Threshold and range
Set the threshold from -80 to 0 dB and attenuation range from 0 to 80 dB. Range lets the gate soften the gaps instead of forcing complete silence.
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Reduce low-level sound between phrases with a gate or a gentler downward expander. Set the opening threshold, closing hysteresis and recovery time around the performance.
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- Windows 10 and 11
- 64-bit
- VST3
- Gate and Expander modes
- Linked mono and stereo
- Hold and hysteresis
- Optional external sidechain
- Zero added latency
Let the phrase through.
Quiet the gaps.
Control the gaps between phrases with Gate and Expander modes, hysteresis, hold, detector filters and an optional external sidechain.
Attack, hold and release
Open in 0.1 to 100 ms, hold for up to 500 ms and release over 10 to 2000 ms. Give word endings enough time to fade.
Hysteresis
Separate opening and closing thresholds by up to 18 dB to reduce chatter around the threshold.
Gate or Expander
Choose a gate for defined openings, or downward expansion with an adjustable ratio from 1:1 to 20:1 and a softer knee.
Detector filters and Listen
Focus detection with a high-pass filter up to 1 kHz and a low-pass filter up to 20 kHz. Listen auditions the detector; either filter can be turned off.
Sidechain and mix
Use the input or an external sidechain to trigger the gate. Adjust Input, Output and Mix to fit the track.
Start with the voice.
Listen in the arrangement and make small adjustments as the performance changes.
- Start below the quietest phrase
- Lower Threshold until soft words open the gate reliably. Raise it only enough to reduce the unwanted gaps.
- Keep the endings
- Increase Hold or Release if breaths, room tails or the ends of words disappear too suddenly.
- Use expansion for a softer result
- A lower ratio and moderate Range can reduce background sound more gradually. A gate does not remove noise underneath an open vocal.
- Format
- VST3 and optional standalone app, 64-bit
- System
- Windows 10 and 11, 64-bitNo macOS version yet.
- Processing
- Gate and Expander modesLinked mono and stereo. Hold and hysteresis.
- Latency
- Zero added latency
- Availability
- Version 0.1.530-day free trial. Account activation required.
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