{"product_id":"sonnox-oxford-drum-gate-2-upgrade","title":"Sonnox Oxford Drum Gate 2 - Upgrade","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"Oxford Drum Gate 2 – Official Walkthrough (with George Lever)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8kMYs4LCKaI\" height=\"804\" width=\"1428\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Noise Gate Built for Drums\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInconsistent hits, phase issues, and uncontrolled spill can make or break a drum mix before the rest of the production has even begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot a threshold-based noise gate, not source separation. A purpose-built drum detection engine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're mixing live-tracked drums across close mics, overheads and rooms, or shaping kit sounds from stems, Drum Gate 2 gives you total command so these elements work for your mix rather than against it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetect every intended drum hit (with zero false triggers) without babysitting multiple controls.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlign time, polarity, and phase across any set of drum tracks to give a clean, punchy starting point for downstream mixing decisions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecay drum resonances naturally while attenuating spill (no fiddly filter-tweaking or whumpy source-separation artefacts).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLevel out dynamic inconsistencies without losing expressive playing dynamics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClip each hit consistently so that drums cut through dense mixes evenly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnhance pre-beat-detected drums with Drum Gate 2's Decay and Leveller (no re-detection needed).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExport MIDI for detected hits for sample triggering.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIntelligent Drum Hit Detection\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrum close mics are full of bleed, and traditional threshold gates can't tell the difference between real hits and unwanted spill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGhost notes disappear, cross stick gets lost, and you end up fighting the gate instead of mixing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrum Gate 2 uses intelligent detection to identify kicks, snares, hi-hats and toms with precision, even in complex playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChoose which drums to process and let the detection engine do the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result? Clean, controlled tracks where every intentional hit stays intact and bleed is removed reliably.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAdaptive Decay\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNoise gates often cut too aggressively, choking a drum's natural ring and leaving hits sounding flat and lifeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFixed decay settings can't adapt to real performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoft hits get truncated, harder hits ring unnaturally, and spill still finds its way through when you loosen the gate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdaptive Decay adjusts the decay time based on each hit's velocity, so the gate responds musically rather than mechanically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrums keep their natural resonance. Unwanted noise is clamped down automatically, even in complex performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLeveller\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInconsistent drum hits can make balancing a mix harder than it needs to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccents jump out, ghost notes disappear, and you end up relying on automation just to keep things under control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrum Gate's Level tab smooths out performance variations while preserving the contrast between louder hits and subtle ghost notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTighter, more consistent drums that sit naturally in the mix, with less automation and more musical control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSample-Accurate Drum Triggering\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTriggering drum samples often means chasing timing issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall offsets add up, and manual nudging quickly becomes part of the workflow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrum Gate 2 exports isolated hits as MIDI with sample-accurate timing, perfectly aligned and retaining the original dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're layering or replacing, the groove stays intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTime, Polarity, and Phase Alignment\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKick drums losing low-end weight. Snares thinning out. Transients smearing before the mix has even begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen drum tracks aren’t aligned in time and phase, you’re fighting the kit from the very first hit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrum Gate 2 precisely aligns your entire drum setup in both time and phase, locking the kit together so the foundation of your mix is solid from the start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eExternal Sidechain\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce transients are already mapped, there's no reason to detect them again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrum Gate 2 can be triggered via an external sidechain, following MIDI, trigger plugins, DAW markers or manual edits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery instance opens at the exact same moment, keeping multi-mic kits locked in time and phase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith timing handled upstream, Drum Gate 2 focuses purely on decay shaping and levelling, without disrupting your existing workflow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHit Clipper\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraditional clippers react unevenly to changing drum dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLoud hits get crushed while quieter hits slip through untouched.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrum Gate 2's Intelligent Leveller feeds the clipper the peak information, so each transient is clipped on its own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniform power, density, and clarity, even in dense mixes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonnox","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48458054926559,"sku":"SON-ODG2-UPG","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0016\/5173\/6636\/files\/match-view.png?v=1771421457","url":"https:\/\/pluginfox.com\/products\/sonnox-oxford-drum-gate-2-upgrade","provider":"PluginFox","version":"1.0","type":"link"}