Good Gate plug-in..

[toddd]

Its all in the subject line really. Can anybody recommend a good software gate?

[mylesgm]

strip silence? its what I use in protools for anything I would usually gate and you can also use it to strip sounds and leave silence or whatever is under the threshold you set.

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[Mark Andrew Bassett]

I have found that Pro Tools' gate, when used with a side chain filter can achieve outstanding results.

[SteveL]

I quite like the gate in the Sony Oxford Dynamics plug, but more often than not I will just use Logic's Strip Silence function - set parameters, preview the edited waveform/adjust to taste, hit edit, select all regions and apply a short global fade in/out for each edit in one hit. Done.

[heathen]

SSL channel has a pretty good gate.

[spandex man]

SSL channel has a pretty good gate.

Yup, big big +1

[electricsound]

I like the gate in the UAD Neve 88RS. Apparently (though I have no experience with it) the gate in Softube's Valley People Dynamite plug is good too.

[catalyst]

Try sonalksis.com 14 day trial.
I use their comps & Eq.

Cheers

[gorepants]

I can second the Sonalksis gate, lots of versatility there.

If you're on the cheap, Floorfish works well and easy to use, though it is just an expander/gate, so no range settings and no external side chain.

[anguswoodhead]

There used to be this great gate in the Sonitus R3 Ultrafunk Plugins.
I bought the PC verisons years ago - the gate and the delay were the best I ever used.
Now that I am on Mac I miss them sorely and am still looking for there replacements.
Don't know what happened to them - probably bought out by a bigger fish.

[lonearranger]

Angus, sonitus got swallowed up by the roland/cakewalk fish. Available in some versions of SONAR or purchase VST/DIRECTX from
http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/Sonitus/sonitus.asp - apparently you can buy individuals - PC only though.

Cheers

[anguswoodhead]

Thanks Michael.
Wish they would make a TDM version - great Plugins wasted in Sonar in my opinion.
Although with Direct X and VST they can be used with any 'PC' DAW.

[Kurt]

I like Sonar, therefore not wasted at all

[anguswoodhead]

LOL - yeah I thought that would get a reaction from someone.

Actually I am going to try the Drawmer TDM dynamics - I'm sure there Gate is excellent if it's anything like there Hardware ones.

[gabsagostino]

Waves SSL Channel!!
Better gate than Sony Oxford and Digi, IMO.