By linking the Envelope Follower or an ADSR to any level parameter you can make your own noise gate, compressor or expander*, depending on how you shape the Link response curve. This is the only way to get an expander effect in the G-Force, and the only way to make a noise gate that can be routed anywhere you want (for example after a noisy Drive effect). While easy to set up in principle, home-made compression and expander effects can be slightly difficult to get to work exactly as you want.
* An Expander increases a signal's dynamics, so that weak signals become weaker while strong become even stronger; in other words the opposite to what a compressor does.
Noise gates can be made of an ADSR linked to an effect Level parameter. In the ADSR, choose Trig mode Sustain and set Attack and Release to their min values. Set Sustain level to its max value. With Decay you control how fast the gate should close. With Threshold you also set the noise gate's threshold. The Link response curve can be set to its default mode.
Compressors, Limiters and Expanders can be made by linking the Envelope Follower to an effect Level parameter. The different effects are then created by tweaking the Link response curves:
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Let the Link response curve start vertically at high left, then (softly) become horizontal and finally slope down vertically to the low right.
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Make the left half of the Link response curve horizontal, then let it (softly) begin to slope down at the level (that is, horizontal position) where you want the limiter effect kick in.
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The default curve (from low left to high right) is a good starting point.
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