AionFX Ember Distortion Gate

[VanWhy]

I'm getting ready to build this one and I am thinking about omitting the Gate knob. I know a couple people here have built this one. Is it as simple as just jumping the 2 and 3 pads on the board or do would it need to add a 500k resistor to the pads? I'm assuming just jumping would be equal to the knob all the way down but I'm not sure. I'm getting the art ready so just trying to be proactive.

 

[Paradox916]

The gate is actually pretty light on this one with the knob fully CCW the gate is non existent. Even at full CW it doesn’t seem to hard chop the signal just the noise floor which is significant but expected for this type of high gain circuit. If you plan on going past 10 o’clock on the gain you probably want that gate unless hiss is your thing.