Adjusting The Gate Settings - Mackie Digital 8 Bus Owner's Manual

D8B
56 INPUT / 72 CHANNEL DIGITAL MIXER
G . T h r e s h G . A t t a c k
- 6 0 . 0 d B 0 . 1 m S
SUPER CD ENCODING
SELECT SELECT
PREVIOUS LOW LOW MID
ON SETUP
EQ GATE COMPRESSOR
G . H o l d G . R e l e a s e
8 0 . 0 m S 8 0 m S
SELECT SELECT HELP
HI MID HI NEXT
MEMORY B
MEMORY A
PLUG-INS LOAD PATCH SAVE PATCH
TO SELECT THE GATE
From the screen:
1. Click on the GATE button near the top
of the channel strip you want to gate.
2. To use the graphic view, click on the
GATE button in the lower menu bar
(or press Ctrl-7 on the keyboard).

Adjusting the Gate Settings

TO ADJUST THE GATE SETTINGS
From the console:
1. With GATE selected in the Fat Channel,
the first V-Pot adjusts the gate thresh-
old, with a range from –60.00 dB to
–1.00 dB. Turn the V-Pot clockwise to
increase the threshold and counter-
clockwise to decrease the threshold.
2. The second V-Pot adjusts the gate at-
tack time, with a range from 0.10 ms
(milliseconds) to 599.99 ms (0.6 sec-
onds). Turn the V-Pot clockwise to
increase the attack time and counter-
clockwise to decrease the attack time.
3. The third V-Pot adjusts the gate re-
lease time, with a range from 10.00
ms to 2500.00 ms (2.5 seconds). Turn
the V-Pot clockwise to increase the re-
lease time and counterclockwise to
decrease the release time.
4. The last adjustable parameter is the
range, with a range from 0.00 dB to
100.00 dB. Typically, you would leave
this set to maximum expansion. Turn
the V-Pot clockwise to increase the
range and counterclockwise to decrease
the range.
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