I see the phrase "gating effect" referred to in many of the posts. Can someone explain what this is?
Thanks.
SOunds like a nasty taper off of amplified signal when you're note decays.
A misbiased Q will gate or shut off sporadically causing a [not exactly a scritch or crackle but] noisey decay or let only transient sputters through.
Take yer basic transistor ckt and put a trimpot to replace the collectors resistor , twist the trimpot...if it's adjusted value gets 'outside' the bias parameter you will hear the gating efkt.
Thanks for the explanation!
Spluttery noisy mess. ;)