Rear Panel Layout - Samson S-Gate 4 Owner's Manual

S gate 4 Front Panel Layout
1
4 CHANNEL
EXPANDER
GATE
12 13
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.

Rear Panel Layout

A
A AC INLET - IEC standard AC power cable connector
with external fuse.
B CHANNEL 4, XLR LINE INPUT - XLR Balanced line
input.
3
CH 1
GAIN REDUCTION dB
30 27
HIGH
TRIGGER ATTACK HOLD
+4 20 .25
KHz
.1 10
-50 +20 .3 300 .07
dBu mSec Sec
Hz
30 3K
LOW
KEY KEY LISTEN
14
15 16 17 18
B C
4
5
LINK
24 18 12 6 2 1
RELEASE RANGE IN/OUT
40
1 1
.1
0 100
4 .02 5
dB
Sec
30
DUCKER IN/OUT
19 20 21
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 MAINS POWER SWITCH
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.
D E F
KEY
INPUT
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.
4
6
CH 2 CH 2
GAIN REDUCTION dB
30 27 24 18
HIGH
TRIGGER ATTACK HOLD
+4 20 .25
KHz
10
-50 +20 .3 300 .01
dBu mSec Sec
Hz
3K
LOW
KEY
KEY LISTEN
- When turned on, activates
G
CH 4
KEY
BALANCED
OUTPUT
INPUT
CH 3
12 6 2 1
HIGH
RELEASE RANGE
40
1 1
KHz
.1 10
0 100
4 .02 5 -50
dB
Sec
Hz
30 3K
LOW
DUCKER
CH 3
BALANCED
OUTPUT
TRIGGE
+
dBu