Hey guys,

The T1 kick-gate is an indispensable feature of the T1 engine.
Those of you who own T1s probably know this.

But be very careful when doing *other* gigs, and using V-drums after setting up your T1 with the kick gate.
I can't tell you how many times, I run a vocal mic or my V-drum Overhead instruments into a channel that still has the kick gate engaged from the last gig.

I know, I should always bring up a fresh *scene* for those other gigs, but I forget.
I go in and change presets, and look at reverb & echo, but always forget about the Gate.

My gigs are divided between acoustic drums, electronic drums, and open mic settings.
Things change almost every gig.

I played a winery gig last weekend where the entire gig was darn near ruined by my horrible V-drum sound.
All the instruments sounded *hard*.
My mother in-law always requests "Wipe Out" and I always play it, but this day, I had to tell her NO.
She said..."you (the band) don't sound as good today as usually...I understand".
Even she noticed.

I spent the entire time trying to fix things inside my TD-12 module, or with presets, only to find out the next night half way thru the open mic, that the kick-gate was "on" the channel that was passing my drum sounds.

Sheesh!

When it's a vocal in the afflicted channel, it's easier to spot...but for short duration sounds like many in a drum kit, it's harder.

Be smarter than I am...use fresh scenes.