Why Use a Compressor Pedal? (Spoiler: They're Great for Tapping!) 

Hey Henery. Thanks for your kind words. I recently bought the warden compressor from Earthquaker devices. It costs twice as much as the boss but it is much better. The sp compressor by exotic is a but cheaper and is also a solid choice.

@@LetsTalkAboutMathRock ahh! That you very much! I think I could get a used SP for around the same price as a new boss. My riffs will be SParkling in no time!

@@LetsTalkAboutMathRock Hi Steve! The Warden vs. Empress Compressor? Any advice? Thanks a lot for everything you do!

Would love to know what you think. Love using compressors myself, but i learned that Nick Reinhardt of Tera Melos didn't even know why he needed a compressor, let alone used one, until 2013ish. His reaction was extremely positive, was stoked on compressors. But I feel like all this begs the question, does using a compressor make us practice less efficient playing? Nick said he was originally offended when a fan gave a compressor to him at a show, because he felt he had practiced his parts so hard and didn't understand why he needed one, and it's true, Nick has had very smooth tapping live and recorded. When he got home he put it in his gear stache or sold it, never plugged it in. Obviously compressor is superior to no compressor, but I wonder if it would help the part of our tone that comes from our fingers to practice compressorless first and THEN put the compressor on? Or would it be counted intuitive since you're not "playing to the pedal"? Dunno man, never tried, just a bit stoned and a thought struck me. Learned this from a vid he did on pedalsandeffects and a small tidbit on his compressor vid with Robert Keeley

id say for ear training no, but playing and building muscle memory it would still be ok @@Psyfonify

@@Psyfonify I was just about to ask if curiosity had killed the cat...

Haha! Yeah, it's a real nice tuning.

That's awesome! Thanks. It will sound even better through an amp too.

+Olivia Andersson thanks! Long time no see

+Oziel Esparza thanks! They have a few other features to them too. They take a while to get used to and working out where to use one. I recommend playing to the best of your abilities and not rellying on one too much.

Tyler Randolph what settings do you keep your dyna comp on? I'm kinda in a love/hate relationship with mine depending on which guitar I'm using. I usually just have the left and right knobs face each other and leave it on the entire time.

Mustachcashtash that’s pretty much how I used it. The volume is at 3 o clock and then sensitivity at about 9 o clock. I tend to turn the sensitivity up on a single coil up to about 10-11 o clock

unfortunately not, some herbal tea drink ㅠㅠ. I do have a bottle of Talisker in the cupboard though :)

I was gonna say tea

I was about to say apple cider vinegar to drive away fruit flies 😂

That's what I always say, tea, yeah that's it

Streets of Vancouver green tea

A Fender strat would be nice, haha.

Thanks!

Thank you so much!!

You're welcome. Thanks for watching. I just recently upgraded to The Warden Compressor by Eathquaker Devices, man it's such a great pedal.

+Meeting Myself intresting idea. My friend and bassist in my band certainly has no trouble coming-up with parts to the songs I write. I'll have to ask him^^

Good question. I haven't much experience of playing semi-hollow guitars. Anyone who has have any advice? Going from the limited experience I've had they should be fine and shouldn't make much difference. The singer from Maps & Atlases used one in the past (not sure if he still does). Check out this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oQ4H0pP8DjE.html

Thank you man :)

I personally play a semi-hollow PRS custom 22 SE and I think it sounds amazing. It's super warm and sustains for days. I have no problem when it comes to tapping riffs(even without the compressor). I actually want to get a full hollow body PRS. If you're thinking about getting one, you should. I'd recommend the PRS, they seem to really put out a great guitar consistently. I'm kind of a fan boy.

Thanks for your input, Matthew.

I know Dylan Mattheisen from Tiny Moving Parts uses a Fender 72 Thinline Reissue Tele, and that one is a semi hollow, and I think it sound really good, especially when he's tapping.

+Johnny SideburnsX yeah, I'm still playing around for the best settings.

+Alan Crow thank you so much

+yeastiality i think that left hand tapping will pretty much be weaker than right hand tapping, due to the angles etc. However, i'd still work on making your left hand tapping stronger and see if you can do it that way. If your hands are unbalanced (like mine at the monent) then a compressor can help balance the volumes. I'll be trying the more natural way and see if I can get it all balanced without one. It will take a while though but probably worth it in the end. These are my thoughts at the moment. Compressor pedals have other uses too, I didn't mention any of them in the video though.

Thanks for watching. I'm in FACGBE (only 2 changes from standard tuning, the F and C) which is a tuning from the Covet song Pelagic letstalkaboutmathrock.com/tag/yvette-young-tabs/

+Gravy Dave FACGBE. It sounds good. It's a tuning Yvette Young uses.

Thank you!

I got one just recently have same problem when using it with overdrive I use a noise gate after it to cut the noise but I think I will be selling it and getting a different compressor

Hey. Yes, as close to the start of the chain is best. I put it first or after a tuner.

Nice! I bet it's a really good pedal. I think you will always get some noise with a compressor so don't worry too much.

Kinda surprised that you can tighten metal chugs but add sustain also...

+9UWEEO NCBMD you're welcome, thank you, too.

I use the orange when I practice but in this video I'm not using any amps I'm just plugged into my audio interface to give the clearest demonstration possible.

I wouldn't say they are. I haven't tried that pedal so I can't be a 100% sure. Mooer pedals are pretty decent so I imagine it'll be good.

Hey nuno, the boss one I use is fine. I'd like to get one that has a ratio and release function at some point, I think this is what makes the warden compressor a great pedal. I've heard pedals that have a blend nob are good too. Anyone else have any input?

The Keeley Compressor is pretty solid and Sweetwater has a demo model available for 116 US. You can probably get them to knock another 10 or 15 bucks off if you have a good relationship with the sales guy for your region. I've had some good success there.

Walrus audio deep6

Nice. Thank you and thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks!

It's one of my amps but I'm not using it in this video. I have a stereo amp setup here. If you're interested in all the details. I give an overview here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1danSnB-xOA.html Thanks

awesome

CHON, check it out. They have some cool pedals.

It certainly is. Not a bad amp at all for how inexpensive it is. 👍

the blues driver? Dylan from TMP had one in his pedalboard for some time

I'm not sure if it'll work the same way as the pedal, but in a daw you'll have a lot more compression options than a pedal, usually.

sure you can, there's a lot of different compressors online you can try. Im usually using those built in revalver 4 which i'm using. It's not free tho but a lot of DAWs got its own free effects (thus compressors also)

I still have it! I use the Squire for different tunings, like in this video. Don't want to mess-up my PRS with changing tunings^^

What tuning was the strat in for this video?

Hi. No need to be sorry at all. I haven't listened to much of tiny moving parts, could you recommend some of their music? I'll see if I can make a lesson after listening to more, haha.

Let's Talk About Math Rock so my favorite songs are Movies, Always Focused, Minnesota and Clouds above my head, but also cool songs are common cold and John P.

Let's Talk About Math Rock + boxcar, headache and happy birthday are very friendly songs

Nah, it's just a standard.

I didn’t notice it until it read this 😂

Check out the warden compressor by earthquaker devices. I have that now and it blows this one out of the water. The SP compressor by xotic is really good too and a little cheaper.

I recently upgraded to a warden compressor bu earthquaker device. That pedal knocks the boss out of the park, but I'd say the boss is a good starter pedal if you're just getting into compressors.

Haha. You're like the 4th or 5th person to have said that.

@@LetsTalkAboutMathRock Wait, what? What is related to Vettel?

No u

That's great. Thanks for watching, and I hope that works out for you.