TC Electronic Sentry Noise Gate Pedal
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2024
- If you're suffering from noise in your signal chain, and you've ruled out defective leads, etc., then it could be time to consider investing in a noise gate.
In this video, Dave explains a bit about how noise gates work and demonstrates the Sentry noise gate pedal from TC Electronic.
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Awesome info! It's nice to see this pedal demonstrated with single coils 😀 Thanks for taking the time to make this video!
+Liberty Christian Center Thanks - glad you liked it
I could not eliminate the hum/hiss of my new valve preamp & valve power amp/cab sim for our recent direct to F.O.H. setup. I do play with a lot of dynamics and the noise was very unacceptable. (Yes- conditioned power, iso power, correct power, all patch cables in great shape, balanced line outs where required.......get it? This gate will not be a bandage for a hemorrhage)
New sentry-no problems---your vid was the only one I could find with actual pertinent instructions for suggesting "plug and play!"
Thanks!
Yeah man ,,, good words ... I got the silencer ,,, but the sentury is the better one ,,, at double the price ... but what's your sound worth ??? everything ...
Thanks.Fully explained every function of this excellent Gate.Such a help compared to the TC Official Video which was so useless!
Yeah Phish man you putting people on the right path do your thing
Tkank you for a very competent presentation. It's rare sobriety.
I use Amplitube 4 for the cab sim for my Laney IRT Studio I use the sentry before the amp then then Amplitube's Slash Gate after the cab sim, works really well.
Thx Phat Fish just the video I was Looking for got me up and running in no time.
Excellent summary and very helpful. I received mine today. Very impressed. Cheers
Thank you so much for this video, it help me understand how to operate this pedal.
Try Fishman Fluence single coils. Dead silent, sound great and with the pull of your tone knob, you get a whole new set of sounds. Like having two sets of single coils in your Strat, one modern, one vintage.
IF you are using a passive single coil pickup, you can have all the expensive cables and have all the expensive high end power conditioners and you will still have a 60 cycle hum regardless. Noise gate is the only way to silence it, but not get rid of it. The Electro Harmonix Silencer does the job effectively at half the price of the Boss NS-2 and the this TC Sentry.
EHX makes a pedal called the Debugger and its whole purpose is to get rid of 60 cycle hum. Perfect for your noisy strat.
Yeah man ... You took the words ,,, right out of my mouth ... I've got the silencer ,,, my friend has the sentury ... But is tone print a good reason to pay double ,,, not for me ... Good one ,,, loved your comment ... D
@@lynyrddeville Yup ,,, will definitely have to check out the debugger ... I like the sound of it ,,, or the lack of sound / noise ... D
Very good presentation I’m getting one
Very good explanation! Thanks!!!!
i just bought that pedal.i run it at fx loop at evh 5153.
1)the overall tone change a lot.the final sound turned to digital.
2)i am playing 3 days maybe with this pedal and when i am playing the pedal turning off by power and its turning on again after 2 sec.4 more pedals sharing the 2A output and they dont turn off as the gate.
3)really disappoint that i didnt choose the dec ii
Thank you! Helped me a TON
i never thought noise was an issue but lately i got into a heavy metal band, playing loud as hell with full gain and it became a problem. I think this pedal might be a solution.
Jesse Fournier I've been using EMGs (they show less noise than regular humbuckers), trying to stay away from my cabinet also helps mitigating feedback, and lowering the gain settings (when volume is high enough you don't really need the same gain settings when playing at home volume). With these tricks I've been avoiding using noise gate.
so hows the pedal been the last year? haha....or did you get it?
Yeah man ,,, I got a high Gain distortion pedal and had a lot of noise ... Yeah that's called gain ,,, never had a problem ,,, but I never had any real high gain pedals before ... I thought something was messed up ,,, but it was just having gain for the first time ... The effects loop noise gate is the way to go ... I saved half the money and got the silencer ... instead of the sentury ,,, my friends got the sentury and it certainly better with tone print ,,, yeahhhh man !!!
@@ericksousa911 I know right ... The first noise Gate I got ,,, was just a 2 wire tone sucker ,,, but the 4-wire effects loop Gates ... Isolate the pedal chain ,,, and work really well ... So the only suck now ,,, is just my playing again ...
What about the switch at the bottom? I meant the one at the top, but I figured it out once for the gate ones for the his etc..
The main switch on th epedal? That's just to switch it on or off. To be honest though, I (and I think most people) who use a noise gate tend to treat it as an always-on device
So if you use the four cables and I have a tuner in the first position and at the end EQ and then my distortion petals in the middle can I still use the 4 cable way with the EQ and the tuner in the chain or do I only use it for the distortion pedals only? This using it with2 cables
In this case, using 4 cables with the Sentry I'd have the tuner in front of the Sentry, distrotion pedals in the Sentry's loop, and the EQ after the Sentry. EQ is a fbit of a funny one though, as it can go in a number of places in your signal chain depending on how you want to use it...in front of gain, after gain, or at various places in the effects loop of the amp...I really ought to get around to doing a video about EQ pedals :-) Just about the only place I wouldn;t consider it appropriate to put an EQ pedal is in the loop of the Sentry.
according to your 2nd connection configuration at 6:25, I was wondering if it would work:
guitar -> tuner -> OD -> distortion -> SENTRY -> marshall head -> effects loop send -> chorus/delay/vibe -> SENTRY again -> effects loop return
I am waiting for my TC sentry to arrive, so I was not able to test it. Do you think it would work without any problem, so that I could reduce the noise coming from the guitar, pedals and the preamp?
The config's I show in the video are the ones listed in TC's own manual. The set-up you describe isn't mentioned there, so it may not work
All the fun is getting it home and playing around with all those different configurations ,,, you'll find what works for you ... But I think you want to leave all your delay reverb uni-vibe stuff outside of the gated loop ,,, so it doesn't cut off the end of your trailing effects ... Great video ... Ok I see that's how you had it ... Well done 👍😊👍 ✅✅✅
Great job!
What about the X pattern with the Sentry?
hi, nice review! just one question: is this an analog, digital or analog/digital pedal? does it affect the whole tone of my chain? actually, does it matter at all if this kind of pedal is either analog or digital? thanks!
So far as I'm aware, this is all digital. As for the whole 'analogue vs digital' thing, I think the best rule is that if it sounds good, it is good...don't get obsessed about the underlying tech
I think I read ,,, that it's a famous analog circuit ... But you're absolutely right ,,, if it sounds good ... It's OK 2 love it ...
Just got this pedal. Night and day. Worth the new price of 125$
Diagrams are amazing. Pictures, 1000 words, etc. Thank you
Can someonw help me? The noisegate is te only pedal Im using, and a tcelectronic tuner. where do I put the noisgate? in the input of the amp into my guitar or in the fx loop?
Personally I'd probably put it between the tuner and the amp, but if I were you'd I'd experiment and see which location works best - none of the options would cause any damage, so try it.
it works well with stacked dirt pedals?
I regularly use it with stacked drive and it works well. If you do something extreme, like stack a couple of drive pedals turned up high, plus a boost into the dirty channel on high gain then some noise still makes its way through, but that is a fairly extreme example.
+PhatPhish Guitar Studio Thanks!!!
ive just bought a new ibanez with a coil spilt switch on it.
high gain amp settings make horrible hiss sound that changes when i place my finger on the actual metal coil switch. is there something wrong?
the hiss decreases when i touch the metal switch....
bad electrics?
That sounds to me like it could be bad earthing. I'd expect to get a bit of noise when you split the humbucker to single coil (because you lose the humbucker effect) but if the noise is related to you actually touching the guitar, then I'd get a guitar tech to check it out. It's likely just a little bit of soldering that's needed - worse case maybe a new switch.
thanks
Yup ,,, got to work it out ,,, but an effects loop noise Gate is the way to go ... Regular noise Gates ,,, are just tone suckers ...
When you talk about using it like an efx Loop for distortion pedals, where would other effects that normally go on the front of the amp (like Wahs, Comps, Whammy, etc) be on the chain? Should they also go into the Sentry "Loop"? Thanks!
I'd try with just the gain pedals in the Sentry's loop first, but what works best will depend on a number of factors. You won't harm anything by trying different placements in the signal chain, so experiment and see what is most effective.
One thing I would say is that if you have a tuner pedal, put that before anything else - that guarantees that the tuner sees the cleanest signal possible direct from your guitar, minimising the risk of it getting confused by any alteration in the signal.
Yeah play around ,,, with the trailing effects delay vibe & verb ,,, outside the gated loop ...
How does it handle feedback?
If you mean feedback when you're not playing then it should help - set correctly it will stop the noise from the guitar getting to the amp and starting the feedback loop.
@@PhatPhishGuitarStudio Indeed, this is my biggest pain at the moment. The feedback while not playing in the tuning room is at exceptionally high levels, which really grinds my gears. However, I already ordered the Sentry - hopefully it is worth it! Thanks and cheers!
@@Ssvinq I got the silencer ,,, but the sentury is the best effects loop gate ... So you're going to be happy ...
u think its better than the decimator II?
The Decimator was on my list of pedals to try, based on reviews I'd seen. However, when I came to try stuff out, the store I visited didn't have one available to try. They did have a Sentry, the reviews/recommendations were excellent and the price was right, so that was the one I went home with.
Decimator II OVERRATED. The EHX Silencer is just as effective and sells for $57USD new.
@@gmlasam that's what I'm talking about ,,, tell it like it is brother ... Totally agree ... 💯 ...
@@gmlasamno
how about max sustain with least amount of 60 cycle hum that comes with single coils?
Fortin Zuul ...nuff said
Yup 👍👍👍
Pedal eats batteries faster than a digital modulation pedal...
And this is why you get a transformer
@@Danvezina tc electronic is a pretty bad company. Faulty products, and almost impossible to get a hold of customer support.
@@Adambobro I’ve never had a problem with them and I’ve been using their products since 1994.