OPERATION
15
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 full-range
mode to three tuned 3-band Noise Gate modes.
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”
