Drawmer MX40 4Channel Punch Gate 2010

Power tested and in excellent cosmetic condition, barely used.

The MX40 is a highly flexible but compact quad gate suitable for a wide range of professional applications, including studio, live sound and audio installations. The input and output connections are electronically balanced on XLR connectors and low-distortion VCAs are used to maintain the highest possible signal quality. Although optimized for +4dBu operation, the MX40 will work equally well with systems operating at the 10dBu standard.

Any Noise Gate considerably improves the sound of percussive instruments by producing fast leading edges to the signal and then shutting off after a predetermined time. The combination of this fast rising edge, and the silence which follows the gated signal, creates a dramatic improvement to the original signal.

Drawmer pioneered the frequency conscious gating common to many noise gate clones now available in audio processing equipment. The MX40 has a new spin on this feature where both controls have been amalgamated into a signal intuitive control, of course with a Key Listen facility. This allows fast and simple set up of frequency selective triggering where unwanted signals are prevented from triggering the gate.