Signal Chain
Everything published on Viyolens under Signal Chain — reviews, buying advice and how-tos written for players and producers in the UK.
Pitch Shifter Pedal for Beginners: A Complete Guide
The pitch shifter pedal is more intuitive than it looks — start with an octave setting, understand the mix control, and you will have useful sounds within the first session.
Volume Pedal Explained: Features, Types and Tips
A volume pedal puts dynamic control under your foot — this guide covers how they work, passive vs active designs, and what the secondary outputs are for.
Fender Effects Pedals: A Complete Guide
Fender launched their effects pedal range in 2018, expanding beyond guitars and amplifiers into gain, modulation, delay and reverb. This guide covers the complete range, how each pedal works, and how...
Common Guitar Bass Effect Mistakes to Avoid
How to Set Up and Use Electric Fiddle
Get the signal chain right once, and you can stop thinking about electronics and just play. Here's the setup, step by step.
Everything You Need to Know About Guitar Bass Effect
The Complete Guide to Pedalboards For Guitar
A well-designed pedalboard organises your effects into a unified system that enhances performance and artistic expression. Discover how to plan signal flow, select quality components, and build a peda...
A Guide to Pitch Shifter Pedal
From simple octave doubling to key-aware harmonising and Whammy-style pitch dives, the pitch shifter pedal covers more musical ground than its name suggests — here is how it all works.
Common Tuner Pedal Mistakes to Avoid
Most tuner pedal problems come from placement in the signal chain, power supply choices, or usage habits. Here are the errors that consistently cause issues and how to correct each one.
The Complete Guide to Guitar To Speaker
Connecting a guitar to speakers correctly ensures clean tone and reliable performance. Understand signal flow, amplifier types and best practices for any playing situation.
Passive Direct Box: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Complete guide to purchasing a passive direct box. Understand transformer specifications, build quality, and avoid common mistakes in audio signal chains.
Reamp Box for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Reamping lets you record a dry signal and apply hardware tone later — this guide covers the connections, level setting and DAW routing for first-time users.
Phaser Pedal for Beginners: A Complete Guide
A phaser pedal is one of the most approachable effects in the guitar world. Here is everything a first-timer needs to know — what the knobs do, where to start, and three sounds to try right away.
How to Set Up and Use Tuner Bass Pedal
Tc Electronic Boost for Beginners: A Complete Guide
A TC Electronic boost pedal makes your guitar louder and more present. This beginner guide covers setup, placement and practical uses in plain language.
Common Preamp Amp Mistakes to Avoid
Most preamp amp problems trace back to a handful of repeat offenders. Here they are, why they happen, and the quick fix for each.
The Ultimate Guide to Guitar Effects Pedals Wah
That vocal, crying sweep has a name: the wah pedal. Here's what it actually does, where it came from, and how to use one properly.
Common Volume Pedal Mistakes to Avoid
Several common setup and usage errors can undermine a volume pedal's expressiveness or cause signal problems — these are the most frequent and how to correct them.
Common Tuner Bass Pedal Mistakes to Avoid
Pedalboard Explained: Features, Types and Tips
A pedalboard is a platform that holds, powers and connects your effects pedals. Get the practical breakdown of what matters, what doesn't, and how to build one that works.
Volume Pedal: A Complete Buyer's Guide
The differences between volume pedal models are real and they matter live — this guide covers the factors that should drive your buying decision at every budget.
Bass Effects Pedals for Beginners: A Complete Guide
A small number of well-chosen effects covers most of what a beginner bassist actually needs. Here is where to start, how to connect things, and what to explore next.
Uad Plugins for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Forget the DSP-versus-Native debate for now. Here's the honest, practical way to actually start with UAD plugins.
A Guide to Phaser Pedals
A phaser pedal splits your signal, shifts phase relationships through a chain of all-pass filters, and creates sweeping notches in the frequency spectrum. Once you understand how it works, you hear it...
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Bass Effects Pedals
Bass effects pedals add tone shaping, texture and control for recording, rehearsal and live bass work.
Jhs Pedal
A JHS pedal adds reliable, musical effects and tone shaping for compact or expanded guitar rigs.
Line 6 Hx Stomp
Compact, powerful and portable, the line 6 hx stomp suits guitarists who need flexible sounds in a pedalboard-sized unit...
Noise Gate Pedal
A noise gate pedal reduces hiss and unwanted noise, keeping high-gain guitar and bass rigs clean and controlled.
Overdrive Pedal
Overdrive pedals add classic drive, sustain and flexibility for guitarists building a practical, gig-ready rig.
Pedal Board
Pedal boards keep effects organised, protected and easy to transport for UK guitarists and bassists on stage or in the s...
Pedalboard
Pedalboards keep effects organised, protected and easy to manage for rehearsal, recording and live use.
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Tonex Pedal
Compact modelling pedal for versatile tone shaping, ideal for practice, recording, direct use and live performance.
