Hi. I have two question about experimental uses of the Silencer’s effects loop.

In the last sixty or so seconds of the Silencer demo posted to YouTube by EHX in October 2015, Jon Skibic demonstrates an intriguing combination of the Silencer with the Superego Synth Engine. The Superego is connected to the Silencer’s effects loop. There’s a sustained, organ-like chord, produced by the Superego in latch mode. When Jon plays, the sustained chord swells up to accompany him. When he stops playing the chord fades away.

Would it be possible to connect other instrument-level signals to the return of the effects loop to achieve the same result (assuming the same settings)? I’m thinking of something like EHX’s Random Tone Generator or a Trogotronics synth pedal. (I think—but can’t tell—that the Superego is connected to both the send and return of the Silencer’s effects loop in the video only because Jon was using the same guitar to generate the chord captured and sustained by the Superego.)

Separately, is it possible to use the effects loop—I presume the return—as a sidechain trigger for the noise gate? My idea here would be to connect a reamped kick-drum signal (i.e., instrument-level) to affect a guitar signal live, rather than doing so at the mix stage.

I recognize that these are a bit weird and not the standard hum-killing application. Thanks for your patience and help.