Free Gate
by Venn Audio · Gate · Noise gate
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Free Gate is the noise gate in Venn Audio's Free Suite.
It is part of Venn Audio's Free Suite (VST3, AU, AAX for Windows, Mac and Linux) and is free.
Best for: Vocals, Drums, Guitars. Genres: all genres.
Keywords: free, drums, mixing, AAX, downward expansion, Linux, resizable UI, single-band, tight, vocals.
What it does
Free Gate is the noise gate of Venn Audio's Free Suite, added in version 1.5. Bedroom Producers Blog describes it as "an all-purpose noise gate" for cutting noise and spill between notes or hits.
- Gating: mutes the signal when it falls below a threshold, to clean up noisy recordings or tighten drums.
- New in 1.5: it arrived with Free Strip, Free Reverb and Free Generator in the July 2026 update.
- Light and resizable: the developer calls the suite "performant, light weight, resizeable, zero fuss", and every window can be resized.
- Rebuilt in 1.5: version 1.5 rewrote the back end of the whole suite to improve performance and stability.
- Part of a set: it shares its look with the other Free Suite plugins (compressor, EQ, channel strip, clipper, delay and more), aimed at mixing a track fully with free tools.
Free Suite is at version 1.5.7 and is free. The sources do not list its individual controls.
Source: Venn Audio product page
When to use it
Free Gate is the better pick for basic, no-cost gating that matches the rest of the Free Suite. Compared with Pro-G, it has no documented sidechain filtering or detailed display, and compared with smart:gate it has no automatic, source-aware detection. Unlike DeBleed:Drums, it does not try to remove bleed while a hit is still sounding; it simply opens and closes. For cleaning hum between phrases or shortening toms, that may be all you need.
- Best for: cutting noise, hum and spill between phrases or hits on a zero budget.
- Genres: any; especially home recordings and drum tracks.
- Look elsewhere if: you need detailed drum gating, sidechain filtering or expansion; Pro-G or Oxford Drum Gate 2.
Where to buy
- Venn Audio: Free
Tutorials and reviews
- 9 New FREE VST Plugins For Mixing (Venn Audio) - Free Suite (Eq, Comp, Delay, Meter, Clipper & More)
- Free Suite - free audio plugin bundle!
- Venn Audio Free Suite is a free plugin bundle
- We checked out the Free Suite from Venn Audio - Nov 17 2023 Stream Highlights
- Free Suite da Venn Audio - Um Pacote Completo de Plugins Gratuitos com EQ Digital, Compressor e mais
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