HELP! My preset is NOISY!! | Dialing In... THE NOISE GATE!

[@evilevon]

Who would have thought you could make a noise gate so interesting? Well done! 👏👏👏

[@JasonSadites]

Haha....thank you 🙏

[@KyleS.1987]

I really appreciate you taking the time to deep-dive on this. I'd never used a noise gate before owning a Stomp, so I had no idea how they worked or how I was supposed to set one up. And now it all makes sense. Thank you!

[@JasonSadites]

My pleasure and really glad it was helpful :-)

[@neilclarkson1800]

That has well explained how the noise gate on the hxstomp works and how to set it up😊. Many thanks for that Jason😊

[@MattCrill]

This was awesome! This is largely a feature I leave untouched. So helpful. Another helpful addition to the overall Helix knowledge base. Thank you for sharing!

[@JasonSadites]

My pleasure and glad to hear it was helpful Matt 😀 Thank you 🙏

[@ericschrdr]

so useful!

[@boddumblues]

The new horizon gate is a very effective noise gate IF used sparingly, because it shuts off rather hard. I hate that background noise, because even if you get all your gates right it's still present when playing, so the problem is still there on a fundamental level.... I have a pulsating noise that i thought was coming from dirty AC, but I tried running on ac powerbank and the noise was still there... Btw. -65db. 100ms. is the golden spot for the normal noisegate IMO ;-)

[@steveliberty]

Jason - I've enjoyed all of your videos, but this one absolutely surpassed the rest for me. Super informative, both about how the noice gate works, and how to go about dialing it in. I will be using this technique for sure. And, it will apply to non-Helix devices as well (if I ever find myself using a non-Helix device). Thank you for doing this one!

[@sjsphotog]

great stuff Jason. Yeah many of your (and others out in Helix land) presets ARE noisy and I always have to remember to turn on the noise gate. Thanks for showing us why its not just doing the "Set it and forget it" setting that will work every time and that you really do have to "Dial it in" as is the case for every block in your chain. THIS is why you are the master sir. as even the lowly noise gate gets its own "Dialining in..." video :) Kep it up my friend. Take care. All the best.

[@midna6633]

Damm dude I have a Line pod Go and wanted to know about this stuff and this pretty much helped me understood exactly what I needed. You Rock!

[@bootlegfretbuzz]

Great video Jason. Thank you so much. I guess i'll have to review all of my presets ;)

[@t-rocket6381]

Super helpful explanation

[@ulrichseibert3590]

Nice hints, thank you! I refer to Noise gates only in hi-gain settings, else the built-in noise gate of my guitar (it's called volume poti) will do.

[@yigallevit7121]

What a great video, as usual. Thank you!

[@sinclairashman1382]

Thank you!! Really interesting and useful :)

[@rsvette123]

Great job Buddy thanks much

[@eljapel]

wow, thanks a lot, I didn't knew about the built in noise gate, my rehearsals are going to be so much pleasant now lol.

[@stevensrp2music985]

So clutch for single coils

[@agatone20]

Excellent video! Thank you!!

[@pjmoreau]

very helpful thank you

[@jerbear1601]

I always use two gates on the Helix, the input gate very little until a certain kind of noise disappears and then another gate after the amp and EQ but before the delay and reverb. I also use a compressor even though these effects can work against each other it works for my tone stew so that's all that matters.

[@musikus7092]

The input gate is a tone sucker, no matter which setting. Instead of that I use a gate-block after the IR. Sounds better. Not as much treble loss

[@JoePariseauMusic]

I wonder how the Decay setting would change if you added different types of compressors to the signal chain. Or other volume based effects like tremolo. 🤔

[@bryantwalley]

I use them after my drive section and before the clean effects. Makes a really good transition for the overall tone. Also use them in conjunction with a compressor. A last thing to consider, if the real signal has fallen below or close to the level of the noise, do you really want it? Is is usable signal with 50% noise?

[@TheBoglodite]

Thoughts on the Horizon Gate?

[@timothyjohnson9739]

Excellent as usual, Jason! Great discussion of a very 'non-sexy' tool. Love the 'string vibrato' technique for finding sweet spots. Totally cleared up this topic for me! BTW, check out Steve Sterlacci's new vid on controlling KZbin playback with Helix! They have templates to control various DAW's as well, all built into Helix. Very Coool!

[@sjsphotog]

only issue with the vibrato technique to dial in the noise gate is you will be wearing out your frets and strings much quicker :)

[@MartyV666]

That noise is so typical a computer fan or a screen , nice one

[@hypo726]

I was looking for it

[@robmlisanti]

Great video and tips as always! Im really looking forward to getting my POD Go in a few weeks! ( It's on Pre-Order at Sweetwater )

[@sjsphotog]

enjoy it. good job going with Sweetwater. Best customer service. I got my Helix LT thru them, Payment plan helped for sure :)

[@robmlisanti]

@@sjsphotog Oh I buy all my stuff from them now, My PRS SE Hollowbody, Yamaha MODX Synth, Interfaces, Headphones just got the 770's etc etc

[@cg1903]

thanks Jason / I use the gate with P90’s to diminish noise and works great. Am curious why you didn’t also address the Impedance control (Guitar In-Z)...

[@RapttorX]

because the In-Z dosent affect the noise, it only affects the sound. Its only there because its part of the input block.

[@sjsphotog]

yeah I was wondering the same thing

[@JerryCastaldo_NYC]

Nice, informative!

[@paradigmshiftjazz]

I love all your videos but it would be great to have more videos who play clean (Jazz)

[@tnoam]

How’s the noise gate effects drive stomp boxes is have in front of the HXstomp?

[@DaisyHead666]

The thing im looking for is *more noise* i like a noisy and feedback full tone and i cant get that with my amp (Line 6 spider 75) cuz idk how to turn the noise gate off.

[@harperj72]

Question? Turn off your noise gate. If you unplug your usb cable for the hxedit, does the noise go away?

[@TexasTunesmith]

When I play at my church (single coils).....I tend to get a lot of buzz/hum.....it goes away if I turn the volume knob to zero....if this buzz is coming from EMI, will the input gate eliminate this? If so, is it better to run all of my other pedals in the effects loop? (HX Stomp).

[@jericks06]

What I can't figure out is why if I have the Helix AND my mixing board both connected via USB, I get bad noise exactly like you are hearing in the vid. If I unplug the Helix USB, 90% of the noise is gone, but now I can't use HX edit :( any ideas?

[@marktierney3938]

One thing that annoys me about the input block is that it effects the DI recording. It would be great if you could bypass the input noise gate when recording the DI signal.

[@a.l.1044]

All my overdrive presets are noisy to a point where the noise gate is perfectly useless, both with singles and humbuckers. When enabled, it just eats up my gain and kills my sustain no matter the settings. So I keep it disabled most of the time, preferring putting up with the noise over having a crappy tone. I guess the noise comes from the power mains of my apartment building.

[@sjsphotog]

time for a power conditioner to clean up that A/C voltage? they arent that much $ to buy.

[@a.l.1044]

@@sjsphotog Sounds like a possible solution. Thanks for suggesting that.

[@picksalot1]

I recently created a "lively" sounding Preset, and it has 3 Snapshots. One Snapshot was quiet, but 2 had a fair amount of noise. I turned on the Input Noise Gate, and adjusted the controls basically as you described and I noticed something unexpected and problematic. Even when playing "much louder" than when I would expect the Noise Gate to engage, it was filtering a surprising amount of the highs in my sound and sucking the life out of it. This problem can be heard in your video as well. I rechecked my Noise Gate settings and found that I could not preserve my sound and still use the Noise Gate. Have you got any advice?

[@Jon-j1m]

Hendrix never used a noise gate. He turned noise into music.

[@reesewilliams3183]

"..rubbing note against a fret..." think Foxy Lady by Hendrix ....

[@tnoam]

And if I have a drive pedal in front of the stomp and the gate is on?.....

[@mitafromtheeast7680]

rush tee

[@eviltwin47]

Killing me

[@facundogimenez1679]

bro every time I open your video is 20 min long why do you take so long to get to the point? No hate but I keep looking for help and I keep coming across your channel