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<blockquote data-quote="Phil Moseley" data-source="post: 89581" data-attributes="member: 4384">Re: Advice for dealing with singers who wander out in front of the PAHiReally interesting.What would you advise I do withthe five gate/comps I have in my rack if not throw them away? I still believe unnecessarily open mics (like a ton of drum mics that are used for a few seconds in three minutes) pick up a lot of stage noise that I don&#039;t want, but it probably isn&#039;t such a big deal unless there is a pair of Marshall stacks roaring away. I also would not be opposed to the &quot;punch&quot; I am supposed to get from compressing drums (and even vocals, although there is not much point asking for advice if I am not going to listen to it). The user manuals all give advice of settings for various aspects...drums, vocals, main mixes, basses, so they must expect them to be used in some form or another.Does anyone do anything special with drum monitors? We are not big enough to have anything more than a Carvin wedge, but there seems to me to be no good place to put it without it beaming into all the drum mics (another reason for gating the drum mics it seems to me).ThanksPhil</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Phil Moseley, post: 89581, member: 4384"] Re: Advice for dealing with singers who wander out in front of the PA Hi Really interesting. What would you advise I do withthe five gate/comps I have in my rack if not throw them away? I still believe unnecessarily open mics (like a ton of drum mics that are used for a few seconds in three minutes) pick up a lot of stage noise that I don't want, but it probably isn't such a big deal unless there is a pair of Marshall stacks roaring away. I also would not be opposed to the "punch" I am supposed to get from compressing drums (and even vocals, although there is not much point asking for advice if I am not going to listen to it). The user manuals all give advice of settings for various aspects...drums, vocals, main mixes, basses, so they must expect them to be used in some form or another. Does anyone do anything special with drum monitors? We are not big enough to have anything more than a Carvin wedge, but there seems to me to be no good place to put it without it beaming into all the drum mics (another reason for gating the drum mics it seems to me). Thanks Phil [/QUOTE]

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