Gate After Drive Works - Why?

rrogers

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I like the sound of the Rangemaster with the JTM45 model. To tame some of the inherent background hiss, I added a gate and played around with it at several points in the signal chain.

I receive the best results with the gate between the drive and the amp blocks. Why? Even with the drive bypassed, the gate appears to work better there.

In my other patches, particularly when I use the HBE, I find the gate works best after the amp. Is there something about the nature of the JTM45 or Rangemaster that makes the Drive - Gate - Amp combo work?

Just curious as to the "why".
 
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