You can't beat this for price. We use it to gate our drum mics and it does a great job. Follow the instructions in the manual that tell you what each button does and you will have it up and going in no time. You seiously can't beat the price. Other units are just way to expensive for intermediate bands.

I own many Behringer products but that may be changing. If found their reliability to be poor in the long run especially when you least expect it. I had the same problem with their MDX4600 compressor as I've had with their XR4400 Multigate in that one of the channels died unexpectedly without warning. That's not too cool when you are setting up for a gig. My advice.....spend a few buck more and get something that will be there when you need it.

I am a producer / engineer who was to working with DAWs w/ internal effects, but when I started buying external equipment, I knew that I would need a good gate for a good price. When I saw the quad-gate, I thought it would be a temperary gate until I wanted to spend more money on something better. I WAS WRONG! The quad gate is the best and cleanest sounding gate I have ever heard. I run my compressor (PreSonus Eureka, also great!) through it and my mic rack sounds better than any other I've heard. It takes alittle getting use to, but as far as a gate is concerned, the Quad gate is all you need. It is very simple to set up and user friendly. Nothing to it.

I have had mine for over a year now and love it. Granted, it is not as professional as one of my upper-end freq. gates ($800+) but it works great with live applications.

In recordings, it is not quite transparent as I would like, however, you can get it to work for you. Read the directions and use your ears.

I am so glad that this is out there because I didn't have the money to go buy more upper end freq. gates for use with a Live Rig.

To a professional who has bucks to burn, this probably isn't what you are used to. For the average musician who has a limited budget, this is a wonderful addition to your setup. When you read the manual and use it how you're supposed to, it works as advertised. Sure, there could be some refinement, but look at the price! I mean come on. Behringer puts a lot of quality in these little packages! Until you are ready for the big leagues, this unit will do what you need it to...times four.