javajunkie said:
MrMunky said:
As much as I appreciate the lack of chatter, the attack on the gate in v. 7.15 is slow enough to create an auto-swell type effect each time the gate engages.
Does anyone know how to restore the attack time on the gate to the speed at which it operated in 7.13/earlier?
Do you mean release? Release is how quickly the noise gate clamps down after the threshold has been reached . Attack is how quickly it lets the sound back. or are you talking about that? I think the hold time is what may have been changed to reduce the chatter.
Under the nomenclature you have described, my question relates to the attack. I probably used the word "engages" imprecisely or wrongly in my initial post. I will describe the matter about which I ask differently and try to avoid any semantic ambiguity.
I can hear two notable differences between firmware v. 7.15 and firmware v. 7.13 with respect to the gate: 1) when the gate is active in version 7.15, a detectable amount of time passes between the moment that I strike a note and the moment that the Axe-FX reproduces that note at its full level (the level at which the Axe-FX reproduces the note with the gate turned off); and 2) during that time, the level of the note gradually increases.
The aural effect of the combination of these two differences is similar to the effect of a volume-swell effect, like what you'll hear guitar players do with the volume knob on their guitar, or an envelope-controlled volume effect, or a volume pedal.
I certainly understand how the slower attack would reduce chatter, but it significantly changes the musical function of the instrument. In many contexts I would prefer the ordinary attack that I associate with an electric guitar + amp combination, even if it means more chatter from the noise gate.
So, if you, or anyone else knows how I might continue to use the noise gate but speed up the attack to pre-7.13 speeds, I would be grateful if you would tell me how to do it.
Otherwise I can dig the ol' ISP Noise Decimator out of storage. :mrgreen: