See Why the Pros Are Switching to Oxford Drum Gate 2

It’s been just under a week since we released Oxford Drum Gate 2, and the response from the audio community has been incredible.

We designed V2 to be much more than just a standard noise gate. With the addition of automatic Polarity & Phase Alignment, Adaptive Decay, and the new Leveler, the goal was to give you a complete, intelligent toolkit for your drum bus.

But you don't have to take our word for it. We handed Drum Gate 2 over to some of the industry’s top engineers and educators. Here is what happened when they put it to the test on real, messy, multi-mic drum recordings.

"Ridiculously Good" – Warren Huart (Produce Like A Pro)

Warren Huart knows exactly what it takes to get drums to cut through a dense, heavy rock mix. In this video, he tests Drum Gate 2 on a massive track from The Last Internationale.

Watch what happens when he lets the intelligent detection and alignment engine do its thing automatically. If you struggle with sloppy low-end or getting your kick and snare to punch through walls of guitars, Warren’s reaction says it all.

"It's going to make drum mixing really, really super easy... It's making the punch of it so great without all of the sloppiness."

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Taming Extreme Cymbal Bleed with MixbusTv

Need a deeper look under the hood? David from MixbusTv intentionally feeds Drum Gate 2 an absolute nightmare of a drum recording to see if it can handle extreme cymbal bleed.

Watch how he uses the new Adaptive Decay algorithm to salvage a hi-hat mic that is swimming in snare and tom bleed, and see exactly how the new Phase Alignment tab enhances the punch and low-end without smearing transients or losing the natural 3D depth of the room mics.

The 12-Minute Workflow Masterclass (Spinlight Studio)

Short on time? If you want to see the fastest path from raw, out-of-phase drums to a tight, mix-ready foundation, this is the video for you.

Spinlight Studio provides a fast-paced, punchy overview of the entire plugin. You’ll get a great look at how to quickly use the new Leveler to even out inconsistent ghost notes, and how to use the MIDI capture feature to seamlessly blend in your favorite drum samples.

"The First Drum Gate I Actually Want to Use" (Tidalwave Studio)

Patrick Damiani admits he usually avoids drum gates because they can choke the life out of a performance. But after testing Drum Gate 2, he called it the "Swiss Army Knife of drum editing."

Watch his deep dive to see a brilliant trick for using the new Leveler to actually enhance snare ghost notes, and discover why the built-in Hit Clipper is the secret to getting your drums louder without destroying your mix bus limiter.

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Whether you are upgrading from V1 or trying it for the very first time, there is no better way to understand Drum Gate 2 than to load it into your own DAW.

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