Pops when using Noise Gate

Using MOD devices Troubleshooting
#1

Hi all - I’m using a Mod Duo X.

The instrument is a Harpejji - basically four octaves from A0.

The bottom 8 strings go through one bass channel, and the rest of the 24 through a treble.

As there is a small amount of high frequency noise, I set up a noise gate.

I get a ‘pop’ intermittently when hitting the bass strings. I’ve set the threshold carefully. If I turn the gate off, then the pop goes. The treble doesn’t produce a pop.

I’ve tried off/on, and tried a blank pedalboard, and used the gate in the system settings as well as the plug-in. No difference.

Is an occasional ‘pop’ just inherent in the way it works? is the gate ‘opening’ too quickly?

For now I’m not using a gate at all.

#2

Hi @jepowl,
I agree. I play both guitar and bass. I have noticed a clicking sound when hitting the bass while the internal noise gate is on. No problem with guitar. So, as you experienced, it seems there’s a problem with low frequencies.

Have you tried the different noise gate plugins ? I might do some tests to check if it does the same as with the internal one.

#3

I tried the internal one, all permutations, swapping inputs etc, and also the ‘Noise Gate MOD’ and ‘Noise Gate Adv MOD’ plug-ins.

I’m not too concerned as long as it isn’t a hardware problem with my unit.

I tried a noise gate at the end of my chain, but that butchered the tails of my reverb.

#4

Both MOD noise gate plugins share the same algorithm as the internal noise gate.
Have you tried this one ?

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#5

Many thanks - that seems to do the trick!

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