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As for guitar effects, if you are micing the amp for recording, you can choose to add effects using pedals. This has the advantage of playing 'wet' (i.e. you are playing with the sound you want on the recording) which many guitar players like. A disadvantage is that every effect you add will end up in the recorded signal, so you cannot remove/reduce/change ...

Distortion effects work by introducing high frequency harmonics into a signal. This is even the case when distorting sound sources that only contain bass frequencies. A bassy distortion sound is achieved by either filtering the high end out of the distorted output with any distortion pedals tone control turned right down. Or by blending the distortion ...

I try to minimise the number and complexity of effects on the recorded signal. I still play "wet" i.e. I don't put effects on the recorded signal, but I like as little noise as possible in the original recorded version. Several daisy chained pedals does not help in this regard. If you want the convenience of setting your sound up prior to recording though I ...