[BC] Achieving good S/N

Tue Dec 27 10:52:20 CST 2005

At 11:01 PM 12/26/2005, Steve wrote:
>Could very well have been a Gates Sta-Level.  It would do something like
>that.  If the jock had several seconds of dead air and then hit the mic key,
>there would be a loud "whomp" from having the compressor wide open.  No
>gating at all.

Didn't those units have a really long release time...like 3 or 4 
seconds?  Or am I thinking of something else?