Rane Music Pedal G4 User Manual

Manual-1

QUAD GATE / DUCKER / EXPANDER

WEAR PARTS: This product contains no wear parts.

If you read just one page of a manual this year, it should be this one.

If you are not familiar with the operation of Gates, Duckers and Expanders, see the Operation section on page Manual-4  for a 

good tutorial. For those of you familiar with their operation, this quick start should help you get up and going fast.

 The G4 allows complete Gate envelope control: Threshold, Attack, Release and Hold. Side-chain metering accurately 

and consistently indicates where the key signal is relative to the Threshold (dBr). 

A good starting procedure is as follows:

1. Select the GATE mode and set for BYPASS.

2. Select side-chain key source for INTernal or EXTernal as required.

3. Set ATTACK to 0 ms, RELEASE for 250 ms, HOLD for 125 ms and DEPTH for 20 dB.

4. Select side-chain LISTEN.

5. Listen to the key signal and adjust the LOW-CUT and HIGH-CUT filters to respond only to frequencies of interest.

6. Watch the SIDE-CHAIN meter and adjust the THRESHOLD until the yellow TH indicator lights at the desired level.

7. Set the side-chain from LISTEN to NORMAL and the BYPASS to ACTIVE.

 As with the gate, the G4 provides complete Ducking envelope control. Figure 5 on page Manual-6 graphs the re-

sponse. A good starting procedure is as follows:

1. Select the DUCK mode and set for BYPASS

2. Select side-chain key source for EXTernal. Ducking always uses an external side-chain key input.

3. Set ATTACK to 0 ms, RELEASE for 1 second, HOLD for 3 seconds and DEPTH for 20 dB.

4. Select side-chain LISTEN.

5. Listen to the key signal and adjust the LOW-CUT and HIGH-CUT filters to respond only to frequencies of interest.

6. Watch the SIDE-CHAIN meter and adjust the THRESHOLD until the yellow TH indicator lights at the desired level.

7. Set the side-chain from LISTEN to NORMAL and the BYPASS to ACTIVE.

 Expander operation is similar to that of the Gate, with two important control differences:

• The HOLD control is not active in EXPand mode.

• The RATIO control is used in place of the DEPTH control.

1. Select the EXPand mode and set for BYPASS.

2. Select side-chain key source for INTernal or EXTernal as required.

3. Set ATTACK to 100 ms, RELEASE for 500 ms, RATIO for 3:1.

4. Select side-chain LISTEN.

5. Listen to the key signal and adjust the LOW-CUT and HIGH-CUT filters to respond only to frequencies of interest.

6. Watch the SIDE-CHAIN meter and adjust the THRESHOLD until the yellow TH indicator lights at the desired level.

7. Set the side-chain from LISTEN to NORMAL and the BYPASS to ACTIVE.