Noise Gate - AHR
Lesson 32 from: Music Production in Logic Pro X: Vocal Mixing EssentialsTomas George
Noise Gate - AHR
Lesson 32 from: Music Production in Logic Pro X: Vocal Mixing EssentialsTomas George
Lesson Info
32. Noise Gate - AHR
Lessons
Introduction and Welcome to this Class
00:52 2Project Organization
09:47 3Faders and Panning
11:13 4Flex Pitch - Vocals
05:18 5Flex Time - Vocals
03:05 6Editing Studio Drums
09:29 7Song Mix Deconstruct - Mixing Drum Kit Designer
08:04 8Mixing Files
01:50Tips to Start a Mix
02:11 10Mixing vs Mastering
02:19 11Introduction to Mixing with Logic Pro's Audio Effects
00:47 12Channel Strip and Routing - Part 1
04:39 13Channel Strip - Part 2
07:00 14Bussed Effects
11:25 15Gain Staging Audio Tracks and Pre Fader Metering
11:44 16Gain Staging Software Tracks
03:45 17Mixing with Channel EQ
19:57 18Mixing Vocals with Compressor - Part 1
08:25 19Mixing Vocals with Compressor - Part 2
06:44 20Compressor Circuit Types
13:07 21Compression - Distortion and Limiting
10:47 22Sidechain Compression
06:37 23Compression - Part 5 (Glue)
02:52 24DeEsser
12:03 25Multipressor - Part 1
09:31 26Multipressor - Part 2 (DeEss)
06:11 27Multipressor - Expander
07:33 28Dynamics Wrap up
09:05 29Compression with Flex Pitch
04:49 30Exciter
05:03 31Noise Gate
04:14 32Noise Gate - AHR
07:16 33Noise Gate - Hysteresis
02:07 34Chorus
06:04 35Introduction to Automation
09:44 36Touch Automation
03:46 37Trim-Touch Automation
05:28 38Relative Touch Automation
04:34 39Automation Curve Tool
04:09 40SilverVerb - Part 1
18:11 41SilverVerb Modulation
02:57 42Sample Delay and HAAS Effect
05:29 43Delay - Echo
09:35 44Stereo Delay - Part 1
14:25 45Stereo Delay - Part 2
04:00 46Stereo Delay - Part 3
08:24 47Tape Delay - Part 1
13:29 48Tape Delay - Part 2
05:07 49Thanks and Bye
00:07Lesson Info
Noise Gate - AHR
Hi. In this video, we're going to explore how to use attack, hold and release times to refine the way the noise gate behaves on a signal. So right now I've got the noise gate reducing the noise on the signal. So when the signal exceeds the threshold, the gate is open and when it falls below the threshold minus four DP, as determined by the hysterics, the gate will close again. The wind rushes past my face and through my hair for the briefest of moments, I feel like I'm flying. Ok. So what I'm noticing there is that when the gate closes, it feels a bit abrupt and that might cut through the recording, it might cut through the mix a little bit. So it can be quite good to soften it up a bit. And we're gonna use the release for that. The wind rushes past my face and through my hair for the briefest. Ok. So the release is definitely a bit softer. Let's do really long one to see what it sounds like. The wind rushes past my face and through my hair. OK. So that softened the blow on the uh gate...
closing there the wind rushes past, but it's still a little bit aggressive on the attack. So let's turn that up a bit. So this is the gate opening. Let's turn it up a bit more, turn it up, way up. The wind rushes past my face and through my hair for the, ok. So when it's at zero, it's quite abrupt. No, the wind rushes past my face and through my hair for the briefest of moments, I feel like I'm flying. I see the tops of trees, the start of leaves, the curvature of the earth. Now, I see how this works. You're the feather, I'm the hammer with bodies with binding energy. There's nothing quite like you and me. OK? So that's fine. But there are moments when the noise floor just seems to stay. But the abrupt differences in between some noise floor and zero noise floor a little bit softer. Now, having a moving noise floor sometimes is actually worse than just having a consistent noise floor. So that's kind of a battle that you kind of have to have in the mix and you have to decide whether a consistent noise floor is the better of two problems because it's actually a lot easier for the brain to ignore a consistent noise floor if it's low in volume enough. But it's much easier sometimes for it to notice a moving noise floor. So you kind of have to refine everything such as the reduction amount. The attack and release. But what we're going to explore now is the whole time. So the whole time when the gate is open, what is the minimum amount of time that it will hold it open for? So when the gate opens, it won't close again until at least 40 milliseconds has passed and that the threshold has crossed underneath the threshold and the hysteresis level as well. So right now that's at 40. What we're actually gonna do is because I think it's lingering a little bit after some of the notes that he sings. I'm gonna bring it down to 20. The wind rushes past my face and through my hair for the briefest of moments, I feel like I'm flying. I see the tops of trees, the start of leaves, the curvature of the earth. Now I see how this works. You're the feather. I'm the he OK. I think the attack is still actually a bit long. The wind rushes past my face and through my hair for the briefest of moments, I feel like I'm flying. Ok. So at that moment there, I would have hoped for the gate to close. So let's zoom into it moments. I feel like I'm flying. So here, why isn't the gate closing flying? Maybe the hysteresis level is too low. So it's waiting until four DB below the threshold to close again. So let's do three flying flying. OK. So it's not a hysteresis level flying. Maybe I need to refine the threshold. Flying, flying. There we go. Flying, flying, flying. Ok. I'm very happy with how that feels. Let's see what that sounds like across the take the wind rushes. Pam great. And it's not opening and closing on those little sort of sounds that his mouth is making before he sings. The wind rushes past my face and through my hair. For the briefest of moments, I feel like I'm flying. See the tops of trees, the start of leaves, the curvature of the earth. Now I see how this was. You're the f great. So that's how you can use all of the features including attack, hold release and refinement of threshold and hysteresis to find the best noise gate setting for the vocal performance. Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next video.
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