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Sonnox Oxford Drum Gate

Intelligent drum-hit detection

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4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
45 Reviews
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Description

FEATURES

  • Precise transient detection and intelligent drum-type matching to effortlessly separate the hits you want to keep from the spill you don't.
  • Create custom drum profiles to isolate unusual drum types or fix the occasional kick, snare, or tom mismatch.
  • Decay curve which adapts to the velocity of each drum hit, giving you consistent spill reduction on dynamic performances.
  • Spectral decay editor lets you preserve the resonance, ring, or rattle of each drum hit while quickly clamping down on the spill.
  • The leveller's dual target and amount controls let you improve level consistency without losing the contrast between loud hits and soft ghost notes.
  • Real-time MIDI output and MIDI file capture, for accurately triggering drum samples.

Have you, like us, become frustrated with the results of unreliable drum gating using traditional tools; chatter, misdetection, choked or lost ghost notes?

Are you tired of overly complex and manual workflows?

Then meet the new Oxford Drum Gate; it's swift and logical workflow solves these problems and delivers the fastest, most musical and transparent results available.

At the heart of the Drum Gate is intelligent drum-hit detection. First, the Plug-In detects them all with tailor-made transient detection. Then, you simply decide which ones to keep.

DETECTION
Need to reduce spill on a snare track in a dynamic mix of backbeats, ghost notes, and cross stick hits?

No problem! Just click the Snare button.

DECAY
Tired of fighting abrupt and un-musical gating? Do you want to keep the natural ring of toms and remove the spill around them?

Easy! Use Drum Gate's adaptive Decay section to quickly focus on the resonance of each tom, in real-time, according to the velocity of each detected hit.

LEVELLER
Wish you could improve the consistency of the drummer's performance?

Of course you do! Conform louder main hits and softer background articulations to two separately controlled target level ranges in the Leveller section.

MIDI
Want to augment/replace individual drums with samples and confidently retain the dynamics from the original performance?

Piece of cake! It's delivered by Drum Gate's hit detection and MIDI triggering functionality.

Tech Specs

Sonnox G5 licences

Plug-in Formats

  • 64-bit VST3 
  • 64-bit Audio Units
  • 64-bit AAX Native and AAX DSP
  • Legacy support for 32-bit AAX, VST, Audio Units, along with RTAS and TDM

macOS

  • 10.12 (Sierra) - 15 (Sequoia) - Intel and Apple Silicon-based Macs
  • Legacy support for macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) and earlier is available for selected plugins. (Toolbox Claro, ListenHub and Voca excluded)

Windows

  • Windows 10 and 11
  • Legacy Windows XP and 7 support is available for selected plugins.

Reviews

4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
Based on 45 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 41 Total 4 star reviews: 4 Total 3 star reviews: 0 Total 2 star reviews: 0 Total 1 star reviews: 0
100%would recommend this product
45 reviews
  • JD
    Juan D. P.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Aug 4, 2025
    True Drum Gate

    It is a pleasure to work with him. Works great.

  • MC
    Mark C.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Aug 3, 2025
    Solid

    Does an excellent job. I’ve always been a bit hesitant of SSL software (always rated their hardware) but this plugin does the job. SSL have obviously been improving their software algorithm’s as along with their channel strip plugins the quality has been improving steadily. Recommended.

  • FH
    Frank H.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Aug 3, 2025
    Great tool for drums

    Very easy to work and you will get great results.

  • SS
    Seamus S.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Aug 1, 2025
    So simple but effective

    This plugin gets the job done every time. Simple but effective!

  • SR
    Sebastian R.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Aug 1, 2025
    Time saver

    All you need for a perfectly balanced drum shots