Drawmer MX40 Punch Gate Compact Quad Gate

MX40 Punch Gate Compact Quad Gate description:

The Drawmer MX40 Punch Gate. Highly flexible but compact quad gate suitable for a wide range of professional applications including studio, live sound and audio installations.

The Drawmer MX40 is the first Drawmer product to feature proprietary Peak Punch circuitry which adds unique dynamic enhancement to the leading edge of percussive material, adding true punch to the performance. The MX40 also includes Drawmer's Frequency Conscious System (first introduced with the DS201 Dual Gate), which tunes the gate to react only to a specific frequency band, dramatically improving gate operation. The MX40 packs four channels of high power Drawmer gating into a single rack space, with controls and indicators designed to make set up faster and easier. The Drawmer MX40 Punch Gate offers improved signal definition in complex mixes by isolating desired signal from unwanted background noise. It is especially important in sound reinforcement and the recording of short term sounds such as percussion. The MX40 Punch Gate Frequency Conscious System opens the gate only when a signal exceeds the threshold you set within a specific and variable frequency band. This enables the gate to distinguish between a snare and a high hat, tom-toms versus bass drum etc. Drawmer's Peak Punch circuitry further improves definition by dynamically enhancing the leading edge of transient signals immediately after gate opening, so percussive sounds punch through the mix. The controls of the MX40 are designed to reduce typical lengthy and complex gate set up. Only three rotary controls are needed per channel.

The main features of the Drawmer MX40 include:

• Input and output connections electronically balanced on XLR connectors
• Low distortion VCAs used to maintain highest possible signal quality
• Three rotary controls per channel, complemented by push button selector switches
• Peak Punch feature which adds more percussive power
• Common key input buss for syncronous external triggering of any or all of the four audio channels
• Noise gate designed specifically to add punch to transients like drums and percussion