Plugin

Reckless Gate

v0.21

A noise gate: it turns the output down whenever the signal falls below the Threshold, so the gaps between notes are silent. Open, it is a wire.

From the user guide

Setting it up

The meter’s KEY lane is the level the gate hears, GATE the gain it applies; the green marker is the Threshold. Play the part and put the marker between where the noise reaches and where the playing reaches. No gap? Use SC Highpass or the sidechain, which a host must route.

The meter: KEY what the gate hears, GATE how far it has closed, the green marker the Threshold.

Controls

Control	Range	Default	What it does
Threshold	−80 to 0 dB	−60 dB	The level the key must reach to open the gate.
Hysteresis	0 to 24 dB	3 dB	How far below Threshold the key falls before closing.
Attack	0.05 to 100 ms	1 ms	Time to open across Range.
Hold	1 to 100 ms	10 ms	Time held open after the key falls away.
Release	5 to 3000 ms	150 ms	Time to close across Range.
Range	−90 to 0 dB	−60 dB	How far down the shut gate goes; 0 dB does nothing.
SC Source	Internal / External	Internal	Listen to the signal itself, or the sidechain input.
SC Highpass	Off / 60 / 120 / 250 / 500 Hz	Off	A highpass on the key alone, never the output.

Tips

Set Range last: get the gate opening right at 0 dB, then lower it only as needed.
Chatter wants Hysteresis, not a higher Threshold; a chopped decay wants Hold, not Release.
Tom gate opening on the kick: SC Highpass at 250 or 500 Hz.
Distorted guitar: key it from the dry signal ahead of the distortion, SC Source External.

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