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Ratio control on a noise gate
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SureShotStudio
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hi,
our ears are better at detecting if a signal has gone from full-on to total silence than from full-on to attenuated to a certain amount. By using that ratio control you can make the noise gate less obvious, while at the same time getting rid of a lot of noise. Note that most of the time you don't need full on gating because the "noise" is masked by other sounds.
greets,
Thomas
our ears are better at detecting if a signal has gone from full-on to total silence than from full-on to attenuated to a certain amount. By using that ratio control you can make the noise gate less obvious, while at the same time getting rid of a lot of noise. Note that most of the time you don't need full on gating because the "noise" is masked by other sounds.
greets,
Thomas
A gate with a ratio control becomes an expander.
Expanders are usually used when you want to make the softer parts even softer - but not cut them out completely. SureShot explained it pretty well. Undesired background noise might be something you would experiment using an expander on, to see if the result is better than a pure gate.
As to your other question, yes, sometimes other tracks can cover up noise or mask decays, but sometimes you may be recording music that uses more space or is otherwise more transparent. There are more things in life (and music) than kick-ass balls-to-the-wall rock and roll.
Expanders are usually used when you want to make the softer parts even softer - but not cut them out completely. SureShot explained it pretty well. Undesired background noise might be something you would experiment using an expander on, to see if the result is better than a pure gate.
As to your other question, yes, sometimes other tracks can cover up noise or mask decays, but sometimes you may be recording music that uses more space or is otherwise more transparent. There are more things in life (and music) than kick-ass balls-to-the-wall rock and roll.
Rodger Hartlett
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you can make yourself a ratio control for the expander by mixing in a bit of the uneffected signal (i.e the original signal ) with the gated one.
this will get you by in that respect but it will also effect the compressor and its own relative ratio .
to counter act that you may have to dial in a bit more compression.
this will get you by in that respect but it will also effect the compressor and its own relative ratio .
to counter act that you may have to dial in a bit more compression.
The human ear expects to hear a bit of background noise... the total absence is actually quite unsettling... as an example... VoIP telephone packitizes and sends only actual voice transmissions... it's complete dead air if no one is speaking... so... something called "comfort noise" is generated at the destination so that the listener doesn't think the call dropped.
Some of the earlier digital recording suffered this same problem... the silent passages were just that... quiet (too quiet)... the ear expects something.. an expander provides this...
Some of the earlier digital recording suffered this same problem... the silent passages were just that... quiet (too quiet)... the ear expects something.. an expander provides this...