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CONNECTING
Cable connections
Most of the time a gate is connected to the insert point of a mixing desk. However, nothing
prevents you to insert the gate elsewhere in the signal path, but do remember that the gate
does expect a line level input. Mic level signals may be used but you will find that they have too
low a level to be controlled precisely. The dBG-8 is a professional piece of equipment and has
balanced in- and outputs where Tip is +, Ring is – and Sleeve is Ground.
When your console has an unbalanced insert point, mostly in the form of a single TRS chas-
sis connector, please verify which part of the TRS jack carries the send and return signal.
Most consoles have the send signal on the TIP of the connector and the return signal on
the RING of the connector. The ground of both signals is shared on the SLEEVE of the con-
nector.
Connect the Send signal to the Input of the dBG-8 and the Output of the dBG-8 to the Return
signal. TIP: when by accident you exchange the in- and out-put connections on the dBG-8
the gate will not function. Sound will not pass through the dBG-8 UNLESS you hit the bypass
function! Bypass will connect the input to the output and sound will pass, even when you
reverse input and output. This may lead you to think that one or more channels of the dBG-8
are malfunctioning. So please always verify your connections.
MIXING CONSOLE
INSERT
Connection could vary
from console manufacturer !
UNBALANCED CONNECTION
send
0
return
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