Your favourite gate/expander
- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 455 posts since 31 May, 2013 from Space is the Place
I'm interested in gating, I'd like to know what you prefer, and perhaps why.
Thanks.
Thanks.
- KVRist
- 135 posts since 30 Mar, 2007 from Cologne, Germany
ReaGate and the one in Variety Of Sound's preFIX. Both are very configurable, the former rather clinical and precise, the latter, as everything from him, more on the musical sounding side.
I still use the great Floorfish from time to time...even in 2014...it's just awesome
Cheers
I still use the great Floorfish from time to time...even in 2014...it's just awesome
Cheers
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- KVRist
- 91 posts since 1 Aug, 2011
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- KVRAF
- 1790 posts since 13 May, 2004 from Germany
+100lazymarc wrote:http://www.eareckon.com/en/products/freebies.html
eareckon fr-gate 87
i love this gate
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- KVRist
- 441 posts since 7 Mar, 2011 from Pleasanton, CA
Pro-G. Smooth as butter on voice. Easy to use and great visuals.
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- KVRAF
- 4321 posts since 26 Jun, 2004
- Banned
- 10196 posts since 12 Mar, 2012 from the Bavarian Alps to my feet and the globe around my head
ReaGate is my absolute favorite (and it can use sidechains, too)!
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- KVRAF
- 1568 posts since 1 Aug, 2006 from Italy
I'm using Waves C1, because I bought it when it was on special, I like it because of the expander (I use it that way 99% of the time).
I never tried Pro-G (I didn't have enough money when I bought C1 to even consider it, I may it in future if I need a different gate/expander and if I have some spare money), but it looks nice and I know FabFilter has a good reputation.
I use C1 mostly to model the tail of the sounds, in order to both expand and gate them with a single processor. I don't remember by heart the exact settings I use (I'm not on my daw right now), but I use quite extreme settings for ratio and floor, while I set the threshold so that it passes the strongest parts of the waveform without changes.
I prefer using expansion instead of gating because it sounds more natural to me to have a sound fading away instead of an on-off cutting, I prefer a smoother transition into full silence (I may otherwise leave some noise bleed through a gate, but I still prefer the result of an expander).
I use it a lot as a transient designer tool though, not just to remove noise (I mostly work itb with virtual synths, but I'm starting incorporating some hardware synths, so gating off noise is becoming an issue to me).
I never tried Pro-G (I didn't have enough money when I bought C1 to even consider it, I may it in future if I need a different gate/expander and if I have some spare money), but it looks nice and I know FabFilter has a good reputation.
I use C1 mostly to model the tail of the sounds, in order to both expand and gate them with a single processor. I don't remember by heart the exact settings I use (I'm not on my daw right now), but I use quite extreme settings for ratio and floor, while I set the threshold so that it passes the strongest parts of the waveform without changes.
I prefer using expansion instead of gating because it sounds more natural to me to have a sound fading away instead of an on-off cutting, I prefer a smoother transition into full silence (I may otherwise leave some noise bleed through a gate, but I still prefer the result of an expander).
I use it a lot as a transient designer tool though, not just to remove noise (I mostly work itb with virtual synths, but I'm starting incorporating some hardware synths, so gating off noise is becoming an issue to me).
- KVRAF
- 10258 posts since 7 Sep, 2006 from Roseville, CA
+1wesleyt wrote:Pro-G. Smooth as butter on voice. Easy to use and great visuals.
Every vocal track, or anything else recorded with a mic, gets a healthy dose of Pro-G.
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- KVRian
- 605 posts since 31 Aug, 2012
The toneboosters one its nice too as most of the offerings i get excellent results with it
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- KVRist
- 262 posts since 26 Jan, 2013 from TX
Amazingly, on vocal tracks this gate outperforms anything else I've got ... and it's FREE!!lazymarc wrote:http://www.eareckon.com/en/products/freebies.html
eareckon fr-gate 87
i love this gate
Cheers,
Eddie
The future exists in all directions.
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- KVRian
- 756 posts since 3 Apr, 2013 from Belgium
Maximus or MCompressor where you can drive any curves of gating/expanding/compressing ^^
Good visual feedback on Maximus but I'd rather prefer a bigger visual as in pro-G...
Good visual feedback on Maximus but I'd rather prefer a bigger visual as in pro-G...