MadWerewolfBoy
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Well, from this question, i would assume you want more dynamics, IE, soft picking = very soft sound and hard picking = very loud sound. Well, its the opposite of what a compressor would do and i don't think there're any conventional pedal that does this. The best would be for zero pedals at all.
Then iread further down, maybe you meant to asked which pedal would make ur signal more insensitive to picking dynamics.
That would be compressors. Compressors reduces picking dynamics and makes low signal from soft picking louder and huge signals from hard picking softer. The effect would be a balanced sound with little volume variation. Do note that too much of this is not really tateful also as it totally kills all dynamics.
Some distotion units also give similar effects but the conrol is through distortion. IE, your compression is limited bythe amount of distortion as they are directly propotional. Bad thing is, if you want high compression u need high distortion levels. Thus i would advice you to get a saparate compression unit.
If you want to know what effects does what out there, a good place to start would be http://www.bosscorp.co.jp/products/en/p_compactpedals.html
Listen to the sound samples as if gives you a general idea of what each pedal does. Distortion units are varied because each distortion pedal gives a slightly different tonal qualities. They are very important part of a guitarist effects chain, some even go the the extend of stacking over 3 pedals to get what they want. Modulation pedals are those that give you those whacky cool effects and are of secondary importance. Compressors are of a class on their own as they do this specific job i've mentioned above. Then there're delay and reverb pedals which are also of secondary importance because amps usually have a basic function of providing these.
Multi effects is the way to go if you want to explore more as people have mentioned above.
