The easiest way to keep background noise out of your stream. Basic Noise Gate mutes your mic signal when you're not speaking, so your audience hears silence instead of background hum, hiss, and room tone.

What it does for you:

• Silences background noise when you're not speaking

• Opens instantly and naturally when you talk — no clipping, no artifacts

• Three one-click presets (Gentle, Moderate, Aggressive) get you dialed in fast

• Real-time visual meter shows exactly what the gate is doing

Under the hood:

• Threshold, Attack, Hold, Release, and Suppress controls for full tuning

• Sidechain high-pass filter cuts low-end rumble from the detector for tighter response

• 2ms lookahead prevents click artifacts at gate open

• Sidechain listen mode lets you hear exactly what the gate hears

• RMS-based detection for smooth, musical gating

Pro tip: Start with the Moderate preset, then drag the threshold on the meter until the gate stays closed during silence but opens cleanly when you speak.

Initial release