Hushing

Looks like I'm bent on an over drive over dose but this set up was intentional. I needed to know the real threshold of this Rocktron Hush pedal since it's one of the leading names in noise reduction technology. So a strong drive source (Boss) made the line up, followed by a standard drive source (Nux) & finally, a gain pusher (Artec) which isn't a drive source per se but in conjunction with any drive unit, would provide a drive supplement to boost things up.

The Hush was initially placed before the Boss but the threshold level was strong enough to cut out guitar signals at its maximum application. It's then placed between two drive sources (as depicted) & it reacted accordingly, meaning, it silenced the signals once no playing takes place so all background hissing which are gain-related were rightfully muted. In between the Nux & Artec, the Hush had problems keeping the noise at bay because the preceding drive units overpowered its  maximum threshold level. Placed at the end of the signal chain, the pedal was rendered ineffective. So it sat there in between the yellow & green drivers to manifest its maximum potential till I ended the morning's session.

Is there a correct place for a noise gate to be? It depends on the player's set-up. Keep in mind that the role of such a device is to silence unwanted signals at the player's behest so if it's not doing just that, then that position where it was set to be becomes questionable. The onus is on the player to experiment & embrace what works for him/ her. At the end of any trial & error, there is always an insight in what makes the set-up work. This is where sharing empowers knowledge.