Sonnox Oxford Drum Gate 2 Native

Sonnox Oxford Drum Gate 2 Native

Sonnox Oxford Drum Gate 2 Native features significant advancements in drum hit detection, to provide the most accurate detection of Kick, Snare, Tom and Hi Hats across a wide range of playing styles and recording scenarios.

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Description

Oxford Drum Gate 2 builds on the powerful feature set, sound quality, and intuitive workflow that first set Drum Gate apart, with the addition of time, polarity and phase alignment, improved shell-type classification models, a new adaptive resonant decay algorithm, external sidechain key input, a leveller clipper, per-hit clipper and an overhauled UI.

Oxford Drum Gate 2 introduces a revolutionary Adaptive Resonant Decay algorithm that leverages Claro-derived resonance detection to separate the resonant decay of each drum hit from the surrounding spill, all while leaving transients intact.

With independent control over Gain Reduction, Decay, High-Frequency Damping and High and Low cutoffs for the resonant region, users achieve more natural sounding results with greater flexibility than ever before. For users who enjoyed Oxford Drum Gate 1’s behaviour, Standard mode remains available, offering a choice between the cutting-edge adaptive processing and the familiar Oxford Drum Gate sound.

External sidechain input expands Drum Gate 2’s versatility by supporting both audio and MIDI triggering. This is invaluable when working with recordings that have already been beat-detected, recorded with drum triggers, or when gating needs to be synchronised across multiple mic channels.

Three input modes provide complete flexibility: Internal (DG2’s own detection), External (audio sidechain from another track or audio key spikes), and MIDI (triggered by Note On messages with selectable channel and note). A dedicated “All Transients” mode passes all transients above the threshold, without using the classification models.

Features

• Time, polarity, and phase alignment with the new Align tab
• Adaptive Resonant Decay algorithm with HF Damping parameter
• External sidechain input (audio and MIDI)
• Hit Clip with per-hit dynamic ceiling calculation
• Claro-derived resonance detection for natural decay
• New Hi-Hat, All Transients and No Gating detection modes
• More accurate drum type classification (Kick, Snare, Toms)
• Enhanced transient detection with reduced false triggers
• Overhauled user interface adds a modern look, clearer communication and a faster workflow
• Industry-leading sound quality and detection performance
• Intuitive workflow
• MIDI export for detected hits
• Learn/Remove functionality
• Split Threshold for dynamic levelling control

Tech Specs

macOS

macOS 11.0 or higher

Intel i7 CPU or Apple Silicon M1 or higher

8GB of RAM

Windows

Windows 10 or higher

Intel i7 CPU

8GB of RAM

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