"I'm going to list my settings on the Control Page and the Noise Gate (incoming, not gate block).
[I GOT A LITTLE LOST. I DIDN'T GET AROUND TO DESCRIBING ANY GATE SETTINGS. THE -100db is the Control Button (front panel, mark 1) envelope page threshold setting.
Replace with this:
"Under the control front panel button, I have the threshold at -100 db, the attack as quick as possible, the release at 18 ms, and the gain at 2.59. The Volume Envelope settings (Axe Edit right click on yellow "control" icon) is default except with a 7.2 degrees slope. Volume Taper: Log 30A".
I'm not sure the difference in behavior, but I think that a low threshold for the envelope just means that its triggered as soon as any, even -100, level is detected, because this setting does work, it does trigger an envelope, which does eventually drop per the other settings, which in turn makes the volume block cut the signal.
What I do in my preset template now is have both the envelope-to-vol block method, and the gate after the amp method, and just bypass them as needed. And scenes make this a good tool, having both available, although I have noticed if X-Y's are not available for the gate and vol blocks.
I am pretty nooby about all this I must admit.