Learn to Gate Drums

[@Wes80Rob]

Gates frustrate me! Glad you’ve put this up!! Commenting for the algorithm.

[@DbiPro]

As a Drummer, listening to live sound and also being a sound tech assistant, I prefer to only get the thump in the kick and allow the bass to get the rest so it doesn’t disappear.

[@Phantom5514]

Thank you so much I love the Basics that you go over

[@nuke97]

Gold.

[@promisenwokocha9469]

I love your details sir

[@AttawayAudio]

Thank you so much 😀

[@KatK707]

I personally like using gates mainly because I usually make the tail release in a smooth way so much so that people don't even notice but they get a much tighter drumkit without the annoying bleed

[@AttawayAudio]

nice!

[@wxfreak]

@11:42 hearing the introduction to Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll :-)

[@chrischoemortgage]

Thanks! Can you make a video on further explaining trigger gates: mainly between frequency trigger versus a device like a Roland Single Trigger. Recently went to a conference and the drums had the Roland Single Trigger on all the drum heads and it sounded fantastic. Picked up all the ghost notes.

[@bybenstudio]

I find myself gating the kick and using expansion on the snare and toms. Reduction range of -15 to -20 on the expansion for a more natural sound. Most songs, i don't have the expansion engaged on the floor tom and bottom snare. Will only engage if the drummer is eating the ride cymbal.

[@kennynyc1555]

Nice Still with the Presonus Studiolive I see !

[@joshuasue2558]

how it works with the compressor? I mean the correlation between attack-release in gate and compressor time

[@carloschavez4554]

Hi! Would you be able to show how you’re getting audio from the board to the livestream?

[@DbiPro]

Mix your inputs. Add the groups for drums and vocals and whatever else you can fit in your busses and then put a compressor on with a filter that gives you the sound you like on your live stream. Try to aim for minimal reduction and add make up gain for the loss to lift the rest of the frequencies.

[@DbiPro]

Also with drums attenuate the cymbals with eq and a compressor with a higher filter so it doesn’t sound ugly live or in the live stream. Don’t take out too much. Some people take out so much low kids and they don’t add lows so the live stream sounds worse than a cheap microtone on a podcast.