Mark7
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Has anyone ever used a gate to shut off a room mic being used on a guitar cab when the solo comes along? I'm betting the answer is yes.
scottboyher
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Mark7 said:
The answer is yes and a gate is also useful on the vocal mic.
Mark7
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Oh good. Then I'm not crazy 
Might try it myself when I can get a decent gate (note: I'm not looking in the above £200 market for a looooong time)
Might try it myself when I can get a decent gate (note: I'm not looking in the above £200 market for a looooong time)
Mark7
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Soooo. Anyone want to explain, preferably in lurid detail, what a stinking heap of garbage the Aphex 612 is
Alternatively; does anyone want to tell me that £195 for one is a bargain? (again)
Alternatively; does anyone want to tell me that £195 for one is a bargain?
(again)
Fletcher
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Mark7 said:
No... but I've pulled down the fader on the room mic tracks... I've even used a "ducker" on occassion... but couldn't think of how to actually use a gate in that application... [how would you set up a gate to do that? You couldn't 'key' it off the guitar... that would open the gate... a 'ducker' would turn down a signal when hit with a 'key' input... but not a gate]
Mark7
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I was thinking you could have the gate set to close when the volume of the guitar rose above a certain level (maybe an expander would be better in this application). It's kind of a one man/limited tracks approach.
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StevenLindsey
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Get a Behringer Denoiser. It'll do the trick for about 100 bucks.
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mixsit
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You mean open.Mark7 said:
Wayne
Well on second thought, you could be using a 'relay' analogy.
Fletcher
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Mark7 said:
If you mean that when the guitar rose above a certain level it would turn off the room mic(s)?
That's a 'ducker'. When one signal reaches a certain volume, it turns down another signal.
FWIW, I will often 'duck' room tracks on a guitar sound around the lead vocal... that way when the singer ain't singing I have this huge guitar tone... and when the singer is singing, the guitar gets smaller allowing more 'real estate' for the vocal tone.
Mark7
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Though in this case I'm looking to duck the room mic to give more presence to the guitar rather than to make way for a vocalist. Other than that minor difference what you said is pretty much what I was thinking of. Ta.