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Introduction
The
half
rack
design
of
the
363X
can
accommo-
date up
to four
channels
of
gating in
one
rack
space, or
16
channels
of
gating
in
four
rack
spaces.
The
363X
can
be a
useful
tool in
any
musical
situation.
In
the
studio,
the
363X
can
be used
to:
•Eliminate
headphone
leakage
into
the
mi-
crophones
•Gating
drum
mics
to
eliminate
rattling
snares
or
to tighten
the
sound
of a
kick
drum
•Gating
instrument
mics
to
eliminate
amp
noise
•Muting
the
mixdown
inputs
to
the
two-
track
as an
economical
solution
to
automat-
ion
In
live
sound
applications,
the
363X
can
be used
to
gate:
•signal
processing
gear
that
produce
hum
such
as
synthesizers,
samplers
and
elec-
tronic
drums
•
Microphones
for
lead
vocals,
background
vocals,
drums
and
other
musical
instru-
ments
•
Microphones
that
are
intermittently
used
•Noisy
digital
and
analog
reverb
and
delay
devices
Special
Applications
The
363X
gating
action
can
be
controlled
by an
external
signal
at the
Key
Input
on
the
rear
panel.
This
is
useful
for
applications
such
as
frequency
weighted
gating
or
anticipatory
gating
for
zero
at-
tack
times.