Hey Bnote,

Just to triple check...I dont see in any of your posts if you said that you checked to see if it was the noise gate settings or not, because it sounds like that is the problem that you are having. A little clarification may help...

You have to adjust the noise gate for each rig. If you have any doubts when you get it back from repair, just turn the noise gate off on all of your rigs & test to see if that eliminates your problem.
The noise gate was one of the features that I was hoping Avid would update, because it is a fairly limited gate IMO. It could use separate attack and release controls.

Good Luck

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