[dodo]

I don't use them because It's another plugin and always push a mix to the max. It's really my personal preference. I'm not a big fan of gates. I rarely use them.

I want every drum to have a mic. I want as much control as possible. I'll use a compressor and eq on every track if only light compression and to roll off unwanted lows which is every track. If I run out of cpu I'll audiosuite these.