I plan to test systematically the board removing one pedal at a time, to see if the effect is mostly due to a single pedal... The exact chain looks good. Now, there are a few units, there which means that it is reasonable to estimate the power consumption.

Easy to operate. The pedal works in Standard, Flat and Tubeism mode with controls for Distortion and Output - simple but effective! The MetalDrive uses True Bypass. Q2: Cables. The patch cables I use have been accumulated over the years. All kinds and varying in length to fit. Whenever I identify a bad one, I throw it away... but that doesn't mean that they're all great... and perhaps the cumulative effect of all those cables, if a few of them are not great, can have a noticeable effect... so my question is... there are lots of patch cables advertised everywhere, some with pretty amazing claims (of course) so it's hard to decide which ones are really good and which ones are just exaggerating: which patch cables would people here recommend for a pedalboard the size of mine? Most can be pretty short but I need a couple of longer ones. Compact plugs are a bonus as they allow to organise the pedals better. Q3: Any benefit in adding a buffer in the middle of the chain? Just considering adding a buffered overdrive as the last of the 3 overdrives I use. It can be set to get only slightly distorted as a drive or weigh (attention is not the pedal that will completely transform your sound mushy metal!) Basically, it says drive or fuzz (switch)? At what level of drive (distortion button) and what volume button (output). I already owned theDI (DSM OmniCabSim DeLuxe - always on, but using the 'through' output to the amp, reserving the processed signal to send to FOH) The thing that puts me off solderless kits is that I *feel* they're not very solid. Maybe it's just my feeling and they work beautifully, I don't know. I'm happy to solder anyway... but I prefer them already made (while I can solder well, I prefer to use my time doing other things, like reading BC 😛 ) I'm using a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 Plus, there's plenty left on tap as most of the pedals I'm using are very low current draw. It's a little overkill for my needs, but I bought it at a time when I was using a couple of hungry digital pedals plus the wireless system, and this coped with the lot very well, so I don't think power is the issue here.

Are you quite happy that the cumulative draw of all your pedals does not exceed the maximum allowed by your power supply? The 2015 Studio Edition comes with a complete new design, optimized signal path, a new signal relay switch, protection against over voltage use up to 18V and can be powered with anything from 9-12V DC. Features I would go for one of the many solderless cabling kits, I've had noise issues with the flat cables due to them using unshielded plastic plugs.

I've been replacing, adding, changing things over the past few months, and I realised last week that I have a significant signal loss. The volume drop is noticeable and it feels a bit... muffled... just a bit, compared to plugging straight in, or through a single pedal (so that I still use the same long cables)

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