Bob,
the default position of the threshold slider for Gate and Comp is "0 dB".
From a road-live-warrior perspective, I'd suggest that Gate threshold should default to "-inf".
When you are mixing live, pushing the "On" button of the Comp gives you the chance to tweak the threshold starting with a channel that initially sound exactly as before.
With the Gate, instead, if you don't throw the gate to "-inf" in advance, when you push "On" you get a really nice hole in your mix... :-)
I hope you get my point, English is not my mother tongue and I don't know if I was clear enough...
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