Okay I just bought it. I've been using Oxford Drum Gate recently and the Fabfilter one for years. They both destroy the sound regardless of the tweaking. I got better gating and a way more natural sound with the Silencer in about 5 seconds of using it. Awesome.
Absolutely the best drum gate I've used so far. The bleed feature works even when you set the threshold low. Automating the "ghost feature" is easy but isn't always necessary because it reduces bleed so much even when you just set it and forget it. It has already saved me tons of time.
Great video as ever Chris. 3/4 through an album mix prep and think it's time to try this on the remaining songs. Bought via your link. Thanks once again.
Just purchased. Honest „first reaction“ feedback 1) I find it a bit counterintuitive. Neutron Gate , you throw it on a channel , raise the threshold and it immediately works like a Gate. Silencer only works if I select a Preset? 2) Don`t know if it only in Mac environment with Live but in Live 11 and Ventura I don’t see a Bypass On-Off switch? 3) If I deactivate the Plugin using Abletons button , when I reactivate it I need to choose a preset again cause even though its reactivated it seems to „forget“ what it was doing before Deactivate-Reactivate . Other than that it looks good
Sounds pretty good. I'll have to test it against Slate drum gate, it seems to be doing basically the same thing, but with Slate you have to manually set filters to target different drums.
Okay, this is wicked cool. I've been doing stuff with a combination of MDrumLeveler and poltergate and I still can't get these kinds of results and there's sometimes a weird "sucking" sound on the snare with how the HH comes in at the worst moment. Silencer is definitely going to be a keeper and I smiled all throughout the video since this will make my life easier. Thank you Chris!!! :)
Amazing results. Chris - you mentioned that you had already done some eq and compression on the individual drum tracks before applying the gate plug-in. What are the trade offs of that approach vice using this gate first in the processing chain and then doing eq and compression? Thanks!
If you EQ before gate, you give the gate an easier time picking out the frequencies you want to allow. The compressor before the gate then makes it harder for the gate. With very badly recorded drums, gates need some help.
Just bought this. Seems kind of buggy on my system running Cubase 12 Pro on Win 10. GUI lags when moving anything or trying to resize. Also stalls the channel meters when open.
I use Drawmer hardware gates and I love those, in Reaper I use Unfiltered Audio G8 Gate which I like a lot too. Gates can really be amazing sound shaping instruments 👌🏼
Yes, totally. I did it this way on purpose for this video to push it through the plug-in to show how effective this Gate is even after adding EQ/Compression
Same here. No email with trial download, tried a few times with 2 different emails and nothing🤷🏻♂Seems it's working fine for most so I don't know. Just might buy it anyway for $29
Hmmm. Thinking outside the box, this might work well on some of those string libraries that are great except for being overly drenched in reverb actually. Could actually give plugins like Deverberate a run for the money.
I watched Jordan's video the other day when he first introduced this. Talk about a game changer. This is a BIG deal. And for that price it's a no brainer.
Great plug in. Just one question...seems that you used kick preset for tom. Was that for purpose and different gating or accidently? Sound great eather.
I'm always saying that accidents and mistakes can make great things 🙂. Btw I like your tutorials and reviews very much. I am a pro and know a lot about Cubase use, but always find interesting tips in your videos. Thank you man.
You reckon its better than drum leveller? I use drum leveller daily and of course it does a lot more than what you're showing here - but certainly DL can be used to reduce this kind of bleed... just wondering!
I actually never tried Drum Leveler. Silencer focuses on doing one thing, and it does amazingly well, and way cheaper than DL, which I assume DL can do more stuff. I would say, try the Silencer Demo, and let me know how it goes :-)
@@mixdownonline Yeah i just tried it on some drums (metal song so lots of open hats and heavy crash work) and im very impressed i have to say. Default setting simply works without much messing around. Quite a bit better than the Wilkinson Debleeder i think actually, and easier to use. Great job! Thanks for highlighting, ill definitely buy...!
Smart Gate blows this out of the water! To each their own but I don’t know why I would need this with Smart Gate and Oxford Drum Gate available. Particularly Smart Gate. I’ve never used gates so much since the release of Smart Gate it’s phenomenal!
I have SG also, and it's for sure a very good Gate, and works on more sources than drums, but not in the same price range. It's actually a very good Vocal Gate I have to say. But for drums, and to be honest, Silencer is super fast to get what I want...SG doesn't give me such a clean result unless I start dialing in the settings to find the sweet spot, and even then, I still don't get as full of a snare sound with SG. But yes, like you say, if you already have SG, and ODG, you probably don't need anything else.
I haven't used Smart Gate myself, but Silencer is definitely more up my alley, because it is so simple. Smart Gate has sooo many features that I just don't need. I love that Silencer is just three knobs and that's it. It does what I need it to do perfectly within seconds. And again, I don't know Smart Gate well (just from a few videos), but it doesn't seem to gate the snare as cleanly as Silencer. If it can, I'd need way longer to set it just right, and that's just not what I want to spend my time on. I'm sure it does many other things really well, but Silencer is what I've been looking for.
Yeah, not really a fair comparison since they're in waaay different price brackets. Silencer is way better bang for your buck imo, particularly for getting great results immediately.
Salut Chris ! Je parie que tu étais au show de Metallica à Mtl le 11 Août ? On te vois sur les vidéos! Est-ce que c'était toi? Merci et lâche pas excellent travail ! 🤘🤘
Get a message to your buddy - after struggling to get through the website and struggling to make the purchase, purchase went through, only to be canceled hours later.
HI. I understand they are your friends, but actually Smart Gate (I compared both) is a lot better and more acurate and efficient! And I am sure that´s not news for you. I downloaded the demo and not interestedv as I already have Smart Gate and Sonnox´s Drum Gate ( that actually is not as good as both Smart Gate and Silencer).
This is really bad review. The example you chose is really simple you could do this with a bunch of other tools there is no reason whatsoever to chose this plug in specifically . You didn't show us why is it special against lets say JST tominator. Or better, sound radix drum leveler ? This video is lazy and you are underestimating your followers
@@chiefrebelangel817 In the beginning he clearly states his new secret weapon, and merely so. I"m sure his post would have mentioned a review of the plugin I would think.
It seems that my promise about not having more paid or free plugins for a while will be broken twice today. In our MCC today it was pointed out about Isol8 and a couple of minutes later I watch this video.
Okay I just bought it. I've been using Oxford Drum Gate recently and the Fabfilter one for years. They both destroy the sound regardless of the tweaking. I got better gating and a way more natural sound with the Silencer in about 5 seconds of using it. Awesome.
Absolutely the best drum gate I've used so far. The bleed feature works even when you set the threshold low. Automating the "ghost feature" is easy but isn't always necessary because it reduces bleed so much even when you just set it and forget it. It has already saved me tons of time.
Purchased yesterday.
This debleeder is just fantastic.
Thanks so much for sharing Chris !
You're welcome, and thanks for watching
I listened to it in my studio headphones and Im not sure Ive heard any gate quite like that before! It sounded super clean and crisp!
Very impressive! Thanks for your feedback!
I bought this when it first came out. Hands down the best drum gate. Jordan has got a gold mine here.
Great video as ever Chris. 3/4 through an album mix prep and think it's time to try this on the remaining songs. Bought via your link. Thanks once again.
I have now even used this on room mics and could not believe that it was able to remove cymbal sounds from the track. That was amazing to me
I need to try this! Thanks!
Just purchased. Honest „first reaction“ feedback
1) I find it a bit counterintuitive. Neutron Gate , you throw it on a channel , raise the threshold and it immediately works like a Gate. Silencer only works if I select a Preset?
2) Don`t know if it only in Mac environment with Live but in Live 11 and Ventura I don’t see a Bypass On-Off switch?
3) If I deactivate the Plugin using Abletons button , when I reactivate it I need to choose a preset again cause even though its reactivated it seems to „forget“ what it was doing before Deactivate-Reactivate .
Other than that it looks good
Sounds pretty good. I'll have to test it against Slate drum gate, it seems to be doing basically the same thing, but with Slate you have to manually set filters to target different drums.
Bought yesterday & LOVE it! I use to manually cut the bleed out of each track! 😭
Okay, this is wicked cool. I've been doing stuff with a combination of MDrumLeveler and poltergate and I still can't get these kinds of results and there's sometimes a weird "sucking" sound on the snare with how the HH comes in at the worst moment. Silencer is definitely going to be a keeper and I smiled all throughout the video since this will make my life easier.
Thank you Chris!!! :)
Amazing results. Chris - you mentioned that you had already done some eq and compression on the individual drum tracks before applying the gate plug-in. What are the trade offs of that approach vice using this gate first in the processing chain and then doing eq and compression? Thanks!
I put the gate after processing to test it out and push it hard for this video. I usually gate my drums before processing :-)
If you EQ before gate, you give the gate an easier time picking out the frequencies you want to allow. The compressor before the gate then makes it harder for the gate. With very badly recorded drums, gates need some help.
Very interested, although support page says Pro Tools 10.3.5 - 2020. I'm on PT 2023.
Just bought this. Seems kind of buggy on my system running Cubase 12 Pro on Win 10. GUI lags when moving anything or trying to resize. Also stalls the channel meters when open.
I use Drawmer hardware gates and I love those, in Reaper I use Unfiltered Audio G8 Gate which I like a lot too. Gates can really be amazing sound shaping instruments 👌🏼
Very nice! Thanks for watching :-)
Can you use this in live audio?
wouldn't you put this plug in before the eq and compression? Same as how I would do it with Sound Radix Auto Align?
Yes, totally. I did it this way on purpose for this video to push it through the plug-in to show how effective this Gate is even after adding EQ/Compression
Hi Chris I hope you are doing well, does cubase 12 pro has return to start position in preferences?
Thank you Chris for the '' SILENCER '' Saving time.
For sure!
anyone else having trouble getting the demo? I get no email follow through. I was already signed up for the advance as well.
Same here. No email with trial download, tried a few times with 2 different emails and nothing🤷🏻♂Seems it's working fine for most so I don't know. Just might buy it anyway for $29
best gate I'VE EVER SEEN . THANKS . SIR .
For sure!
It is really awesome! Great workflow improvement!
That's great!
Do a comparison with this, the new Sonible gate and of course Sonnox gate…..that would be very educational……
I could, I have SG, but not Sonnox yet. That could be a good video!
@@mixdownonline I think so too, 3 different concepts for one function, results would be interesting
Hmmm. Thinking outside the box, this might work well on some of those string libraries that are great except for being overly drenched in reverb actually. Could actually give plugins like Deverberate a run for the money.
Maybe, but it was designed for live drums though
I have this it is great.
I watched Jordan's video the other day when he first introduced this. Talk about a game changer. This is a BIG deal. And for that price it's a no brainer.
Definately a no brainer
I've already got it and it is amazing 😵
Good to know! Thanks for watching!
Cool stuff thanks Chris 👍
Any time!
Many thanks master...I'm from Madagascar
This is awesome.. Using it right now
Oh yeah!
Awesome! cheers Chris.
Thanks for watching!
Great plug in. Just one question...seems that you used kick preset for tom. Was that for purpose and different gating or accidently? Sound great eather.
Oh man, that was totally accidently, didn't notice this one... I guess it did the job either way... Lol
I'm always saying that accidents and mistakes can make great things 🙂. Btw I like your tutorials and reviews very much. I am a pro and know a lot about Cubase use, but always find interesting tips in your videos. Thank you man.
Thanks Selim 👍 👍 got it 👊
My pleasure!
You reckon its better than drum leveller? I use drum leveller daily and of course it does a lot more than what you're showing here - but certainly DL can be used to reduce this kind of bleed... just wondering!
I actually never tried Drum Leveler. Silencer focuses on doing one thing, and it does amazingly well, and way cheaper than DL, which I assume DL can do more stuff. I would say, try the Silencer Demo, and let me know how it goes :-)
@@mixdownonline Yeah i just tried it on some drums (metal song so lots of open hats and heavy crash work) and im very impressed i have to say. Default setting simply works without much messing around. Quite a bit better than the Wilkinson Debleeder i think actually, and easier to use. Great job! Thanks for highlighting, ill definitely buy...!
Smart Gate blows this out of the water! To each their own but I don’t know why I would need this with Smart Gate and Oxford Drum Gate available. Particularly Smart Gate. I’ve never used gates so much since the release of Smart Gate it’s phenomenal!
I have SG also, and it's for sure a very good Gate, and works on more sources than drums, but not in the same price range. It's actually a very good Vocal Gate I have to say. But for drums, and to be honest, Silencer is super fast to get what I want...SG doesn't give me such a clean result unless I start dialing in the settings to find the sweet spot, and even then, I still don't get as full of a snare sound with SG. But yes, like you say, if you already have SG, and ODG, you probably don't need anything else.
I haven't used Smart Gate myself, but Silencer is definitely more up my alley, because it is so simple. Smart Gate has sooo many features that I just don't need. I love that Silencer is just three knobs and that's it. It does what I need it to do perfectly within seconds. And again, I don't know Smart Gate well (just from a few videos), but it doesn't seem to gate the snare as cleanly as Silencer. If it can, I'd need way longer to set it just right, and that's just not what I want to spend my time on. I'm sure it does many other things really well, but Silencer is what I've been looking for.
Totaly agree!
I mean I also find Smart Gate so much better, cleaner and acurate than Silencer!
Yeah, not really a fair comparison since they're in waaay different price brackets. Silencer is way better bang for your buck imo, particularly for getting great results immediately.
Merci Thanks Chris.
You are welcome!
Salut Chris ! Je parie que tu étais au show de Metallica à Mtl le 11 Août ? On te vois sur les vidéos! Est-ce que c'était toi? Merci et lâche pas excellent travail ! 🤘🤘
Lol, I wish, mais non, je suis à Calgary maintenant. Je dois avoir un jumeau à Montréal 😎
Oh! Lol mais si tu as deux minutes regarde Leper Messiah à Mtl le 11 août c'est clair que tu as un jumeaux ! Ahaha
This could have gone a step further by adding generate MIDI note function as well for use with drum samples
Im trying to buy the plugin but the price that appear is 34.36€ . You talk in 29dolars so in euros it suposed to be even less ...
Black salt audio make the best plugins nowadays...escalator , low control, telofi...all amazing
I need to try their other plugins
Get a message to your buddy - after struggling to get through the website and struggling to make the purchase, purchase went through, only to be canceled hours later.
Finally the replacement of Debleeder!
This is very serious
Glad you think so :-)
And transient killer 😂
HI. I understand they are your friends, but actually Smart Gate (I compared both) is a lot better and more acurate and efficient! And I am sure that´s not news for you. I downloaded the demo and not interestedv as I already have Smart Gate and Sonnox´s Drum Gate ( that actually is not as good as both Smart Gate and Silencer).
wow! - this could(would even kill sonibles gate... i am trying out soon! - Thanks Chris!
Let me know how it goes!
I just got this plugin and it is the S(*&^,
Enjoy
It creates latency and is unusable.
This is really bad review. The example you chose is really simple you could do this with a bunch of other tools there is no reason whatsoever to chose this plug in specifically . You didn't show us why is it special against lets say JST tominator. Or better, sound radix drum leveler ? This video is lazy and you are underestimating your followers
Dude, he's running it through audio as a plugin not a competition. OH BOY
@Tru-Luv-is-2-Giv its not a competition but it's a really bad lazy review.
@@chiefrebelangel817 In the beginning he clearly states his new secret weapon, and merely so. I"m sure his post would have mentioned a review of the plugin I would think.
It seems that my promise about not having more paid or free plugins for a while will be broken twice today. In our MCC today it was pointed out about Isol8 and a couple of minutes later I watch this video.
Lol, sorry about that!
Hi Chris I hope you are doing well, does cubase 12 pro has return to start position in preferences?
Hi. Yes it does! Take care.