Hallehluya, I’ve have found a most powerful solution to an annoyance I’ve experianced while trying to use MG3 as my go to overall sound shaper. I’m on windows 10, surface pro 4 using a Gretsch 5230 T as my main guitar. I’m big into early 60’s rock and blues sounds. one of my favorite effect VST’s is the Mercuriall Metal Area MTA distortion. When this is engaged the background noise is overwhelming but the sheer growl of the effect is the sound I’m after. The MG3 input noise gate has no effect on reducing the background noise at all. I searched the available midi machines and other modules in MG3 and found nothing that helped. I then invested in a Behringer NR300 noise reducer pedal and placed it between my guitar and audio interfacewhich reduced it somewhat but not completely.
Well today I was experimenting on MG3 with the deep expressor and noticed that it had its own noise gate. Well, what a god send!! By placing it in the first slot of the first chain where the MTA Vst is, I was able to wipe out all extranious noise and just have the raw overdriven guitar come through.
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Thats clear that the MG3 gate isn’t working since it is upstream of your Mercuriall Metal Area MTA distortion VST. Same is valid for the Behringer NR300. Have you tried to insert a gate VST after the distortion pedal?
Edit: This one here works well after the MT-A pedal (with high enough threshold) and you can also try it in front of the MT-A VST (with lower threshold)
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Thanks for the idea but not necessary since the deep expressor does the job
And the Behringer is now a doorstop lol