In addition to the noise gate in the Input Section, there are two additional noise gates available as effects, developed specifically with the hi-gain player in mind.

Whereas the noise gate in the Input Section is designed to preserve the guitar’s dynamics exactly, the Noise Gate effects behave like classic downward expanders. Downward expanders attenuate a signal once it has fallen below a certain threshold and are often used to tighten complex metal-riffing. This is because a palm mute will still retain all of its “chunk”, but will also become more percussive, thereby preventing the dreaded “mud”. The two noise gate effects feature different expansion ratios, chosen for their musicality.

Additionally the Auto Swell compressor type mimics a volume pedal swell with every new strike of the strings.