Gating Tutorials

Gating involves lowering the volume of an audio signal. Traditionally, gating is used to remove background hum and hiss from poor audio recordings. However, gating can also be used to introduce rhythmic characteristics to non-rhythmic audio material.

Gating tutorials and articles are listed below.

SSS Side Chain Gate/Expander - Free VST for Windows

SSS Side Chain Gate/Expander ScreenshotThis is an excellent free VST gate that supports sidechaining. The SSS Gate provides easy ducking and keying effects. Ducking and keying are some of the hottest effects in electronic music production today. Stay tuned for a ducking and keying tutorial from SonicTransfer.com. In the meantime, click the link below to download the SSS Side Chain Gate/Expander.

SSS Side Chain Gate/Expander - Free Windows VST


Trance Basslines & Leads From Gating

Rhythmic Gating On Synth Basslines & Leads In Trance Music. Gating is often used by electronic music producers to chop up long, droning sounds into smaller, percussive bits of audio. It is found in almost every dance music genre including hiphop, trance, drum n bass, and house. This SonicTransfer tutorial focuses on rhythmic gating used in trance music. To follow this lesson you will need:

  • A music composition program capable of volume enveloping (e.g. Ableton Live, Propellerhead Reason, Cubase, etc.)

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