The Noise Gate Built for Drums

Traditional noise gates often fall short when it comes to drums. Misfired gates, choked hits, lost ghost notes, and excess spill leave your drums flat and lifeless—or worse, force you to replace them with samples.

Oxford Drum Gate changes the game. It intelligently isolates drum hits, reduces spill, and preserves the natural resonance of your kit—no more misdetections or unnatural gating—just clean, tight, and powerful drum sounds.

Whether you’re controlling bleed on a live kit or refining drum loops, Drum Gate delivers authentic, natural, and precise results every time.

Features

• Intelligent Drum Hit Detection - Say goodbye to ineffective threshold-based gating. - Oxford Drum Gate uses intelligent hit detection to isolate kicks, snares, and toms—even in complex performances. Click to select which drums you want to process, and let the plugin do the rest. - Want to keep delicate ghost notes or cross-stick hits on a snare track while eliminating spill? Drum Gate handles it with accuracy and ease.
• Adaptive Drum Decay for Natural Resonance - Traditional gates often choke off a drum’s natural ring, leaving hits sounding flat. - Drum Gate solves this with its Adaptive Decay feature, which adjusts the decay dynamically based on each drum hit’s velocity. - This allows your drums to maintain their natural resonance while the gate clamps down on unwanted spill — tight control without sacrificing tone.
• Drum Leveller for Consistent Hits - Inconsistent drum hits can make balancing your mix tricky. - The Drum Leveller gives you precise control over the dynamics, smoothing out performance variations without killing the contrast between loud hits and softer ghost notes. - Maintain natural dynamics while evening out your drummer’s performance for a tighter, cleaner sound.
• Fast & Accurate MIDI Drum Replacement - Drum Gate makes it easy—export the isolated drum hits as MIDI directly to your DAW, perfectly aligned and with all the original dynamics intact. - Whether you’re augmenting or replacing, Drum Gate gives you complete flexibility without compromising the feel of the performance.