Noise gate in reverse

Dino

Let's say that the proposed solution does not work very well, the phase reversal does not cancel everything.

espiegel123

@Dino said:
Let's say that the proposed solution does not work very well, the phase reversal does not cancel everything.

Did you try the proposed solution of using an envelope follower?

richardyot

@Dino said:
Let's say that the proposed solution does not work very well, the phase reversal does not cancel everything.

Have you tried FabFilter Pro-G using the ducking mode? It's exactly what you are asking for: a noise gate that shuts off the signal once it passes a set threshold.

kidslow

@Dino said:
Let's say that the proposed solution does not work very well, the phase reversal does not cancel everything.

Not surprised. Thanks for the update. Do tell if any of the other proposed solutions get you there.

michael_m

@Dino said:

@kidslow said:
Clone your bus:
- Clone A goes to a Gate with a steep slope at your threshold, then invert phase.
- Clone B goes to an Upward Compressor at the same threshold.
Recombine Clone A + Clone B and above the threshold should null while below it will remain (and be boosted).

I don't know if this would work in practice, but it works in my mental model ... which could be seriously flawed

Complex but brilliant, today I try,

Thank you

The only other thing I would suggest is something to potentially delay the audio from either source before recombining, as it will only null if the two buses are exactly in sync, and processing them differently might introduce a delay in one or both. Probably something that would need to be manually tweaked.

mojozart

My name for what you're describing: self-ducking

Look at FabFilter Pro-G - https://www.fabfilter.com/help/pro-g/using/timecontrols