Using A Noise Gate With A Looper Switch

[MrDaveDetroit]

Looking for some help here. I am setting up a do-everything pedalboard to use with my original band and then with my cover band. The plan is to run my clean and gain pedals out front and have my time/modulation pedals run through a 6-channel looper in the effects loop. I have a noise gate and want to use the 4 cable method.

That’s where I am getting stuck. My looper has a main input, effects send and effects return. If I were to run the effects send/return into the noise gate, I have no way to connect to the amplifier. It seems like the looper needs an actual output jack in order to make this happen.

I have two ideas to work around it:

• Run the noise gate through one of the looper channels (thereby wasting a channel).
• Add an additional noise gate (one for the effects out front and one for effects in the looper).

Does anyone have another idea? What am I missing?

Thanks

 

[Bash_Man]

Which noise gate is it? and will you be wanting to turn it ON/OFF when switching between clean and distortion?

If you're going to leave it ON full time, then one way you can wire it up is:

the pre section stays the same

The loop section would be:

Amp loop send --> Noise Gate return --> Noise gate Send --> Looper Input --> Looper Output --> Amp loop return

This way the noise gate stays outside the looper.

Good luck

 

[MrDaveDetroit]

I'm using a MXR Noise Clamp. The plan is to leave it on.

 

[Bash_Man]

I'm using a MXR Noise Clamp. The plan is to leave it on.

sorry i edited my post above and put a possible solution for you. hope it helps my friend.

Cheers

 

[MrDaveDetroit]

Which noise gate is it? and will you be wanting to turn it ON/OFF when switching between clean and distortion?

If you're going to leave it ON full time, then one way you can wire it up is:

the pre section stays the same

The loop section would be:

Amp loop send --> Noise Gate return --> Noise gate Send --> Looper Input --> Looper Output --> Amp loop return

This way the noise gate stays outside the looper.

Good luck

Awesome. Is this what you are recommending?

 

[Bash_Man]

IN/OUT form gate stay in the pre section
SEND/RETURN go in the loop section

Pre section:
Go guitar --> wireless --> tuner --> wah --> gate input --> gate out --> comp --> P1 --> archer --> OCD --> buffer --> amp input

Post/Loop section:
Amp send --> gate return --> gate send --> looper input --> looper output --> amp return

 

[MrDaveDetroit]

Ah, okay. I apologize for my slow mental state. THIS is what you are recommending:

 

[Bash_Man]

You got it buddy. Let us know if it works for you.

Cheers

 

[JackBootedThug]

My head just exploded…I’m running two amps and am getting ready to add a gate also. Sorry about the horrible photo but that’s kinda how I’m running my setup.

 

[JackBootedThug]

Not trying to hijack your thread but with running two amps, I’m not sure where to put the gate. Plus the ms3 has a built in gate but it is not working. When both amps are on clean…zero noise. When I’m on the gain channels I get to much noise. Plus I had a grounding issue until I added a cheap little Pyle ground lift box.