Figure 2 If you are unsure of what a gate/expander is for and whether you need one, check out the tutorial video by Dan Worrall at the FabFilter website. We'll be using some still shots from the video as it is an excellent tutorial. There are five nicely tuned expander/gate algorithms, including upward expansion, as represented by the five styles in Figure 1. There are a selection of useful factory presets to get you started (Figure 2). Note that there are over two dozen presets for Drums alone! We'll get started with the classic noise gating. Figure 3 shows the cursor pointing to the noise that is mixing in with the guitar signal.
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