Gate
Dyn III Expander/Gate
Avid
Included with Pro Tools
Tighten weak signals and eliminate noise while preserving natural transients with Look Ahead detection and smooth expansion curves.
Where to get itIncluded with Bitwig Studio. It is part of that DAW, not a separate download.bitwig.com
Gate is a noise gate effect with an integrated sidechain input and FX device chain for shaping the control signal. It allows you to suppress audio below a threshold while enabling sophisticated control signal processing, making it ideal for cleaning up noisy recordings and controlling dynamic behavior with precision.
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Avid
Included with Pro Tools
Tighten weak signals and eliminate noise while preserving natural transients with Look Ahead detection and smooth expansion curves.
Apple
Included with Logic Pro and GarageBand
Silence unwanted noise between phrases while keeping your performance intact. Predictive lookahead and hysteresis controls eliminate chatter for studio-clean results.
Cockos
Included with REAPER
Eliminate unwanted bleed and gate chatter with predictive lookahead and hysteresis control for pristine, articulate dynamics.
PreSonus
Included with Studio One
Tighten loose performances and eliminate mic bleed with surgical downward expansion and sidechain filtering control.
Boz Digital Labs
Big Beautiful Door 2 is a gate plugin that redefines dynamics processing by combining surgical gating with tonal shaping. It allows you to independently EQ the opened and closed gate positions for precise control, enabling applications from noise gating and drum de-bleeding to creative frequency shaping. This isn't a traditional gate—it's a paradigm shift in how you approach dynamics and tone.
Waves
Isolate vocals or any center element from stereo mixes with independent mid-side control and precision imaging adjustment.
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