guitar effects chain order
What order should these guitar effects pedal go in?

I’m getting a new pedal board in the next few days and adding a few more FX to my arsenal.
Here are the effects I have and am getting:
Demeter Compulator (Compressor)
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
Boss NS-2 (Noise Supressor for when I play metal)
Digitech Whamy IV
Electro-harmonix MicroPog
MXR Carbon Copy
Digitech RV-7 (Reverb)
Boss DD-7
Strymon Blue Sky Reverberator

I’m getting into a lot more ambient music as well as metal.
I’m thinking of keeping all the reverbs and delays in my FX loop, should I go delay–>reverb–>delay–>reverb?.
And for the chain in the front of my amp, should I put my noise supressor right after my compressor? Then go to the octave pedals (whammy then micropog) then to the volume pedal?

Thanks guys.
Keep Rockin!
I forgot to add that my tuner as a buffer built in, so I won’t be needing a boost.
I’m running all the reverb and time based effects in the loop.

The Boss NS-2 is a pedal that is supposed to be looped. You don’t ever put the Reverb or Delay in the loop. The NS-2 has a gate which cuts off noise after a certain setting (depends on how you set it). That eliminates hiss and unwanted noise. But if you put the delay or reverb in that chain, you also lose the effect of the reverb and the end of the decay of the delay pedal. So, contrary to what Crosstown said, no, you should never set your pedals up like that. You also don’t need numerous delays or reverbs, you have a few listed. Try this…
Volume
Wah
Noise Suppressor send loop
everything else
Noise Suppressor return loop
Digital Delay
Reverb

Additionally, I recommend getting a Chorus and Flanger or Phaser pedal.

Edit: Im sorry Adam, either my answer was a bit vague about the loop or you don’t know how a Boss NS-2 works. The ISP Decimator goes in a chain where the Boss NS-2 works best when its looped. The ISP has 1 input and 1 ouput. The Boss NS-2 has 2 inputs and 2 outputs (output, send, input and return). So, the loop I was referring to was NOT the effects loop, but the loop within the Noise Suppressor.


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