Bob Perry Audio
Bob Perry Gate
Bob Perry Gate is a free noise gate plugin offering three distinct algorithms and optional real sidechaining with an easy-to-use graphical interface and gain reduction metering.
VST2Gates & de-essers
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Free plugins: Gates & de-essers
Browse 9 reviewed free gates & de-essers plugins for Windows, with compatibility, formats, interface previews, and installation details.
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Saschart
easyGater
easyGater is a sequenced gater VST2 plugin by Saschart that modulates audio volume with 32 programmable steps, including triplet and dotted synchronization.
VST2Gates & de-essers
Low Wave Studios
Cymbal Killer
Cymbal Killer is a free 2-band gate designed specifically for drums, allowing separate envelope control for low-frequency sustain and high-frequency attack to shape cymbal sounds.
VST2Dynamics
Oli Larkin
Chopper
Chopper by Oli Larkin is a pattern controlled gate effect for Windows that can widen stereo sounds by delaying the right channel or using flipflop panning on gate triggers.
VST2Gates & de-essers
Audio Damage
BigSeq2
BigSeq2 by Audio Damage is a free multi-effect gate and sequencer featuring 12 sequencers controlling 10 effects across six effect blocks. It offers versatile sequencing from short gate patterns to evolving filter sweeps and frequency shifts.
VST2Multi-effects
Rewired Records
SideKick2
SideKick2 is a free sidechain effect plugin for Windows that also creates trance gate effects and volume automations using editable shape graphs.
VST2Dynamics
Simple Media
Silkworm
Silkworm is a SuperSaw style analogue synth featuring a gate sequencer, delay unit, and versatile filter, modulation, and dynamic controls.
VST2Synths
Nembrini Audio
Analog Rack Noise Gate
Analog Rack Noise Gate is a simple and effective noise gate plugin by Nembrini Audio, optimized for guitar and bass tones.
VST2Gates & de-essers
A1AUDIO.de
A1TriggerGate
A1TriggerGate is a sequenced gate effect plugin that chops incoming audio by syncing to your host tempo, ideal for electronic music production.
VST2Filters
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