User Manual

Voluum

Owner’s Manual

Adjusting the gate

The gate effect on the Voluum is a noise gate/expander. A noise gate is used to suppress unwanted

noise when the signal falls to a low level. It works by allowing signals that are above the gate

threshold to pass through unchanged, but reduces signals that are below the gate threshold. The

Voluum gate effect allows you to configure the threshold (thr), and the amount of reduction (rEd):

the greater the reduction, the more noticeable the effect and the more of the low-level signal (and

hence noise) you lose. The Voluum implements a smooth transition around the threshold so that no

artificial artifacts are introduced into your sound. When the signal is below the threshold, we say that

the gate is closing, and the “closed-ness” of the gate is indicated by the intensity of the gate

LED

When the signal is above the threshold and the gate is open, the gate

LED

is not lit.

The graph below shows the difference between high and low reduction. The expander knee is the

smooth transition between the signal above and below the threshold. In the Voluum, the knee is

harder for high reduction and softer for low reduction values.

The gate is also controlled by the attack (Att) and release (rEL) parameters. The attack is the

amount of time for the gate to fully open when the signal exceeds the threshold, and the release is

the amount of time for the gate to fully close when the signal falls below the threshold.