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Gate

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Gate

The Gate menu tab affords you access to the integrated Surround Gate.

Sited immediately post reverb in the signal chain, it processes the effect

signal only—the direct or dry signal remains unaffected.

The gate analyzes an input signal via something called a side chain input,

and allows the signal to pass only when it exceeds a speciﬁc threshold level.

You can tap into the W5’s side chain signal at three locations—immedi-

ately after the input, after the Surround delay, and after the reverb. It is al-

ways the reverb’s effect signal that is gated. What’s more, the effect signal

is gated according to an envelope’s attack, hold and release times.

You can use the gate for both HDIR or AIR reverbs.

The ﬁve L, C, R, Ls and Rs input signals are blended before they are sent to

the side chain input. This is why the gate opens and closes in sync for all

ﬁve Surround channels. The gate responds differently depending on the

selected side chain signal:

❖ Input: In this case, the dry input signal is analyzed. Because the dry sig-

nal is not extended or washed out by the reverb, the gate’s analysis is far

more precise and a suitable threshold value is easy to dial in. Signals

sent from the delay are not analyzed, but they are gated along with the

dry signal.

❖ Delay: This mode takes delay signals into account. The gate analyzes the

dry input signal and the added delay. The gate will not close until the

delay’s echo falls below the threshold level.

❖ Reverb: Only the reverb signal is analyzed, which indirectly includes all

pre reverb signals. It is much more difﬁcult to dial in a suitable thresh-

old setting because the reverb extends and washes out input and delay

signals.

Use the latter mode for a more transparent mix: It you set the threshold to −60 dB, the

reverb is faded out almost imperceptibly, which makes the mix more transparent be-

cause the reverb signal’s ﬁnal few hundred milliseconds are cut out of the sonic pic-

ture.

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