How To Duck Your Crowd Mics for Live Shows and Rehearsals

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[@djjazzyjeff1232]

11:00 I could be wrong but I think that’s just the -60dB reduction from the gate, not the noise floor. I use a gated sine wave sourced to the kick for the low end, and even though it’s very quiet, if the venue is silent, You can actually hear the sine wave just barely a hum in the subs, because it’s -60, it’s not minus 100 and certainly not -infinity

[@DanaTucker1]

AFAIK, it really does not matter when it comes to what is allowed through the PA. If the gate is reducing it by 60dBs then it will affect your noise floor.

[@RamboMadCow]

This was very instructional and gives me a few ideas for other situations, but I have a use case I'm not sure how to handle. In the case of my tribute band (Metallica) there are a lot of situations where I have to play guitar and sing, but the lyric part is where fans LOVE to sing, and we want to hear that. Based on what I saw here, I'm not sure ducking would be the most appropriate, but I'm concerned that gating wouldn't work either as it would pick up the venue's PA's of our sound as well instead of strictly the crowd.
Is this something that you've had to deal with and know how to get a full crowd participation in the ears but block the PA ambient noise or people talking between songs?

[@DanaTucker1]

I worked through this project with one of our members who have the same situation as you do. They say it works great for them. @PJ Fairley. ua-cam.com/video/7V9QTV3-99o/v-deo.html

[@daljeetsingh2963]

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[@DanaTucker1]

Oh, quite now, your making me blush! I am glad you liked it.