It's definitely not what I'd call an "always on" pedal, but there are times when you want something that's going to swell into each note. I'd usually use it for a sound with long delay/reverb tails. The thing that takes a bit of getting used to is that you need to leave a little space on the tail of the note if you want the next one to
also swell in -- on a series of notes without a rest, you'll only get the swell for the first note, and hear the attack (pick, pluck, hammer-on, pull-off...) on each following note.
I'm more likely to use a volume pedal between the gain pedals and the time-based pedals if I'm doing some kind of Frippertronics-style thing, so that the amount of saturation is determined by the guitar volume and the attack, rather than the Slow Gear/Lazy Sprocket/Darth Fader at the start of the chain. It's worth experimenting with, as it'll probably push you to play differently, and that doesn't hurt when you're looking for inspiration.
Thanks for posting the links to your Bandcamp pages, I'll check them out
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). I was originally going to use Boss-style knobs on this one, and I still might put them back on, as the labels are a bit low for these smaller knobs...
