Klark Teknik DN514 Plus, Operator'S Manual

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Basic gating
Tape Noise
MIDI Systems
During mixdown from multi track tape, noise may become obvious. There are two ways in which this can be
reduced using the
. The first is to gate the four noisiest tracks, or possibly all twenty four tracks if
you are fortunate enough to have six units.
Another way is to subgroup all the tracks, minus the reverb returns, and apply a pair of gates to them. Without
gating, noise becomes most obvious at the end of the music, as the reverb dies away. If the tracks are
subgrouped and gated, then as soon as the instruments and vocals finish, the output from the multi track tape
will be muted, leaving the reverb to die away into a smooth silence.
This technique uses two channels of the . The other two can be usefully employed to gate the
output of the reverb unit, which itself may produce some noise, irritatingly noticeable when mixing to digital
tape. For the reverb, a longer release time would be used.
Because of its compactness, the will also find application in MIDI keyboard setups where multi-
track tape is not used. Many synthesisers even digital ones produce a good deal of noise. Effect units do too,
especially chorus units and flangers. When synthesisers are recorded on multi track tape, they can be gated
individually as they are recorded. But in a pure MIDI setup, all the sound generators are active
simultaneously. It is therefore necessary to use a large number of gates for optimum results. The
's packing density of four gates per unit of rack space makes this a practical possibility.
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