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Floor
Defines the greatest amount of attenuation that the gate will apply when closing. When the floor is set to anything
above infinity, the gate will not attenuate completely, but only to the defined level. This prevents the gate from
closing completely, which would result in complete silence.
Range: -Infinity to 0.0 dB
Default: -Infinity
Gate Release
Sets the time it takes for the gain to return to zero once energy falls beneath the threshold.
Range: 10 ms to 5000 ms
Default: 250 ms
Gate Sidechain Section
Use the gate sidechain to define the energy that triggers gain reduction: control the source, filter type, frequency,
and bandwidth of the sidechain. You can also solo the sideband to help locate the correct sidechain frequency.
To access sidechain controls, click on the SC tab at the bottom of the
section.
The section is fed with a mono sidechain, which is either a mono signal or the sum of the two channels in a stereo
plugin. Consequently, the same attenuation will be applied to all channels. This preserves the integrity of stereo
image.
Filter: On/Off
Turns the gate sidechain EQ filters on or off.
Default: Off
Sidechain Sources
Internal uses the audio input of the dynamics section as the sidechain source. This is the default setting in
most dynamics processors.
PreEQ places the sidechain from the audio signal before the EQ when the Dynamics section is Post EQ.