I want to preface this by saying that I am approaching this from an analog standpoint, so it's not exactly in line with the question, but I figured I could interject some info.
Michael Lewis wrote on Sat, 12 February 2011 14:32 |
1) male / female vocals
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None...and why?
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2) drums (kick, snare, toms, hats).. do you all gate overheads?
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Kick: centered around something that the bass guitar won't also activate, though that might not be a bad thing necessarily.
Snare, toms: Use the Key Listen (or similar) function and decide from there...I tend to go for the "body" of the snare rather than the "snap", since the hi-hat can open it if I set the filter frequency too high.
Toms, I just listen for what sticks out from each one and go from there - not very explicit, I know, but it's how I roll. Depending on the genre, I may tighten up the lower toms' sounds by way of a shorter release time.
Hi-hat, OH's: No gate.
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3) electric guitar amp cabs
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I don't usually use gates on them...but then again, my amount of said units is limited, so I generally let me fingers do the work.
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I also can't quite grasp the concept of the 'range' control for the gates. Can anyone explain to me? Thank you.
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Usually, range (or depth) refers to how much attenuation occurs when the signal is at or below the threshold setting.
Drawmer's gates, for example, have a setting of either "-90dB" or "-20dB", I believe. If you set the unit to -90dB, the signal is all but gone when at/below threshold; if you set it to -20dB and are at/below threshold, the signal is only knocked down by 20dB and can still be heard, albeit at a lower level.