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The included effect plug-ins
3. Select a MIDI track to control the MIDI Gate.
This can be an empty MIDI track, or a MIDI track containing data, it
doesn’t matter. However, if you wish to play the MIDI Gate in real-time –
as opposed to having a recorded part playing it – the track has to be
selected for the effect to receive the MIDI output.
4. Open the Output Routing pop-up menu for the MIDI
track and select the MIDI Gate option.
The MIDI Output from the track is now routed to the MIDI Gate.
What to do next depends on whether you are using live or
recorded audio and whether you are using real-time or re-
corded MIDI. We will assume for the purposes of this
manual that you are using recorded audio, and play the
MIDI in real-time.
Make sure the MIDI track is selected and start playback.
5. Now play a few notes on your MIDI keyboard.
As you can hear, the audio track material is affected by what you play on
your MIDI keyboard.
The following MIDI Gate parameters are available:
VSTDynamics
VSTDynamics is an advanced dynamics processor. It com-
bines three separate processors: Gate, Compressor and
Limiter, covering a variety of dynamic processing functions.
The window is divided into three sections, containing con-
trols and meters for each processor.
Activating the individual processors
You activate the individual processors using the buttons
at the bottom of the plug-in panel.
The Gate section
Gating, or noise gating, is a method of dynamic processing
that silences audio signals below a certain set threshold
level. As soon as the signal level exceeds the set threshold,
the gate opens to let the signal through. The Gate trigger
input can also be filtered using an internal side-chain.
The available parameters are as follows:
Parameter Description
Attack This is used for determining how long it should take for
the Gate to open after receiving a signal that triggers it.
Hold Regulates how long the Gate remains open after a Note
On or Note Off message (see Hold Mode below).
Release This determines how long it takes for the Gate to close
(in addition to the value set with the Hold parameter).
Note To Attack The value you specify here determines to which extent
the velocity values of the MIDI notes should affect the At-
tack. The higher the value, the more the Attack time will
increase with high note velocities. Negative values will
give shorter Attack times with high velocities. If you do
not wish to use this parameter, set it to the 0 position.
Note To
Release
The value you specify here determines to which extent the
velocity values of the MIDI notes should affect the Release.
The higher the value, the more the Release time will in-
crease. If you do not wish to use this parameter, set it to
the 0 position.
Velocity To
VCA
This controls to which extent the velocity values of the
MIDI notes determine the output volume. A value of 127
means that the volume is controlled entirely by the veloc-
ity values, while a value of 0 means that velocities will
have no effect on the volume.
Hold Mode Use this switch to set the Hold Mode. In Note-On mode,
the Gate will only remain open for the time set with the
Hold and Release parameters, regardless of the length of
the MIDI note that triggered the Gate. In Note-Off mode
on the other hand, the Gate will remain open for as long
as the MIDI note plays, and then apply the Hold and Re-
lease parameters.
Parameter Description
Threshold
(-60–0dB)
This setting determines the level where Gate is activated.
Signal levels above the set threshold trigger the gate to
open, and signal levels below the set threshold will close
the gate.
state This indicates whether the gate is open (LED lights up in
green), closed (LED lights up in red) or something in be-
tween (LED lights up in yellow).
Side-Chain
on/off
This button activates the internal side-chain filter. This
lets you filter out parts of the signal that might otherwise
trigger the gate in places you don’t want it to, or to boost
frequencies you wish to accentuate, allowing for more
control over the gate function.
LP (Low pass),
BP (Band
pass), HP
(High pass)
These buttons set the basic filter mode.
Center
(50–22000Hz)
This sets the center frequency of the filter.
Limiter
Routing selector
Gate Compressor