1. It is not recommended at all, but if you want to do so, then:
Go to the Control Tab, put the mouse over the generator number you want and click the right button. I'll appear a dialog asking you if that generator is always running Spooky2 Central. Click on "NO", and after that, you'll be able to change any parameter you want, because the built-in protection has been disabled.
After your testing, don't forget to reverse the process, answering "Yes" to the question, to re-enable the protection.
You can read about this on the User's Guide, page 57.
2. Gating is achieved by changing the amplitude to 0V and for that to happen a command needs to be sent from the PC to the XM generator.
My guess is that 66Hz is probably the upper limit as it is close to the Windows context-switching limit of ~15ms.
See accepted answer here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12320748/how-often-per-second-does-windows-do-a-thread-switch
On top of this, Spooky2 was using windows timer for channel refresh rate so a gate above 10 Hz becomes problematic in my opinion.
As far as the protection goes, if you turn it off, be sure to keep the amplitude & waveform parameters the same if you change the gating.
For more details, please check the link from:
http://www.spooky2.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=6808
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