TC Electronic Nova System - Manual (Page 30)

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EFFECTS - EQ & NOISE GATE
Mode
Range. Hard or Soft
General overall mode that determines how fast the Noise
Gate should attenuate/dampen the signal when below
Threshold.
Threshold
Range: -60 dB to 0 dB
The threshold point determines at what point the Noise
Gate should start attenuating the signal.
To set this parameter; set the Damp parameter to e.g. 50
dB. Then start turning up the Threshold value from -60
dB to the point where desired dampening is actually
achieved. This little experiment will of course require that
the Damp parameter is set different from 0 dB - as 0 dB
means: no damping.
Damp
Range: 0 dB to 90 dB
This parameter determines how hard the signal should
be attenuated when below the set Threshold. You could
argue that a max dampening would be appropriate
always, but you would also like to have a smooth
transition between the “gated/attenuated” stage and the
“open” stage. The more dB that must be released the
more obvious the Noise Gate might seam.
Release
Range: 0 dB/sec to 200 dB/sec
The Release parameter determines how fast the signal is
released when the Input signal rises above the Threshold
point. As a rule of thumb this setting should be set fairly
high.