Noise Gates: Everything You NEED to Know | Too Afraid To Ask

What are Noise Gates? How do they work? What are Send and Return for? Where should I put one in my signal chain? We tackle all of the Noise Gate questions you are Too Afraid To Ask.

This video contains paid promotion from Boss
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Introduction
00:31 - Are Suppressors Different From Gates?
01:00 - How Do Noise Gates Work?
03:08 - What Noise Do Noise Gates Gate?
05:22 - Where Does A Noise Gate Go On My Pedalboard?
05:36 - Placing It EARLY In Your Signal Chain
07:01 - Placing it AFTER Distortion
07:35 - What Do SEND and RETURN Do?
09:06 - Reverbs and Delays Come LAST
09:47 - Summary of Noise Gate Placement
10:03 - So What About This NS-1X Then?
14:08 - Links and Conclusion

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[bstoner]

Boss entrusting you to explain simply is both helpful and a huge compliment to you Colin!

[iutchube]

Colin should be invited by every single gear manufacturer to do their review videos. Simply the best!

[MetalHeadProductions]

Finally someone showed this with the four cable method. It was driving me crazy everyone was ignoring that.

[tacaobh]

I'm senior electrical engineer in Brazil and I really like your videos and explanations. Boss should put this video as NS-1X manual 😂. Congrats.

[gngrbi]

Dude this was golden, I has no idea what the send and return do or meant. This video cleared everything up. Thanks man

[concretebadger]

Aww man, thank you sooo much for this. Between the spoken explanation and the accompanying animated graphics, you've done a fantastic job of explaining how these things work!

[xdoctorblindx]

I simply can't say enough good things about Colin. His videos are always incredibly informative, and his humour, delivery, playing, and production are always on point. Of course, this video is no exception!

[PocketUnv]

You've outdone yourself again, I can't imagine the hours this must have taken to put together. Thanks for a wonderfully clear explanation!

[Th_RealDirtyDan]

The Boss NS-2 is such a powerhouse I use it on all 3 of my pedalboards to its fullest capability, and hearing your explanation of Boss’s MDP just blew my mind and now I need to upgrade them all. Along with my compressors to the CP-1X. I’m going to be broke now.

[BedeLaplume]

​ Definitely one of the best if not the best video I've seen on the subject..Kudos!

[PedalPlayhouse]

I was looking forward to this, it was really helpful the way you explained how it function as well as the graphic visuals. I’ll def consider looking into getting one in the future. Thanks Colin for your time, care, and consideration into this one.

[spunkybrewster]

I love this series. Been playing since the beginning of time, and there's still tons of stuff like this that I've just taken for granted, without really understanding.

[Cpt_Adama]

Wow this was amazing dude. I felt like I just took a university class Noise Gates 101. Seriously well put together. I would like to see a series of these for all types of pedals. Then maybe a 202 class for those that need it. Thanks Professor 😉

[RaccoonHenry]

your videos are always so topical! I was wondering about noise gates not two days ago!!!

[radIant]

Can I just say: This video is an absolute lifesaver.

I've only been playing guitar for a year, and have just now been trying to educate myself on effects, and how they work. Very overwhelming stuff, especially when my only electric is currently a single-coil, which needs a noise gate.

Within 15 minutes, I went from understanding nothing about noise gates to understanding practically EVERYTHING about noise gates. Your instruction is so precise, easy-to-understand, and you really do wonders for the visual learners out there. DON'T STOP making videos just like these! You're doing the Lord's work!!

[TreyB]

Everything is better when explained by a true Scotsman... Great demo! Thank you, sir!

[fmacauliffe]

Decided to redo my entire pedalboard (don't worry, it's not very big) thanks to this video and I'm very happy with the new signal chain, using the Send and Return feature of the NS-2. Thanks Colin!

[UnchainedEruption]

You sir are a Guitar Tech God! You know everything and explain it so well with great visual aid like graphs, cams of the pedals, etc. Subscribing. There's so much I can learn from you.

[ricardomm]

thank you, one think that never would need this videos about a noise supressor, until you need it! there is no better explanation than this one!

[TheJstewart]

What a clear and really helpful explanation. I sort of knew how noise gates work, but avoided them because the cutoffs always seemed too abrupt and unnatural at the end of a sustained note. The digital algorithm really looks like a game changer here.