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Unless I understand gating wrong, which is, of course, possible.

And I'm afraid u are.
There's two types of Gates, well acctually 3 but we won't bring Billy Boy into this disscussion.

Ur talking about the Gate on Compressors and such.

The other gate we are talking about works like this.
U load up a String sample or maybe a Vocal sample.
Apply the gate effect to it and it basicly mutes the sample in a rhythm that u program your self.

So let say the string with out gate goes like this:

Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Apply the gate effect and it will go like this:

Dooo o o o o oooo o o o o oooo


Hope this makes any sence.

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Originally posted by robstar Ur talking about the Gate on Compressors and such. The other gate we are talking about works like this. U load up a String sample or maybe a Vocal sample. Apply the gate effect to it and it basicly mutes the sample in a rhythm that u program your self.

I still don't get it... that just sounds like my gate with the threshold set high enough to kill any sound. What does the type of gate you are describing actually do to the sound wave?

This page describes what I am talking about :
http://www.harmony-central.com/Effe...cles/Expansion/

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Most of the times I either use a tempo-synched LFO on the volume (1/8). Another easy way is sending part of the signal to a chopper / slicer working at 1/8. The dry signal will make sure it doesn't completely vanish and the effected signal strengthens the pad inbetween beats.

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http://www.eelkekleijn.nl/

here`s a nice vst program for making gated things, try for instance a string, and put this vst on it, sounds wicked!

download and unzip into ur vst directory

have fun

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There's a sweet demo of sidechain gating using a peak detector module in FurityLoops. I used to use it quite a bit in FruityLoops world. These days, I find that particular effect a tad too grating, and I prefer using complex envelopes such as the ones Absynth provides.

indeed, fruity's peak controller does a great job.
i made a short sample for another thread some while ago. you can grab it here: www.angelfire.com/music5/undef-music/superpad.mp3

Speaking of Fruity is there a better gate module for VST use. Kind like the way Cubase's Midi Gate is?

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don't know if there is a better one
but you may check www.databaseaudio.com for some more cool plugins...

cheers

"cheers for posting that link 2 that gating vst mantis!"

yeh no probs guys

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Originally posted by TranceInMySoul gareth: Gating is basically turning a sound source on and off (or, more advanced, changing the volume of the sound up and down). It's an effect much used in trance If you want a plugin to do the gating for you, try scuzzphat cos it's amazing, and free

Hehe, I use those plugins sometimes...they're very useful and unique.

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Originally posted by mantisnl "cheers for posting that link 2 that gating vst mantis!" yeh no probs guys

Thanks dude, I was just looking for one.