Dyn III Expander/Gate
Avid
Tighten weak signals and eliminate noise while preserving natural transients with Look Ahead detection and smooth expansion curves.
We list 12 Gate plugins from 10 brands. The most represented are Kilohearts, Steinberg and Ableton. Open any of them for a rundown of what it does and where it fits.
Avid
Tighten weak signals and eliminate noise while preserving natural transients with Look Ahead detection and smooth expansion curves.
Ableton
Cut hiss and hum between notes or chop off reverb tails, with hysteresis to stop chatter and up to 10 ms lookahead.
Bitwig
Silence unwanted noise with external sidechain control and built-in effect processing for sculpted, dynamic suppression.
Kilohearts
Silence unwanted noise and tighten sloppy performances with precision gating—5ms look-ahead keeps your transients intact while you shape exactly how much signal passes through.
PreSonus
Stop unwanted noise below your threshold with flexible attack and release times for transparent gating.
Steinberg
Silence unwanted noise and tighten transients with surgical threshold control and flexible hold/release dynamics.
Steinberg
Trigger rhythmic gating directly from MIDI notes and shape dynamics with velocity. Play evolving gates with modulated attack/release linked to your playing.
Apple
Silence unwanted noise between phrases while keeping your performance intact. Predictive lookahead and hysteresis controls eliminate chatter for studio-clean results.
Sonnox
Oxford Drum Gate 2 is a specialized noise gate plugin designed exclusively for drum mixing that combines hit detection with phase alignment and adaptive decay control. Unlike traditional threshold-based gates, it identifies and classifies individual drum hits by type—kick, snare, tom, hi-hat—to remove bleed and spill while preserving ghost notes and natural resonance. It delivers mix-ready drums from the first hit with precise time, polarity, and phase alignment across multitrack kits, plus built-in leveling and clipping for consistent, punchy drum sounds.
FabFilter
Eliminate unwanted noise and control dynamics with five specialized gate algorithms, plus ducking mode for precise sidechain management. Linear-phase processing keeps your tone pristine while mid/side control handles mono and stereo independently.
Cockos
Eliminate unwanted bleed and gate chatter with predictive lookahead and hysteresis control for pristine, articulate dynamics.
Kilohearts
Lock rhythmic energy with 8 customizable gate patterns and step sequencer control—craft synchronized, on-beat textures effortlessly.