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Episode: 0546 – Noise-Gates and Ducking
Description: 2022.06.30 – 0546 – Noise-Gates and DuckingNoise gating controls the loudness at which a sound will be picked up or recorded. If it’s too low a level, it simply will not be allowed to pass through the ‘gate’, which stops background noise such as traffic sounds from being heard. It’s what’s used in Automatic Level Control systems that we looked at earlier. Ducking controls the volume of one sound compared to another, so say a your mic channel takes  precedence over that of a guest or music. Ducking won’t eliminate the other sound but it allow...