the window does get closed, it's just that i live around the corner from a highway, and it's alot of truck traffic and construction going on, thats why honestly i havent even been recording as often from home as usual...... it's possible i may have been getting gating and compressing mixed up, but if so whatever i was doing with the analog compression was taking away the initial noise, i gate during post-recording thoughCompression will actually bring these levels up in the track... unless you're talking about gating... Close the window... and save the laundry for after the "session"
quick question regarding this though..... so if i was to slightly compress and lower the gain during pre-recording, would that possibly be why the extra noises weren't dominant...... because thats something i find myself doing quite often as well, tweaking the gain and slight compression.....