Multiband Gate

Functionality

Multiband gating is a very special weapon when it comes down to reducing unwanted noise inside complex signals. For example imagine a floor tom with a very open and sustainable tone in every range you want to reduce to a punching "smack" with controlled sustain in the lower frequencies. So you may want to shorten the attack in the higher frequencies to a very short peak, lower the ring of the mids to an apparent but non-ringing release time while keeping most of the sustain in the lower end. Or think about a heavily distorted guitar you want to clean up by eliminating the "rumble" after muted heavy strokes, reducing the spring reverb (which unfortunately was way to loud while recording) and wipe out the noise the amplifier produces in breaks.

Basics

To understand gating and sidechaining please refer to the gate's and sidechain gate's manuals. There you'll find detailed information about those techniques which build the concept of a multiband gate.

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