How to Use a Gate on Live Drums - Master Audio Engineer - Church Live Audio Mixing

Austin Harman Mixes explains the utilization of a Microphone Gate on Live Drums. Microphone gates are used in live audio mixing to automatically turn on and off microphones based on specified parameters. Church audio mixing can be difficult, and require a specific approach. Drum bleed, including cymbal bleed can be solved using gates that are correctly dialed in.
Drums in particular require the usage of gates to avoid cymbal bleed and adjacent drum mic bleed. If dialed in correctly, gates can be an incredibly helpful tool in improving your live mix. Learn how to mix audio with Austin Harman Mixes.
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[@Daniel-1-1-1]

Best explanation ever after watching tons of videos throughout the years.

[@austinharmanmixes]

Thank you! You’re very kind!

[@JuiceJones313]

This was very helpful. Especially being a new engineer to the live sound space.

[@austinharmanmixes]

Great! Glad you enjoyed.

[@donaldburns4462]

Great video but can we put a gate on the background noise😊

[@austinharmanmixes]

Thank you Donald! You absolutely can. Just follow the same practices here. Also- sorry I recorded this pre-rehearsal for a gig! It was loud.

[@stradbass4766]

perhaps lowering the gain on your mic would have helped@@austinharmanmixes

[@austinharmanmixes]

@@stradbass4766 it was recorded on an iPhone 🤩

[@tesfadennis9570]

Great explanation!!!!

[@austinharmanmixes]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Zebrajellyfishphoto]

What about one overhead drum mic? We don't have enough mics to mic the whole set.

[@austinharmanmixes]

Hey Great Question. If you’re just using one mic, I don’t recommend generally to gate that mic. You’d want the “environment” to be a part of the sound of the drums as a whole. You’d get undesirable “pumping” if you try to gate and get it dialed in based on the dynamics of the drummer. Hope this helps!

[@Zebrajellyfishphoto]

@@austinharmanmixes I thought that might be the case. Thx!

[@austinharmanmixes]

@@Zebrajellyfishphoto you bet!

[@Andithewicked]

that was informative Thank you!

[@austinharmanmixes]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Isaac72696]

Hello, do you recommend add gate on the overheads mics? (Cymbals)

[@austinharmanmixes]

Hey Issac- Thanks for the question. It depends on if you’re close micing cymbals versus having general overheads. If you have just a stereo pair, i wouldn’t because i would use them to help you get the whole kit sound. If you’re doing close micing, i would gate each one so that it only opens when each cymbal is hit. Great question.

[@thomasricks5737]

Hello question for you, what streaming console do you use? Currently we use a tri caster but i dont like the sound it provides any suggestions

[@austinharmanmixes]

Hey Thomas- We use the Allen & Heath Avantis. Feel free to send me an email: [e-mail] I also have several videos on the channel of me using it.

[@daltonmccuen6773]

Love this!

[@austinharmanmixes]

I made it for you!

[@elcaminodificil6573]

You are awesome man.

[@austinharmanmixes]

🤩🤩🤩 thank you

[@dynamix_ent1022]

​@@austinharmanmixes great content you have in here. Thank you! Question: I use a 15-inch subfill for kick and put it next to a drummer. They like the thump they're getting and it makes the bass drum sound huge. Every once in a while I hear this loud low frequency humming like a feedback. Do you think it is one of the drum mics causing the low freq feedback/humming.

[@austinharmanmixes]

@josephbisenio4984 it’s probably feedback in mic from your thump.

[@frankocasio8202]

excellent..thank u

[@austinharmanmixes]

You are most welcome! Glad you enjoyed.