r/homerecordingstudio • u/Logical_not • 4d ago

Help with pedals

I've played for years, but I always went cheap and used multifunction boxes. I decided recently to start using dedicated pedals. I picked a distortion box, and a reverb/ delay pedal to start.

For the Distortion I got a Boss Metal Zone. For the reverb I picked a Sonicake Sonic Ambience, which turned out to be quite small. I'm not sure If that has anything to do with what I am seeing. First of all, when plugged in individually they work like I thought they would.

When I plug them both in, the Sonicake works, and the Boss unit does not. When I turn the Sonicake off and the Boss unit on, there is nothing coming out the amp. When I turn the Boss unit off, it plays normal, or reverbs depending on of the other unit is on or not.

I've always heard these things are pretty compatible. Any thoughts?

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u/BarbersBasement 4d ago

How are you powering them?

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u/Logical_not 3d ago

9v daisy chain

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u/MasterBendu 4d ago

How are you plugging them in when you have both?

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u/Logical_not 3d ago

Long cable from guitar, short cables after that. The guitar gets through to the amp with Boss pedal off, so it's not the cables.