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<blockquote data-quote="Chris Wadden" data-source="post: 76685" data-attributes="member: 2583">Re: Setting mixbuses to be pre-gate&nbsp; Wow. I&#039;m surprised it took me this long to discover this. I guess I figured that &quot;Pre-EQ&quot; also meant &quot;Pre-Dynamics&quot; (including gate).&nbsp; I&#039;ve never, ever used gates on the monitors. Is that a regular thing? Is that how most other boards work? I was using a Mixwizard with comps/gatesinserted on the channel and the aux sends were sourced pre insert. &nbsp; I guess its OK, and actually may help some, assuming that you are very quick and effective at setting the gate. I can easily see the talent complainingof a &quot;chopping sound&quot; in there IEM&#039;s if the gate is set a little too tight.&nbsp;&nbsp; Do most of you guys run the dynamics pre or post EQ? Again I would think you&#039;d run the dynamics PRE so that while manipulating the EQ it doesn&#039;t changethe response of the dynamics. But it seems that factory set is post EQ. Hmmm..</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chris Wadden, post: 76685, member: 2583"] Re: Setting mixbuses to be pre-gate Wow. I'm surprised it took me this long to discover this. I guess I figured that "Pre-EQ" also meant "Pre-Dynamics" (including gate). I've never, ever used gates on the monitors. Is that a regular thing? Is that how most other boards work? I was using a Mixwizard with comps/gates inserted on the channel and the aux sends were sourced pre insert. I guess its OK, and actually may help some, assuming that you are very quick and effective at setting the gate. I can easily see the talent complaining of a "chopping sound" in there IEM's if the gate is set a little too tight. Do most of you guys run the dynamics pre or post EQ? Again I would think you'd run the dynamics PRE so that while manipulating the EQ it doesn't change the response of the dynamics. But it seems that factory set is post EQ. Hmmm.. [/QUOTE]

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