Any experience with DBX 1074 Quad Gate?

uhdinator

I want to gate Vocal mic's to tighten up my system and prevent stage volume bleed through from vocal mics in live shows.

Any tips on depth and filter settings to keep guitars, bass and drums
from opening the gates. I have not tried it yet as I just put it in the rack.

Had to use XLR to TRS adapters too as I need to insert in the vocal
channels then will be going into DBX 163's and Alesis 3630's
The gates in the 3630's dont cut it. The manual says it works
unbalanced as there are only XLR in and out, So I am planning on
using TS insert cables in the XLR-TRS adapters.

PS. I don't have an extra EQ to side chain with.

thanks

Gadget

As far as I'm concerned the alesis is less than useless...I gate my drums if needed (and if the drums are tuned properly I rarely do)(Furman gates and DBX 160's) but never do much with vocals unless the performer is weak and then some judicious comping helps. A well tuned system can eliminate the need for this too, sometimes hyped bands (the system isn't any where near flat) will exacerbate certain frequencies (usually cymbals, and loud snare)in open mics. If it's a low end problem then Aux fed subs are worth taking a look at. A good usable HPF will often help and a rolloff of the low shelf filter to limit the amount of excess LF in the mix (muddies up the mix)

I don't know about gating the vocals though.. I would think that unless you had a fabulous gate (like the RANE digital series) you could truncate words, miss subtle passages and add pumping to the sound... perhaps if you are more specific about what exactly you are having trouble with we can come up with better solutions...

It's kinda like the AGC... it can really wreck a good mix...I think the same thing about the sub sonics on the Driverack...I have such huge low end it is like the department of redundancy department .. oxymoron's if you will...

Really, the RMFBP section is the culmination of years of research and development that even the DBX engineers and tech service point to when users have a problem. Those \"reps\" that haven't spent years with in the real world should definately be REQUIRED to at least read...before trying to teach a class on the Driverack...I have personally answered tens of thousands of questions, and have been here for about 7 years and have all the Driveracks except the zone pro and 480...I even have a 240, and these processors have been in service in my rigs for years, my first DRPA and 260 are more than 5 years old, some closer to 7...We have even done a SMAART analysis of the DRPA and found it pretty accurate, but the 260 is a WAY better product...the 4800 is phenomenal, and sonically pure.

So tell us what you need..
gadget