Daisy chaining insert effects....help please

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LemonTree

LemonTree

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with just one insert on each chanel, if I want to use a noise gate AND a seperate compressor how do I set this up?

TRS with input to the gate, link the output of the gate to the input of the compressor then the TRS return from the out of the compressor?

or should the compressor be first in the chain then I gate the compressed sound?

Alec
 
My humble thoughts

Hi, I would have thought that the gate comes first... my unit has a gate on it and its first in the signal chain. Just my thoughts though, Im sure there are other opinions.
As to the signal path... seems like the one you suggested would be OK... it seems logical. Once agan, just my humble thoughts... try it, see if it gives you the sound your after...

Take care... Z
 
The gate should come first. The gate is triggered by the dynamic content of the signal. The compressor will take away some of that dynamic so the gate won't work as accurately. The background leakage that you are trying to gate out will be 'turned up' by the compressor. It all sort of depends on what effect you are trying to get.
 
thanks Farview, I'm trying to get a clean kick and snare to mix with the overheads
 
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