OPERATION
Noise Gate Basics
The NOVA Dynamics Noise Gate is used to attenuate the signal when you are not playing your guitar. This way, you can mute hissing, humming and other noise coming from cables, pedals etc. Of course, a noise gate can only cancel noises from equipment which is located before the gate in the signal path.
Please note that a noise gate is not the ultimate solution to noise problems. You should always try to avoid noise in the first place! Noise can be introduced by a number of factors. Poor cables, poorly shielded single coil pickups and power supplies placed too close to signal cables are common problems that you can work around by experimenting.
However, a certain amount of noise will always be present in any guitar setup. The NOVA Dynamics Noise Gate can help you attenuate this noise when you are not playing. Be careful, though, when setting the Threshold and Release parameters. A Threshold set too high may result in the Gate not opening when you play the guitar softly. A Release time set too slow, may result in the gate cutting into the attack phase of the signal.
Furthermore it is worth noticing that the NOVA Dynamics Gate offers 4 modes of Noise Gate selectable via the DRY BLEND button. From
Illustration - Noise Gate
Noise Gate Parameters
6 – Threshold
The Threshold point determines at what point the Noise Gate should start dampening the signal.
Start by setting the THRESHOLD knob to the “min”
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