## monitoring a fader level between -96 and 0 db

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Original topic on PlanetZ: https://forums.scopeusers.com/viewtopic.php?t=24449

#### monitoring a fader level between -96 and 0 db

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:12 am
by bosone
it seems very simple at the beginning, but i have problems...
the simple circuit design is:
test generator -> Noise gate (NGaterR4)
i have Vu-Meters connected both to the test generator and to the noise gate output
i have connected a standard fader to noise gate threshold and i want to monitor, with a standard "range text 0dB" the threshold level (so that i can see it on the contrl surface)
the vu meter says that the test generator level is -24 dB also at the gate out, so i have a check that the threshold level must be set to -24 dB.
now, moving the fader, i can open and close the gate, but the "range text 0dB" NEVER says that the gate is closed at -24 db... instead, i have values close to -8 db!
i think the problem is how to monitor the fader values or, which is the same, how to match the fader output to the -96 ... 0 db scale, which is the gate threshold input range...
how the hell should be the fader set up to achieve this simple task!?!?
thanks!

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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:45 pm
by Jah Servant
you have to maybe make the proper adjustments in the vars of the text display so that it will read correctly