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Noise gate
A noise gate reduces or closes a signal when it falls below a chosen level.
Level relevance: introduced at Nat 5; tagged for every later level where the same concept remains useful.
Explanation
Noise gates can reduce spill, hiss, hum, or unwanted background sound between wanted notes or phrases. Settings such as threshold, attack, hold, and release affect how natural the result sounds.
Topics
DynamicsProcessingNoise
Curriculum statusofficial concept
Review statusdraft
Sources
- National 5 Music Technology course specification, May 2023, version 3.0 · accessed 2026-07-08
Used for National 5 technology skills, technology concepts, and music concepts.