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The Gate effect included in GearBox is designed to reduce the noise that your guitar makes when you are not playing. You can think of it as a gate that opens to let your guitar sound through when you play, and closes when you stop playing to shut out the noise you would otherwise hear after you stop playing.
The Gate works by detecting the input level to GearBox from your guitar. When the input level is below the level set for the gate’s Threshold knob, the gate will close at the speed set by the Gate’s Decay knob, and cut off the signal from your guitar. When the input level is above the threshold, the gate will open to let your guitar signal through. Turning the Threshold knob clockwise increases the aggressiveness of the gate in its effort to cut off sound. The idea is to set the threshold low enough so that it doesn’t cut off the signal as you are playing or a note is sustaining, but high enough so that the background noise from your guitar doesn’t keep the gate open. You’ll need to select the Gate setting that works best with the Amp Model you’ve chosen as well as the guitar(s) and pickups you happen to be using with GearBox. (The Hum Reducer eliminates noise in another way.)
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What is GuitarPort Online?
GuitarPort Online is the membership service accessible from within the GearBox software which offers guitar lessons, artist biographies, guitar news, transcriptions to popular songs and licks and more! If you are not already a member of GuitarPort Online, click the GuitarPort Online button above the Browser to take a tour of GuitarPort Online.
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What is the (Player) Half Speed Button?
The Half Speed button is available in the Player interface, which is displayed in the Browser when you select the Player button. When the Half Speed button is lit red, the Player will play back the currently loaded Track at half speed without changing pitch. This can be very handy when you are trying to learn a guitar part. Slow the track to half speed for careful study, then switch back to normal speed once you’re ready to put what you’ve learned into action.
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