KMA MACHINES Pylon ATB Noise Gate User Guide
- June 5, 2024
- KMA MACHINES
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KMA MACHINES Pylon ATB Noise Gate
Thank you for purchasing this PYLON ATB (Advanced Transformer Boost) Noise Gate. We hope you get many years of pleasure and use from this device and if this is your first product from our brand, welcome! This simple connecting guide should help start you on your journey to sonic creativity. However, if you wish to know all of the pedal’s hidden secrets, you can find the full manual online on the product page at: kma-machines.com
Some quick usage examples:
PYLON is capable of many different wirings to suit different setups, including
the classic 4-Cable method to help to tame unwanted extraneous noise from your
amp’s own drive sounds. In this example, connect PYLON’s SEND to your amp’s
input, then connect the amp’s FX Loop Send to PYLON’s RETURN and lastly
PYLON’s OUTPUT to the amp’s FX Loop Return. This way, the (clean) input signal
from your guitar/bass/synth etc. will trigger the gate to kill the amp’s hiss
and buzz and will help to keep your initial attack intact.
While the integrated Transformer Assisted Bypass adds body and heft to your tone, when boosted further it might overload your preamps. So, to help tame superfluous low-end (especially for chugging and soloing) we added a fixed built-in roll off that works below 65 Hz when the internal BOOST section is activated. We actually think it’s the perfect “always on boost” for most guitar styles and one you’ll never want to turn off! Sometimes you may want to rely on your amp’s distortion, but also use the clean channel of your amp and only want the Gate on the drive. That sounds like it could be a bit of a tap dance to switch over channels, turning your gate on/off and maybe turn on a boost too. Well, PYLON will give you all of that in one go! Connect the CHANNEL input to your amp’s channel footswitch input, set the polarity slide switch to suit and… boom! Engage PYLON’s Gate and it will simultaneously switch the amp’s channel
PYLON Main Specifications
- ATB (Advanced Transformer Boost) Noise Gate Pedal
- Easy-to-use, yet high-performance Blackmer® VCA-based Noise Gate
- Integrated Audio Transformer, adds ‘heft’ to signal
- Switchable Boost/Attenuation circuit, with up to 30 dB of gain on tap
- Variable frequency CUT control, tightens up the low end/removes mud
- EXT Trigger Input, allows Gate or Bypass control from external sources
- Channel Relay Output, switch an amp gain channel in sync with the pedal
- FX-Loop, for signal-chain flexibility and 4-cable method connectivity
- Internal Ground Lift Control
- Relay-based soft-switching, with selectable Gate/Boost switching modes
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