Summary

Oxford Drum Gate 2 is a noise gate plugin designed specifically for drums. It uses an intelligent drum detection engine to preserve ghost notes and reject bleed from other kit elements, providing clear and natural drum tracks. The plugin features adaptive decay, dynamic levelling, sample-accurate MIDI triggering, and one-click time and phase alignment across drum tracks.

Features

• Intelligent Drum Hit Detection distinguishing kicks, snares, hi-hats, and toms.
• Adaptive Decay that adjusts decay time according to hit velocity, maintaining natural drum resonance.
• Leveller to smooth out performance inconsistencies while preserving dynamics between louder hits and ghost notes.
• Export of isolated drum hits as MIDI with sample-accurate timing for perfect alignment with samples.
• One-click Time, Polarity, and Phase Alignment across multiple drum tracks to improve low-end weight and transient clarity.
• External Sidechain support to trigger gating without redundant transient detection, integrating with MIDI or DAW markers.
• Built-in Intelligent Hit Clipper that applies consistent clipping dynamically for punch and clarity.

Special Characteristics

This is not a threshold-based noise gate nor a general source separation tool, but a purpose-built drum detection system enabling precise gating without losing musicality. Its adaptive algorithms help maintain drum dynamics and timbre, reducing the need for manual automation and tedious editing.

Platform and Formats

Compatible plugin formats include AAX, AU, and VST3 for Mac and Windows operating systems.