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  • January 4, 2017 at 8:32 am #84724
    NiLace
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    Hi, everyone

    First post here. My latest addition to my pedalboard has been a Silencer. Bought it pretty sure about how to connect it to the rest of the setup but somehow I’m having now some doubts. Hope you can help me.

    I have a bunch a pedals (buffer, wah, phaser, fuzz, od) that goes to the amp input and the another bunch of pedals plugged to the amp fx loop (chorus, flanger, delay, tremolo, reverb).

    At first I though of using the Silencer as a gate in the input and use its loop to plug it in my amp fx loop to gate the noise of the preamp, but now I’m wondering if that’s an optimal setup.

    Is there a better way? Should I use it as a gate after the tuner and forget about the amp fx loop?

    Thanks.

    January 4, 2017 at 9:28 pm #122477
    Flick (EHX Staff)
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    The optimal setup for the Silencer is to find all your noisy pedals and connect them to the Silencer’s effects loop. For example, maybe you want all your distortion pedals to be gated, so you would connect them as their own chain to the Silencer’s effects loop. You then connect your dry guitar to the Silencer’s input jack so your dry guitar determines when the gate should open or close allowing the sound from the Silencer’s effects loop to either come through the Silencer’s OUTPUT jack or be muted at the OUTPUT jack.

    January 4, 2017 at 11:26 pm #122479
    NiLace
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    Flick,

    Thank you very much for your answer.
    Somehow that was my impression I was just wondering if there was a way of silencing the noise from my amp using it in the amp FX Loop.

    Guess I’ll use it just on the input of the amp.

    Thanks

    January 5, 2017 at 3:26 pm #122480
    Flick (EHX Staff)
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    Flick,

    Thank you very much for your answer.
    Somehow that was my impression I was just wondering if there was a way of silencing the noise from my amp using it in the amp FX Loop.

    Guess I’ll use it just on the input of the amp.

    Thanks

    Is it the amp’s FX loop that is noisy or pedals in the amp’s FX loop? Potentially you can use the Silencer to gate the pedals in your FX loop. Connect the amp’s FX SEND to the Silencer’s INPUT, the amp’s FX RETURN to the Silencer’s OUTPUT and then place your pedals into the Silencer’s FX loop.

    January 9, 2017 at 7:38 am #122488
    NiLace
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    Hi, Flick

    Sorry for the late response. Well, I have been experimenting a little bit. I have some noise coming out of the input chain, the usual noise of the pickups, a Big Muff Pi, etc… That can be tamed wonderfully with the Silencer and the preamp is a little noisy too (high gain preamp).

    I’ve switching the Silencer from the input to the loop and I testing a little bit… The results are ok but not optimal. However I feel it’s due to my inability to connect it properly or set the controls correctly.

    I’ll experiment a little bit more and report back when I find the perfect place for the pedal :)

    Thanks for the answers.

    January 10, 2017 at 4:07 pm #122497
    Flick (EHX Staff)
    Moderator

    The Silencer does work better when it receives dry guitar at its INPUT jack. If the amp’s FX Send is already distorted it is harder for the Silencer to know when to gate the signal but it can be done, the THRESHOLD knob may need to be fine-tuned.

    October 23, 2018 at 12:38 am #124430
    brigadoon
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    Another configuration question! Is there any disadvantage to having The Silencer up front, and first to receive the guitar signal, and an entire pre-amp section of a pedalboard through its effects loop?

    I have an overkill 10-11 pedal pre-amp (filter, comp, wah, pitch, octave, boost, fuzz, number of drives through a 3-way looper) for studio use. Fairly committed to the chain order and instead of testing out each and every configuration, wondering if I can set it up so and forget!

    October 23, 2018 at 1:41 pm #124431
    Flick (EHX Staff)
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    Another configuration question! Is there any disadvantage to having The Silencer up front, and first to receive the guitar signal, and an entire pre-amp section of a pedalboard through its effects loop?

    I have an overkill 10-11 pedal pre-amp (filter, comp, wah, pitch, octave, boost, fuzz, number of drives through a 3-way looper) for studio use. Fairly committed to the chain order and instead of testing out each and every configuration, wondering if I can set it up so and forget!

    There’s no disadvantage at all in this scenario. It is pretty common for someone to put their entire pedal board into the Silencer’s effects loop except maybe any delay or reverb effects.

    October 25, 2018 at 4:25 pm #124442
    gvelasco
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    Quote:
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    …Fairly committed to the chain order and instead of testing out each and every configuration, wondering if I can set it up so and forget!

    There’s no disadvantage at all in this scenario. It is pretty common for someone to put their entire pedal board into the Silencer’s effects loop except maybe any delay or reverb effects.

    That’s exactly what I’ve settled on for my Silencer. The effects loop, RELEASE, and REDUCTION controls make this one of the most useful, most practical, noise gates available.

    Even then, an EHX Hum Debugger in front of everything would still be useful.

    October 25, 2018 at 5:31 pm #124444
    Flick (EHX Staff)
    Moderator

    Glad to hear. Thank you!

    November 12, 2018 at 5:36 am #124523
    ig0tw0rms
    Member

    I also have another configuration setup question lol

    Okay, so i’m looking to use my silencer to basically hit my whole pedalboard, but it’s split into two different signals.

    One containing [strong]tuner and tubescreamer[/strong] that goes directly into my amp’s input and the other signal containing my [strong]Reverb, chorus and delay[/strong] that are hooked up in my amp’s fx loop.

    I’m trying to figure out how to wrap my head around having my [strong]WHOLE[/strong] board be affected by my silencer all while still having the silencer be the first pedal to receive my guitar’s signal. Is this possible and optimal?

    I apologize if this has been answered already on this thread but I’m kind of new to this and I get confused easily lol

    November 12, 2018 at 6:03 am #124524
    gvelasco
    Participant

    What kind of amplifier are you using? Are you actually using the Distortion of the app? Or, are you usually playing clean.

    November 12, 2018 at 6:08 am #124525
    ig0tw0rms
    Member
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    What kind of amplifier are you using? Are you actually using the Distortion of the app? Or, are you usually playing clean.

    I’m using the amp’s distortion for my full gain tone, but i also want to hook up a tubescreamer to use to dirty up my clean tone and i want that through the amp’s input.

    But i also want the chain that runs to my amp’s fx loop to be affected by the silencer. Is this possible?

    November 12, 2018 at 3:12 pm #124527
    gvelasco
    Participant

    I can’t think of a way to do that without another silencer or at least an A/B/Y box that you would use to switch the inputs to the silencer.

    November 12, 2018 at 5:19 pm #124532
    Flick (EHX Staff)
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    I also have another configuration setup question lol

    Okay, so i’m looking to use my silencer to basically hit my whole pedalboard, but it’s split into two different signals.

    One containing [strong]tuner and tubescreamer[/strong] that goes directly into my amp’s input and the other signal containing my [strong]Reverb, chorus and delay[/strong] that are hooked up in my amp’s fx loop.

    I’m trying to figure out how to wrap my head around having my [strong]WHOLE[/strong] board be affected by my silencer all while still having the silencer be the first pedal to receive my guitar’s signal. Is this possible and optimal?

    I apologize if this has been answered already on this thread but I’m kind of new to this and I get confused easily lol

    A common connection configuration for using the Silencer in an amp’s effects loop is the following:

    Guitar -> Silencer INPUT
    Silencer SEND -> Amp input
    Amp send -> first pedal in amp’s FX loop
    Last pedal in amp’s FX loop -> Silencer RETURN
    Silencer OUTPUT -> Amp return

    You could try a slight modification to this configuration by connecting the Silencer’s SEND to the Tube Screamer and tuner. Then the output of those pedals goes into the Amp’s input.

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