Need advice for my new setup!

[The Norwegian Guy]

I'm looking for some advice for my upcoming setup. I do not know much about which pedals to put where in the circuit since I had a tech do it for me a few years ago. He did a good job, but I'm about to move up to the next level.

This is what I've been running.

Guitar -> Pete Cornish G-2 -> ISP Decimator ch.1 -> T-Rex Twister II -> T-Rex Replica -> Holy Grail Reverb -> ISP Decimator ch.2 -> Diezel Herbert.

I've been experiencing that the noisegate cuts my echo and reverb, and I'm slightly tired of that. However, I just traded a guitar for the Eventide Timefactor and Modfactor. I want to get rid of the T-Rex Twister II and Holy Grail Reverb (might as well get rid of the Replica too).

And my question to you guys is:
How can I do my setup without having my Decimator cut my effects?

Help is much appreciated  :glasses9:

 

[swarfrat]

Isn't the way the decimator works, that ch 1 is really a side chain just used to control the (smarter than your average) gate that sits in ch 2? Or is that the Decimator G? If its the former, you'd want the sidechain immediately after the guitar, and the gate after everything else except your reverb.

 

[The Norwegian Guy]

It's the G i've got.

I was thinking to run the guitar through the Cornish -> decimator, and have everything else outside the noisegate.. (?)

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Assuming this is the G-String pedal?

Simple answer:

Put the guitar side of the G-String right after your guitar. It needs to be set to track your guitar, not another effect.

Put the second half of the G-String in your loop before any other effects. This way when your guitar signal drops off and the G-String locks down your signal, your effects will decay naturally.

 

[The Norwegian Guy]

It is the rack based unit.
But it is basically the same.

 

[Cagey]

Put the time-based effects (reverb, delay) in the amp's effects loop, then the Decimator after anything following your guitar but before channel input. If you don't have an effects loop on that amp, put the time-based effects after the Decimator. That way, when the Decimator cuts the signal, you'll still have the tails of your reverbs/delays feeding the amp, but no noise.

Keep in mind that if you put the reverb/delay stuff in the effects loop, you'll have those effects running no matter which preamp channel is running. That may or may not be a Good Thing, depending on your usage of those effects. But, in either event, time-based stuff - especially Eventide's - aren't usually noisy so they don't need to be in front of any gates.

 

[The Norwegian Guy]

I read the ISP ProrackG Decimator manual... Problem solved with my current setup! I got more life to my echo than I've ever had! SWEET!