smart:gate features intelligent source detection that focuses on your selected target source in the signal. In comparison with conventional gates, smart:gate delivers solid results and makes parametrization incredibly fast and easy.
smart:gate is the answer to reliable gating. The plug-in automatically detects the presence of a chosen target source (e.g. vocals, keys, kick) and allows to focus on this source when gating. Unlike conventional gates, smart:gate does not open or close depending on the overall level of the input signal, but it only reacts to signal components belonging to the target. This content-awareness helps to make the gate much more stable and easier to parametrize than conventional gates and it even allows to use the gate, if some background signal occasionally exceeds the level of the target source.
Simple setup, powerful control
smart:gate’s visualiser traces the level of the detected target signal, not the entire input signal, making parametrization straightforward and faster. With Sonible’s ‘Instant Replay’, when you change a parameter, the visualised signal changes both forward and backward in time, predicting the impact on the entire signal. With Level Bias, the gating behaviour can follow the detected signal more or less closely–great for refining the response on transient material like drums, or keeping non-transient material like vocals more natural. You can also use smart:gate without its content-aware AI features, for operation as a conventional gate. Gating response can be customised further with the ‘Impact control’, which scales back the amount of gain reduction applied when the gate is closed. smart:gate also offers a Ducking mode to reduce the target signal instead of passing it through. A three-band suppression network helps to weight gating across the frequency spectrum.
Features
- Content-aware gate processing
- Wide range of instrument and sound profiles to determine the target source
- Familiar control over gating response: Threshold, Attack/Release, Hold, Tolerance
- Visual guidance on target source detection for easier parametrization
- ‘Instant replay’ prediction after parameter changes
- With ‘No Target’, conventional, non-AI gating is still possible
- Content-aware ducking mode to reduce selected target signal
- Tailor gating across the frequency spectrum with three-band suppression control
- External sidechain input; detection in mono/mid or side signal
Plug-in
- Plug-in formats (Mac): AU, VST, VST3, AAX (64 bit)
- Plug-in formats (Windows): VST, VST3, AAX (64 bit)
- Supported sample rates: 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz
- Authorization: Machine-based or iLok (see FAQ)
- Apple Silicon support: Native
System Requirements
- PC: Windows 10 (64 bit)
- Mac: OSX 10.14
- RAM: 4 GB
- CPU: Intel Core (i5), Apple Silicon
- GPU: OpenGL version 3.2+
- DAW: Tested DAW's
- Logic Pro
- Ableton Live
- Pro Tools 11+
- Reaper
- Cubase
- Nuendo
- FL Studio
- StudioOne