MACHINE ROOM · 1/5 SCALEONE DRUM HIT · LEVEL AT THE GATE+100−10−20−30−400.00.20.40.60.81.01.2SECONDS AFTER THE HITdBNEXT HITPLATE, UNGATED: 60 dB DOWN AT 2.6 sDRY DRUM, THE KEYPLATEPLATE, GATEDOPEN: KEY OVER THRESHOLDCHANNEL 7 · PLATE RETURNITS DYNAMICS · ×10.2MIXCUTSOLOMIXRATIO · THRESHOLDRELEASE · FAST ATTACKRANGE · THRESHOLDRELEASE · GATEINPUT GAINLINE · PHASEHIGH PASS · LOW PASSHF GAIN · HF FREQHMF GAIN · HMF FREQQLMF GAIN · LMF FREQQLF GAIN · LF FREQCUE · CUE PANAUX 1 · PREAUX 2 · PREMONITORPANCUT · SOLOFADERROUTING 1–32ROUTINGDYNAMICSINPUTEQSENDSMONITOR
The sound: dry drum, send, plate, return, gate, mixThe key: a copy of the dry drum into the gateGated reverb gives a drum a huge space, then takes it away. The drum feeds a plate; a gate on the plate's return, keyed from the dry drum, shuts before the tail can decay. From about 1980. Watch is 1/8 speed; Listen is real speed.The lesson in the lab: The keyed gate, ending on the gated reverb of 1980s drums.

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