For those not sure whether or not to get one I say give em a go!
Noise Gate Recommended
For the past year or so I pondered over getting one and I eventually got one build into my yamaha effects rack. And man they are essential! I never realised just how useful. I set it really low down so it doesnt effect solos or that. But just in so far as when u mute strings or play stuff stacato (duno if thats the rite term, i mean choppy, without letting strings ring) its awesome!
For those not sure whether or not to get one I say give em a go!
For those not sure whether or not to get one I say give em a go!
# 1
i've heard they are good. I have also heard they affect your tone. I have never used one myself though.
By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
# 2
Well mine is built into an expensive piece of rack equipment. I think youve really gota spend tha extra bucks with thinks like that.
I set is really low down so it doesnt affect my solos or that. Its jus good for thinks like.... the intro to stuff like "since youve bin gone" you know where you have pauses, it really tidyings up you sound and stops strings ringing ut annoyingly.
I set is really low down so it doesnt affect my solos or that. Its jus good for thinks like.... the intro to stuff like "since youve bin gone" you know where you have pauses, it really tidyings up you sound and stops strings ringing ut annoyingly.
# 3
Sounds like a good thing to have then. I always find i get loads of noise from strings that i'm not playing sometimes. Whats this rack equipment you have then ?
By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
# 4
I never play without it , I set it high to play thrash metal rhythms , and lower for leads and low gain stuff .
You don't have to get an expensive rack unit, they're all the same and will affect your tone a bit on high settings... Make sure to turn it off for feedback tricks!
The Boss pedal is a great one.
You don't have to get an expensive rack unit, they're all the same and will affect your tone a bit on high settings... Make sure to turn it off for feedback tricks!
The Boss pedal is a great one.
# 5
Well if your wanting to tidy up you solos then its a compressor your after. The noise gate is like an on/offswitch so when ever the output from you guitar goes below a defined volume it cuts the volume completely.
You know when you mute the strings with your hands, well theres always sum noises made isnt there, the sound of your hand scraping against the strings, well those noises are cut out.
I have a Yamaha SPX90, not that expensive. I love everything about it execpt the reverb. As ever Ive yet to find a decent reverb unit out there :(
You know when you mute the strings with your hands, well theres always sum noises made isnt there, the sound of your hand scraping against the strings, well those noises are cut out.
I have a Yamaha SPX90, not that expensive. I love everything about it execpt the reverb. As ever Ive yet to find a decent reverb unit out there :(
# 6
Originally posted by Axl_Rose
Well if your wanting to tidy up you solos then its a compressor your after.
Doesnt a compressor just give you more sustain by compressing the note so it lasts longer ?
By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
# 7
A compressor evens the outputs , so that all notes come out nearly the same volume no matter how hard or weak you played them (depending on the settings of course).
# 8
Doesnt that defeat the object of dynamics ?
By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
# 9
Originally posted by Death55
Doesnt that defeat the object of dynamics ?
The whole idea behind a compressor is to control the dynamics, not to get rid of them completely. When going over a certain treshold, the notes will get compressed, which evens out large peaks in your playing that are a) annoying to hear and b) hard to work with in recordings/live settings...
Usually you only need a compressor for clean sounds. When playing with a dirty sound, the distortion is taking care of the compression already.
Compression does not add sustain, it only controls the output peaks in your playing.
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