Any thoughts on Cheap Noise gates that sound good

[Jamoson]

Does anyone have any thoughts on cheap noise gates that sound good. I've allways liked the Drawmers but I don't want to drop a grand. I'm thinking more like 300-500 range. Please don't say behringer.

[tINY]

Dude, it's a noise gate....

If it has a sound - you are doing something wrong or the thing is broken.

Besides, you can always mute it in the mix later, so you don't really need one,




-tINY

[dasoundjunkie]

I've got 3 Behringer intelligates that work great!!( as a matter of fact they are the ONLY piece of Behringer gear I recomend) you can find them used real cheap cause they're no longer made. Dont buy the Multigate it truly sucks!
Hope this helps!

[AdamLazlo]

Originally Posted by Jamoson

Does anyone have any thoughts on cheap noise gates that sound good. I've allways liked the Drawmers but I don't want to drop a grand. I'm thinking more like 300-500 range. Please don't say behringer.

A Drawmer DS201 dual gate in the used market runs around $300. I had two of them but sold one of them cuz I don't gate much anymore.

I won't part with the one I still have cuz for a gate (when desired) it's wonderfully effective. I'll also use it just for the filters.

I guess it depends on how many gates you want in one rack.

-- Adam Lazlo

[dave-G]

option 1: Used Drawmer 201 .. simple, good.

option 2: Used Aphex 622 .. also very good .. not terribly expensive.

option 3: Used Behringer Intelligate. I'm moderately embarrassed to say I still have one of these, and probably haven't touched it at all since 1994, when I bought it at the local Guitarget to have 2 more channels on a gate-intensve mix session. I'll take the poster above's word that these are sleepers. I think I only passed signal thru it once. Want it?

option 4: Use a f**king plugin ... I've basically sold my Drawmers in favor of the Digi Dyn III exp/gate .. It's not like I look to a gate for 'tone' -- and so rarely for any concept of uniqueness of envelope that the flexibility and utility and automate-ability of the plugins makes them far preferable. You know how you sometimes get a gate working just perfectly except for those 2 soft hits in the breakdown verse? Well, a litle threshold automation takes about 5 seconds, and works just great.

If you're strictly tape and console, strike that last one.
-dave

[thenoiseflower]

One word.


ASHLEY.

[pan]

Originally Posted by thenoiseflower

One word.


ASHLEY.

Is that your new assistant doing the mute-automation on your console, or did you mean ASHLY??? lol

Another word: Glockenklang

[thenoiseflower]

Ashly SG35E

best gate Ive ever used, Its a black faced Ashly, so its kinda under the radar. but its absolutly killer. and it keys up perfectly.

I have the four channel, and will never get rid of it, unless I find a two channel in the same condition as mine. Then I would consider letting it go, or parting out the THAT chips in it

but yeah, the ashley is a top notch unit.

[jbuntz]

Valley People dynamite. They've got sidechains and they are decent compressors too.

[gerryg]

I've had good experiences with the half rack dbx units, 463X (?)

these guys are under $100 used. my 2 cents....

gerry g
the Temple of Tuneage

[Jamoson]

Thanks guys. I started the session last week and the drummer was excellent not too obnoxious I might not need the gates after all.

[s.d.finley]

I purchased a half rack2 channel dbx 363x for $40 on ebay. Very usable, had more control than the ones on my DA7.

sdf