/projects/400792639072674817