Post by gravesnumber9 on Nov 20, 2024 10:22:04 GMT -6
I tried to find a thread on this but couldn't. It's been a thing discussed in many threads so I figured I'd post this for anyone with the same question I had about these two nice pieces of software. I own both now (thanks to another Sonnox/Oxford sale). I've used Silencer a lot, and I've had a chance to use Drum Gate on two songs.
To me the key difference is that what Oxford does is it recognized an entire hit based on the transient. Honestly I'm not really sure how Silencer works since it's a bit more of a black box, but I can very easily see that Oxford recognizes the waveform pattern of a given drum hit and then assumes that pattern follows a given transient.
What that allows you to do is to set the threshold right up to the edge of the transient and still get the entire hit.
It's a bit hard to explain but grab a demo of the plugin, it's really easy to understand how it works if you try it.
Going forward I'll probably use Silencer the way I would use Izotope Ozone products. Slap it on there and move on. I'll use Oxford Drum Gate for areas where I really want to make sure I "get it right" such as replacing drum hits or songs where the drums are a key/forward element.
Hope this helps someone looking for the same info I was!
To me the key difference is that what Oxford does is it recognized an entire hit based on the transient. Honestly I'm not really sure how Silencer works since it's a bit more of a black box, but I can very easily see that Oxford recognizes the waveform pattern of a given drum hit and then assumes that pattern follows a given transient.
What that allows you to do is to set the threshold right up to the edge of the transient and still get the entire hit.
It's a bit hard to explain but grab a demo of the plugin, it's really easy to understand how it works if you try it.
Going forward I'll probably use Silencer the way I would use Izotope Ozone products. Slap it on there and move on. I'll use Oxford Drum Gate for areas where I really want to make sure I "get it right" such as replacing drum hits or songs where the drums are a key/forward element.
Hope this helps someone looking for the same info I was!
