monitoring a fader level between -96 and 0 db

[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!

[Jah Servant]

you have to maybe make the proper adjustments in the vars of the text display so that it will read correctly