S gate 4 front panel layout, Rear panel layout – Samson S-Gate 4 User Manual
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S gate 4 Front Panel Layout
1 HIGH FILTER CONTROL - Used to set the upper fre-
quency at which the 12dB cut is applied to the side
chain input, covering a range from .1 to 10 KHz.
2 GATE OPEN & CLOSED METER – Three segment LED
Meter indicating the GATE status. Green when Open,
Yellow when approaching threshold and Red when
closed.
3 GAIN REDUCTION METER – Eight segment LED
meter displaying the amount of Gain Reduction when
Expander/Gate circuit is activated.
4 CHANNEL 1 IN/OUT SWITCH – Activates S gate 4’s
Channel 1.
5 STEREO LINK SWITCH - When engaged Channel 2
functions are controlled by the settings on Channel 1.
6 CHANNEL 2 CONTROLS - The same knob and switch
complement as Channel 1.
POWER
0
RANGE
ATTACK
RELEASE
dB
HOLD
TRIGGER
HIGH
LOW
LINK
KEY LISTEN
DUCKER
IN/OUT
IN/OUT
GAIN REDUCTION dB
30
24 18
27
12 6
1
2
30
Hz
3K
.1
10
KHz
-50
+20
+4
dBu
mSec
Sec
Sec
.3
300
20
.07
4
1
.25
.02
5
1
100
40
CH 1
0
RANGE
ATTACK
RELEASE
dB
HOLD
TRIGGER
HIGH
LOW
KEY LISTEN
DUCKER
GAIN REDUCTION dB
30
24 18
27
12 6
1
2
30
Hz
3K
.1
10
KHz
-50
+20
+4
dBu
mSec
Sec
Sec
.3
300
20
.01
4
1
.25
.02
5
1
100
40
CH 2
CH 2
0
RANGE
ATTACK
RELEASE
dB
HOLD
TRIGGER
HIGH
LOW
LINK
KEY LISTEN
DUCKER
IN/OUT
IN/OUT
GAIN REDUCTION dB
30
24 18
27
12 6
1
2
30
Hz
3K
.1
10
KHz
-50
+20
+4
dBu
mSec
Sec
Sec
.3
300
20
.07
4
1
.25
.02
5
1
100
40
CH 3
0
RANGE
ATTACK
RELEASE
dB
HOLD
TRIGGER
HIGH
LOW
KEY LISTEN
DUCKER
GAIN REDUCTION dB
30
24 18
27
12 6
1
2
30
Hz
3K
.1
10
KHz
-50
+20
+4
dBu
mSec
Sec
Sec
.3
300
20
.01
4
1
.25
.02
5
1
100
40
CH 4
KEY
KEY
KEY
KEY
2
12
14
15
16
17
3
9
1
19
8
20
18
23
5
7
4
10
11
21
22
6
13
4 CHANNEL
EXPANDER
GATE
7 CHANNEL 3 CONTROLS - The same knob and switch
complement as Channel 1.
8 STEREO LINK SWITCH (3 & 4)-When engaged, chan-
nel 4 functions are controlled by the settings on chan-
nel 3.
9 CHANNEL 4 CONTROLS - The same knob and switch
complement as Channel 1.
10 MAINS POWER SWITCH
10
10
- When turned on, activates
the S gate 4.
11 RACK EARS - Used for mounting into a 19 inch stan-
dard rack. (One on each side.)
12 LOW FILTER CONTROL - Used to set the lower frequency at
which the 12dB cut is applied to the side chain input, covering
a range from 30Hz to 3KHz.
13 TRIGGER – Used to set the minimum signal level that the
Gate/ Ducker circuit begins to function in a range from –60 to
+10 dB.
Rear Panel Layout
A AC INLET - IEC standard AC power cable connector
with external fuse.
B CHANNEL 4, XLR LINE INPUT - XLR Balanced line
input.
KEY
INPUT
INPUT
INPUT
INPUT
KEY
KEY
KEY
CH 1
BALANCED
OUTPUT
CH 2
BALANCED
OUTPUT
CH 3
BALANCED
OUTPUT
CH 4
BALANCED
OUTPUT
S.
GA
TE
4
A
B
E
D
C
F
G
H
I
C CHANNEL 4, 1/4” TRS LINE INPUT -
1/4” TRS Balanced line input.
D KEY INSERT -The gate trigger signal can be external
processed, or an external key signal can be inserted
here.
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