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=== Noise Suppressors/Gates ===
The general consensus is to make this the first effect in your chain. There it will simply mask your pickup noise when you are not playing. It has the most impact on tone at the end of the chain but can lead to unnatural sounding cut-off on notes. An interesting place for it is after a compressor but before distortion. Sometimes you can use two on each side of a compressor/gain stage to tighten up how effectively it works. This is how Periphery gets their very punchy tone, going quickly from searing power chords to complete silence. For more on noise gates, see here[[Line_6_Pod_HD_Amp/Distortion_Tone#Noise_Gates|the noise gates section on the Amp/Distortion Tone page]].
=== Chorus/Phaser/Flanger ===