Guitar FX | Series vs. Parallel

What does it mean to run your pedals in Series, versus running them in Parallel? This video aims to demystify these approaches, & offer audio examples of each

0:00 Intro
0:36 Grid Layouts
1:25 Series explained
2:20 Cascading FX in Series
3:49 Paralell explained
4:36 Adding FX in Parallel
5:51 Benefit of Parallel (Panning)
6:53 Modulation only A/B
7:14 Spatial FX: Series vs. Parallel
9:23 Lead Tone S.v.P.
10:24 Hybrid S.v.P.
11:20 Clean A/B
12:05 OD A/B
12:50 Crunch A/B
13:44 Lead A/B
14:22 DISCLAIMER
15:10 Series considerations
16:41 Parallel considerations
18:04 Outro


Gear:
• Music Man Steve Morse model (equipped with Ernie Ball 10-46s)
• Fractal Audio FM3 (Mesa/Boogie amps)

Incorporate this knowledge into all of your presets, whether you're on the FM3, FM9, or Axe-FX III...or your favorite modeler/analog rig, for that matter!

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