If you want to blend the effect along with your main guitar signal, then you’ll want to use a parallel loop. The electronics of the pedal will still have some effect not present when it is not plugged in to the series effects loop. The mix level makes it a parallel effect, but because the mix is internal to your unit and it is placed in the series loop of your amp, you are still always sending the original signal through the effect unit. Then if it has a mix level, you can adjust the mix to your liking. For the ideal situation this is the process: Start by adjusting the effect input level for a strong clean signal, and then adjust the output level so that it doesn’t change your volume when you bypass the loop. Sometimes you can include other pedals with these controls to help. On simpler pedals, input, output or mix volumes may not be available, so you will have to work with what is available.
It is very important to match the signal levels of your series effects to the loop you are using especially when it can be bypassed. Any series effects that you want to come after your amplifier preamp will go in the series effects loop. With series effects it is important to consider which order you put them in because each subsequent effect is colored by the ones before it in the signal chain.
Some examples that tend to work best this way are distortion and wah, where you want your guitar to sound like the effect. Start by asking yourself “Do I want to change the fundamental character of the sound with this unit?” If so you will want to use this effect in series, and generally prior to any parallel effects you plan to use.
Parallel systems allow you to blend your sound with the effect. On the other hand, when your engineer turns up the delay send on your guitar channel at the mixer, part of your sound is sent to the delay processor and then returned to the mixer but the main signal still runs dry through your channel, so you hear a mix of the two in the main speakers. There is only one signal path from the guitar, through each of the pedals and on to the amp. The signal goes from one pedal to the next in series. Think about those old pedals that go between your guitar and the input of your amplifier. When you decide to add effects to your guitar sound start by asking yourself “Do I want to change my sound? Or do I want to add something to my sound?”
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