SSA Plugins aXGate
Ambisonic Noise Gate Plugin
aXGate is an ambisonic gate and downward expander specifically designed to control the dynamics of ambisonic signals without damaging their delicate spatial balance.
aXGate has all of the parameters for a standard noise gate.
Simply use it exactly as you would with a stereo gate.
Easy to Use
Tame the dynamics of your ambisonic recordings and mixes just like you would when working with stereo.
aXGate is an ambisonic gate with the settings you already know.
Gain Reduction Display
Shows the amount of gain reduction applied over time.
The range can be adjusted by right clicking and selecting a new range.
Ambisonic Order Detection
Processing automatically matches the order of the input signal to optimize CPU usage when working with lower order signals, no need to manually select your ambisonic order.
Features
- Input gain - boost or cut the input gain.
- Output make-up gain - adjust the output level to compensate for a reduction in overall level due to the gate/expander.
- Threshold - the threshold level below which the gate/expander will act.
- Ratio - controls the amount of gain reduction applied when signals go above the Threshold.
- Knee width - control how smoothly the gate goes from close to open as signal level increases. Zero knee width is a hard knee.
- Attack time - the time in milliseconds for the gate to become fully open once the signal goes below the Threshold.
- Release time - the time in milliseconds for the gate to stop acting on the signal once it rises above the Threshold.
- RMS or peak detection - control whether it is the signals peak or average levels that are used to determine if the level is above the Threshold.
Process High Resolution Tenth-Order Ambisonics
aXGate can process any order up to tenth-order Ambisonics, letting you work with the highest spatial resolution currently available*.
*Currently only possible in Reaper 7+ which allows for tracks with up to 128 channels.
Other DAWs are limited to seventh-order (Pro Tools Ultimate) or third-order (e.g. Cubase).
Input/Output Formats
- Input: Any Ambisonic channel format with the W channel on the first input
- Output: The same as the input
aXGate applies the noise gate/expansion while preserving the spatial relationship between all of the sounds in your immersive scene.
System Requirements
- MacOS 10.13 High Sierra and above
- Windows 10 and above (64-bit only)
- Intel, AMD, or Apple Silicon CPU
Plugin Formats
AAX Native and VST3