Great job explaining something that I've always thought was complicated. After trying to play around with both, you've helped me quickly determine - expander is the way to go. Thank you!
nice tutorial bet noise gate and expander with your explanation i have to use expander. Beside i have my expander from the old amplifier but i dont know how it works.now i can use it better cause of my youtube editing , my electric fan receives a lot of noise i hope it eliminate using my expnder. thanks a lot for this topics.
THIS is the type of teachers we need. "If you 5ft, you aint getting in. If you 6ft, you coming in. That's how noise gate work ... now take ft to db and there you have it" BOOM, done to the point and learned within 3 minutes. Music class from 97, i'd still be trying to figure it out. I hated my teacher
Would have been good if you'd hit bypass on your expander to let us hear your aircon, freezer, daughters talking and wife calling for comparison. Nice explanations anyway. Thanks!
I have both the DBX 286s and the API Vision Channel Strip UAD plugin. The UAD plugin is actually giving me better background noise suppression AND audio quality than the DBX 286s hardware, any idea why?
Hey mate, great explanation! Really helped me understand the key differences between the two. What would you recommend between the dbx166xs, dbx266xs or the Behringer mdx2600? These 3 are all around the same price range where I live (Australia) so I would appreciate your advice. Cheers
Thanks for the feedback SchmauSy. Yes that is true but everyone doesn't have a DBX286s so I was speaking of Expanders and noise gates plugins for those who dont have the DBX286s.
This is just my opinion but plugins are secondary (just my opinion). It all depends on the user and what works best for them. Some will use plugins while others choose hardware. I find that for me plugins don't work well and do a thorough enough job than when I use hardware. Some users will use plugin as it is a lot cheaper to get free plugins compared to buying hardware. Like I said though it all depends on the user. I rather have hardware. Me using plugins compared to using hardware is like me going into the store and buying the Food Lion/Kroger/ShopRite/Harris Teeter brand of sugar flakes cereal instead of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.
@@StartToFinishPodcastingTV it's a different purpose. In live performance, the processing needs to be applied in real time. But when studio recording, you are better off recording the master "clean" -- without effects -- and adding effects in post/render. With decent preamps/converters, there is nothing you can't do better in post, unless your gain is too high and you are clipping.
@@mrtechie6810 I am now confused bro LOL. We were talking about using hardware vs plugins. Now you switched it up to the subject of recording with plugins vs recording without plugins. I guess I can address the "recording with vs recording without" plugins. The keyword you said in your last reply was "better off". The term "better off" is very subjective. Your "better off" may be different from someone else's "better off". What works for you may not work for the next person. I think you and I agree on the same thing but I may have not been clear in this video. When I talk about using hardware instead of plugins I didnt mean it in instances of prerecording. What I meant was that I prefer hardware when I am going live compare to using plugins. Now when recording a prerecorded podcast then it is best to record clean with no effects. I myself sometimes record with live processing applied to my live recordings because I have been in this game for a long time and know the exact settings I need to obtain good audio while others may not. If someone is more on the side of being a new podcaster then I strongly recommend that they record flat with no effects. However for a seasoned podcaster as myself I know more of what I am doing so applying effects (whether it is live recordings or prerecorded recordings) I get the same good results.
Great job explaining something that I've always thought was complicated. After trying to play around with both, you've helped me quickly determine - expander is the way to go. Thank you!
No problem Steve. Glad I could help!
This is the most descriptive explanation I've ever found despite reading many sites and watching a lot of videos on the topic of expander. Thanks!
Glad I could help Celsian!
Great! It is easier to understand than many experts.
Thank you so much for taking the time to fully explain the difference between a noise gate and an expander. Makha, from Senegal
Np problem Makha. Glad I could help.
Thanks for the wife tip!😂 they only want something when I’m doing something. Expanded.
Thank you so much your analogy and explanation really helped me!
Great man....all clear and simple...you are the best !!! Greatings from Italy ... ciao!!!
Thank you Flavio! I appreciate your support.
Great explanation! I've had random cut outs of my voice and I think it's cus of my noise gate so gonna work on doing the expander
Thank you GS!
@@StartToFinishPodcastingTV Thank YOU :)
Great explanation really helped me confirm that I'm better using the expander on my behringer mdx2600 than the questionable gate.
nice tutorial bet noise gate and expander with your explanation i have to use expander. Beside i have my expander from the old amplifier but i dont know how it works.now i can use it better cause of my youtube editing , my electric fan receives a lot of noise i hope it eliminate using my expnder. thanks a lot for this topics.
THIS is the type of teachers we need. "If you 5ft, you aint getting in. If you 6ft, you coming in. That's how noise gate work ... now take ft to db and there you have it" BOOM, done to the point and learned within 3 minutes. Music class from 97, i'd still be trying to figure it out. I hated my teacher
Would have been good if you'd hit bypass on your expander to let us hear your aircon, freezer, daughters talking and wife calling for comparison. Nice explanations anyway. Thanks!
Thank you
I have both the DBX 286s and the API Vision Channel Strip UAD plugin. The UAD plugin is actually giving me better background noise suppression AND audio quality than the DBX 286s hardware, any idea why?
Hey mate, great explanation! Really helped me understand the key differences between the two. What would you recommend between the dbx166xs, dbx266xs or the Behringer mdx2600? These 3 are all around the same price range where I live (Australia) so I would appreciate your advice. Cheers
Get a DBX286s instead of the three you suggested.
If it isn't live, you can just use a plugin.
Great explanation, you!
Thanks yo. Glad it helped you out.
I started with a noise gate and later changed to a downward expander instead.
Expander. :)
Nice explanation, but you have "DBX 286S Channel Strip" so normaly you don't use expander and gate in the DAW.
Thanks for the feedback SchmauSy. Yes that is true but everyone doesn't have a DBX286s so I was speaking of Expanders and noise gates plugins for those who dont have the DBX286s.
Unless you are performing live, better to just use a plugin.
Expander. And unless you are performing live, skip the hardware solution and just use a plugin!
This is just my opinion but plugins are secondary (just my opinion). It all depends on the user and what works best for them. Some will use plugins while others choose hardware. I find that for me plugins don't work well and do a thorough enough job than when I use hardware. Some users will use plugin as it is a lot cheaper to get free plugins compared to buying hardware. Like I said though it all depends on the user. I rather have hardware. Me using plugins compared to using hardware is like me going into the store and buying the Food Lion/Kroger/ShopRite/Harris Teeter brand of sugar flakes cereal instead of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.
@@StartToFinishPodcastingTV it's a different purpose. In live performance, the processing needs to be applied in real time.
But when studio recording, you are better off recording the master "clean" -- without effects -- and adding effects in post/render.
With decent preamps/converters, there is nothing you can't do better in post, unless your gain is too high and you are clipping.
@@mrtechie6810 I am now confused bro LOL. We were talking about using hardware vs plugins. Now you switched it up to the subject of recording with plugins vs recording without plugins. I guess I can address the "recording with vs recording without" plugins. The keyword you said in your last reply was "better off". The term "better off" is very subjective. Your "better off" may be different from someone else's "better off". What works for you may not work for the next person. I think you and I agree on the same thing but I may have not been clear in this video. When I talk about using hardware instead of plugins I didnt mean it in instances of prerecording. What I meant was that I prefer hardware when I am going live compare to using plugins. Now when recording a prerecorded podcast then it is best to record clean with no effects. I myself sometimes record with live processing applied to my live recordings because I have been in this game for a long time and know the exact settings I need to obtain good audio while others may not. If someone is more on the side of being a new podcaster then I strongly recommend that they record flat with no effects. However for a seasoned podcaster as myself I know more of what I am doing so applying effects (whether it is live recordings or prerecorded recordings) I get the same good results.