Noise Gate

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Use the Noise Gate to reduce the level of sound below a specified threshold level.

Noise Gates may be used to cut the level of residual noise between sections of a recording. While this is essentially a very simple effect, this Noise Gate has a number of features and settings that allow it to be both effective and unobtrusive and well suited to most types of audio.

Accessed by: Effect > Noise Gate...

Select Function

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Stereo Linking

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Apply Low-cut filter

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Gate frequencies above

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Level reduction

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Gate threshold

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Attack/Decay

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Buttons

Clicking on the command buttons give the following results:

• Presets & Settings gives a dropdown menu enabling you to manage presets for the tool and to see some detail about the tool. For details see Manage presets
• Preview plays a short preview of what the audio would sound like if the effect is applied with the current settings, without making actual changes to the audio. The length of preview is determined by your setting in Edit > Preferences > Playback, the default setting is 6 seconds.
• OK applies the effect to the selected audio with the current effect settings and closes the dialog
• Cancel aborts the effect and leaves the audio unchanged, closing the dialog

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