Another quick question:
Exactly how does the Noise Gate operate??? Not quite sure how to ask this question but here goes:
Does the Gate simply suppress ANYTHING and EVERYTHING below a certain SIGNAL level (depending on the setting) or is it able to determine the frequencies of the noise and only attentuate those frequencies (again depending on the setting)???
In other words: if you set the Gate to eliminate noise when there is supposed to be silence then no problem i.e. this works fine but you can hear the noise when you start playing i.e. it lifts with your sound. But I THINK I noticed this morning that if you set the gate higher then it seems to start seperating out the noise from the actual guitar sound (although it does alter the sound to a degree but nothing major or problematic). And it doesn't seem to affect sustain i.e. if it were merely suppressing ANYTHING and EVERYTHING below a certain SIGNAL level (depending on the setting) then it stands to reason that the higher you set it the more it will chop your sustain as the note decays and it doesn't appear to be doing this.
Hope the question makes sense.
Regards,
Dale.
Hmmmnnn...
Seems like today is a day for me to make a fool of myself given the above post as well as the other one about the Natural (No FX) PRE-AMP setting!!!
After experimenting some more the Gate actually does chop off sustain and a LOT too depending on how high it is set. And I doubt very much if it's actually "sensing" the noise frequencies i.e. it would seem that it's simply attenuating the signal level depending on how it's set. So for anyone reading this: until I get a response from Messrs. Marshall Support & Co.: please ignore my original post above as it would seem that I'm talking utter nonsense (like I said: seems to be my day for making an arse of myself).
Regards,
Dale.
Hi Dale,
Hope this helps, A noise gate will cut/reduce any noise below the selected threshold. As soon as any signal above this threshold is produced then the noise gate effectively opens to allow the full signal through. It will then close again once the signal drops below the selected threshold. The idea is to cut any noise when you’re not playing.
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