Specifications

THE EFFECT DEVICES
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The parameters for the Gate section are:
CV Inputs
On the back of the RV7000 you find three CV inputs. These are:
| Parameter | Description
Threshold When Trig Source is set to “Audio”, this determines the audio
signal level at which the gate opens. If you raise this setting,
only very loud sounds will open the gate.
Decay Mod This modulates the reverb Decay parameter so that the decay
time is lowered when the gate closes. When this is set to
zero, no decay modulation happens - this means that if the
gate is closed and then opened again, you may hear “previ-
ous” reverb tails that are still ringing. If you raise the Decay
Mod setting, the decay will automatically be lowered when
the gate is closed, eliminating this effect.
Trig Source Determines whether the gate should be triggered by audio or
MIDI/CV, as described above.
High Pass A high-pass filter that affects the audio that triggers the gate
(only active when Trig Source is set to “Audio”). If you raise
this setting, sounds with low frequencies only will not open
the gate. Note that this setting doesn’t affect the sound of the
reverb, only the triggering mechanism.
Attack Determines how long it takes for the gate to open after a trig-
gering signal has been received.
Hold This parameter is only active when Trig Source is set to “Au-
dio”. Hold affects how quickly the gate closes, in the following
way:
Internally, the gate is controlled by an envelope follower that
analyzes the source signal level and generates a “level CV
signal” accordingly. This signal is compared to the Threshold
level to determine whether the gate should be opened or
closed. The Hold parameter affects how quickly the envelope
follower responds when the source signal level drops - you
could say that this is the decay control for the envelope fol-
lower. The higher the Hold setting, the longer it will take for
the envelope follower signal to drop below the threshold level
and close the gate. But the resulting time also depends on
the source signal level - with a loud signal, it will take longer
time for the envelope follower to drop to the threshold level.
Therefore, the actual gate time depends both on the Hold set-
ting and on the character of the source audio.
Release Determines how long it takes for the gate to close after the
Hold time.
| Parameter | Description
Decay Controls the reverb decay or echo/delay feedback via CV.
HF Damp Controls the HF Damp parameter on the main panel.
Gate Trig Used for triggering the Gate section with a gate signal. The
length of the gate signal determines the length of the gated re-
verb.