The document describes adjusting settings on a ReaGate audio effect plugin in a digital audio workstation. The author changed the pre-open, attack, and hold dials from their default settings of 0ms. While adjusting individual dials did not affect the recording, changing all three dials degraded the recording quality, making it jumpy and quieter as if the signal was bad or hadn't buffered properly. Based on this, the author determined they would not use this effect in future recordings due to how much it worsened the sound quality.