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Re: How NOT to hold a large number of open microphones backstageExactly. I routinely use the expander option of the gate/expander function on the StudioLive. Set the threshold where you need it on each mic channel. Keeps things cleaner without the shock of the open/closed response of a hard gate. Your 20 "open mics" then are not all open all the time, but only open when sound is present at the mic above your set threshold. Sort of a "poor man's auto-mixer".
Re: How NOT to hold a large number of open microphones backstage
Exactly. I routinely use the expander option of the gate/expander function on the StudioLive. Set the threshold where you need it on each mic channel. Keeps things cleaner without the shock of the open/closed response of a hard gate. Your 20 "open mics" then are not all open all the time, but only open when sound is present at the mic above your set threshold. Sort of a "poor man's auto-mixer".
