TC Electronic G-Major 2 - Manual (Page 30)

NOISE GATE
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EFFECTS
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Introduction
Basic Operation of the Effect Menus
The six (or seven including the Noise gate)
effect keys on the front panel all work as
follows:
• Press a key once to toggles this effect block
on or off.
• Press a key twice in short succession (i.e.,
double-click) to edit the settings for this effect
block.
To navigate the effect edit pages, use the
UP/DOWN keys and ADJUST wheel. Some of
the effect blocks contain several effect
algorithms. For example, the Filter block
contains Phaser, Tremolo, Panner, Resonance
Filter etc. Where it is available, the Algorithm
choice is the first parameter of an effect’s edit
page.
As all the effect blocks are always present, they
can be activated or accessed at any time by
simply using the single or double-click
functions. Bypassing an effect block removes it
from the effects setup, meaning that although
the block is still present in the routing, it does
not affect the audio signal in any way.
The settings of all blocks – even the bypassed
ones –are stored with every preset. Therefore,
you can reactivate a bypassed block any time
and find that all settings are still intact.
Consider this feature a modern equivalent to
turning stomp-box pedals on and off.
Mix/Wet parameter
When the Kill Dry parameter found in the
Levels All menu is set to “On”, no clean signal
is passed to the outputs, and the “Mix”
parameter changes to “Wet” in all algorithms.
Introduction
A Noise Gate is generally used to attenuate the
signal when you don’t play your guitar. This
way, you can avoid hearing the entire hiss, hum
and other noises that various components of
your setup or external factors might introduce.
Of course, a Noise Gate is not the solution to
any noise problem. You should try to avoid
noise in the first place. Problems with noise can
be introduced by a number of different factors.
Poor cables, poorly shielded single coil pickups
and power supplies placed close to signal
cables are common problems that you can
work your way out of by experimenting.
There will, however, always be a certain
amount of noise in any guitar setup. The Noise
Gate can help attenuating the noise when you
are not playing. Be careful when setting the
Threshold and Release Rate parameters.
Setting the Threshold too high might keep the
Gate from opening when you play your guitar
softly. Setting the Release time too slow may
audibly cut the attacks of the notes you are
playing.
Optimum settings will vary depending on the
signal present on the input of G-Major 2, so you
will most likely need different settings for Clean
and Overdrive sounds.
Mode
Settings: Off/Hard/Soft
General overall mode that determines how fast
the Noise Gate should attenuate/dampen the
signal when it falls below the Threshold.
Threshold
Range: Off, -60 dB to 0 dB
The Threshold determines the point where the
Noise Gate should start to dampen the signal.
To set this parameter properly, you should turn
up the volume using your guitar’s volume
potentiometer but not play. Then start turning
up the Threshold value from -60 dB to the point
where desired dampening is actually achieved.
This little experiment requires setting the Max
Damping parameter (see below) to a value
higher than 0 dB, as 0 dB means: no damping.
Max. Damping
Range: 0 dB to 90 dB
This parameter determines how hard the signal
should be attenuated when it falls below the set
Threshold. Now you might think that a noise
gate should always have a maximum effect