Samson S-Gate 4

Samson Technologies Corp.

575 Underhill Blvd.

P.O. Box 9031

Syosset, NY 11791-9031

Phone: 1-800-3-SAMSON (1-800-372-6766)

Fax: 516-364-3888

www.samsontech.com

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Contents

Main POWER CH 1 CH 2 S Class Signal Processors 4 CHANNEL GATE Safety Instructions WAR NING AVI S CAUTION ATT E NTION Table of Contents Introduction 3 S gate 4 Features POWER Three-year extended warranty. Range control for Ducking. DFT (Dual FilterTrigger) for precise and predictable triggering. S gate 4 Front Panel Layout Rear Panel Layout S gate 4 Rear Panel Layout 6 POWER Press the IN/OUT switch on and off and listen to the signal. You should hear no change in level. IN/OUT - OUT SETTING UP THE S gate 4 Set the controls to the following positions: HIGH FILTER CONTROL - .1 LOW FILTER CONTROL - 30 TRIGGER CONTROL - -60 KEY SWITCH - OUT ATTACK CONTROL - 20 KEY LISTEN - OUT HOLD CONTROL - .5 RELEASE CONTROL - .5 SEC DUCKER SWITCH - OUT RANGE CONTROL - 80 GATING A SIGNAL CH 1 USING THE FILTERS Note: 9 POWER Press the DUCKER and KEY switches to the IN position. USING THE DUCKER nect to the channel one KEY input on the S gate 4s rear panel. CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 Dynamics Processing 101 Attack Time Release Time Ratio Threshold Dynamics Processing 101 - Continued Soft-Knee / Hard-Knee Stereo Link Mode Limiter Downward Expander Applications Using a Noise Gate to Tighten Up the Mix Gating Drums Gating Longer Sounds Using the Expander/Gate to Remove Hiss and Noise S gate 4 System Set-Ups LINE LINE LIVE SOUND SYSTEM WITH GATES ON INDIVIDUAL CHANNELS DSP ON DSP 1-2 DSP 3-4 DSP AUX1 S gate 4 System Set-Ups LINE LINE In this example, the S gate 4 channels are connected to the mixers bus 1-4 inserts points. LIVE SOUND SYSTEM WITH GATES ON SUB INSERT POINTS DSP ON S gate 4 Connections CONNECTING THE S gate 4 Block Diagrahm CH 3,4 are identical to CH 1, 2 STEREO LINK CONNECTIONS GND HOT COLD Page Specifications