Where is a high pass filter the most effective in the signal chain?

[sloppy_phil]

@Eric Mull It's all personal preference in the end, but I have the HPF second-last in chain, followed by a compressor/limiter at the end. So we clearly aren't doing it the same! I figure that a lot of the stuff in my board has a chance of increasing low end frequencies, so having a way to round them off towards the end of chain means I don't have to sweat it if the bass/sub frequencies get a little boosted up-stream.

I tend to run it anywhere b/w 40-80Hz, depending on where I'm playing; I find it's very effective at compensating for boomy rooms.

 

[Zooberwerx]

Reviving this old thread. I just purchased the Broughton always on and I'm trying to figure out where to use it as well.

I'm gathering that I probably want it right after my tuner since for me it goes tuner > compressor > drop pedal > overdrive > Sansamp VT Bass DI > Amp.

Of the people using it early in the chain, what frequency do you have it set at?

Before the comp. I don’t know about the freq setting…I just roll it until it sounds good. Does it even have labeling?!? I never looked.

Riis

 

[Eric Mull]

Before the comp. I don’t know about the freq setting…I just roll it until it sounds good. Does it even have labeling?!? I never looked.

Riis

The always on version doesn't but the pedal version's do.

I'll start around 40 and see what that sounds like, thanks!

 

[klokker]

I use my HPF at the beginning. I start with mine off, and if I'm not boomy in the mix I leave it off. I see my HPF as something to try if I'm muddy in the mix, and most of the time I am not.

 

[Zbysek]

Reviving this old thread. I just purchased the Broughton always on and I'm trying to figure out where to use it as well.

I'm gathering that I probably want it right after my tuner since for me it goes tuner > compressor > drop pedal > overdrive > Sansamp VT Bass DI > Amp.

Of the people using it early in the chain, what frequency do you have it set at?

In case I had your signal chain, I would put HPF before compressor...

 

[mikeswals]

Mine is last on my board, especially after an eq pedal that I only use as a slap contour.
I've been hard on speakers, and one of my amps already has a hpf while my other two amps don't. So I turn my Broughton off when using the one amp as the amp designer said we shouldn't need to use another hpf.