In this screen shot, the top (brown) channel is the un‑gated snare top mic. The centre (blue) channel is the same signal, but with inaccurate auto‑gating applied. The bottom (green) track shows the same section, but with side‑chain gating applied. As we can see, the auto‑gating has affected the crucial transient attack of the first snare hit, and severely truncated the buzz‑roll occurring after the second hit.
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