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So I received the Zuul yesterday and had a small time to mess with it.
I had it placed in the FX loop, I then used a splitter cable going into the key jack and the other side going into the input of my Shaffer Replica, with guitar going to the female side of the splitter cable. From the output of the SR I went into my MXR 78 badass and output of the badass into the amp (Bugera 1969 Infinium).
When I turned everything one it was dead silent. Normally when I turn everything on with that amp or my DSL40C I get that high gain hiss (for lack of a better term).
I played a few notes and they all sounded normal BUT that high gain hiss also was present. Now this is the first noise gate I have ever used so I am not sure if it is normal or not although I would expect it to be.
I played a bit with the only control it has which opens and shuts the gate at different times and will need to play with it some more to see where I like it.
I also tried guitar-Zuul-SR-MXR-amp and as expected I had the high gain hiss present at all times. Again I did not hear any changes to the sound of the guitar but have read lining the Zuul up front tightens up the low end so that is something I want to check.
Also, this amp has a “Level” button and is described as:
“LEVEL switch optimally adapts the FX LOOP to
the operating level of the external effects device connected (+4 dBV or -10 dBV). The higher level is for studio effects devices, the lower level for floor pedals.” So I am running it in the -10dBV setting.
I will write some more when I have more time with it in the system.
I had it placed in the FX loop, I then used a splitter cable going into the key jack and the other side going into the input of my Shaffer Replica, with guitar going to the female side of the splitter cable. From the output of the SR I went into my MXR 78 badass and output of the badass into the amp (Bugera 1969 Infinium).
When I turned everything one it was dead silent. Normally when I turn everything on with that amp or my DSL40C I get that high gain hiss (for lack of a better term).
I played a few notes and they all sounded normal BUT that high gain hiss also was present. Now this is the first noise gate I have ever used so I am not sure if it is normal or not although I would expect it to be.
I played a bit with the only control it has which opens and shuts the gate at different times and will need to play with it some more to see where I like it.
I also tried guitar-Zuul-SR-MXR-amp and as expected I had the high gain hiss present at all times. Again I did not hear any changes to the sound of the guitar but have read lining the Zuul up front tightens up the low end so that is something I want to check.
Also, this amp has a “Level” button and is described as:
“LEVEL switch optimally adapts the FX LOOP to
the operating level of the external effects device connected (+4 dBV or -10 dBV). The higher level is for studio effects devices, the lower level for floor pedals.” So I am running it in the -10dBV setting.
I will write some more when I have more time with it in the system.
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