[griff71177]

I used to have an Alto Voice Plus mic pre that worked great for gating my vocals. I just got a Joe Meek 1Q (big upgrade from that for the mic pre, comp, eq, and de-esser) but I miss the gating that preamp gave me.

I had the gate closed enough to kill all the room noise but it would open as soon as I breathed on the mic, which was nice because it really didn't take away anything sonically from my vocal, atleast not that I noticed (tested side by side comparissons).

Now when I record I have room noise from my computer. I know, I know...I should move the computer or the mic, but I don't have that luxury right now. Should I set up blankets around/between the mic and the computer or try to gate the vocals after recording (which I don't think would have the same effect as not hearing the room noise while recording, which is what the gate on the other preamp did for me)?

I have been thinking about buying some longer mogami mic, usb, and serial cables to hook up my mic, keyboard, and monitor away from my cpu, but they would all still be in the same room.

My mic is an Oktava ML-19 ribbon mic...it has a cardioid pick up pattern so, if I were to have the computer directly behind the mic, it should cut down on pick up of that noise...blankets+more distance between mic and computer should help too...Yeah, this is the LOW END forum, remember that. lol!

Am I wasting time with the gate issue? Thanks...