# Noise Gate in the Input block

**URL:** <https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/noise-gate-in-the-input-block/8569>\
**Category:** Quad Cortex\
**Created:** [October 23, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/noise-gate-in-the-input-block/8569 "2022-10-23T14:39:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![JonOrBattleship](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@JonOrBattleship](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/JonOrBattleship)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/noise-gate-in-the-input-block/8569/1 "2022-10-23T14:39:47Z")

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How close is the Input block’s noise gate to the adaptive gate? It seems pretty close to my ears.

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**Author:** ![brucegregori](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/brucegregori/32/3214_2.png) [@brucegregori](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/brucegregori)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/noise-gate-in-the-input-block/8569/2 "2022-10-23T16:41:55Z")

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Pretty much the same. I use the IN block most of the time and save resources.

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**Author:** ![JonOrBattleship](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@JonOrBattleship](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/JonOrBattleship)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/noise-gate-in-the-input-block/8569/3 "2022-10-23T17:07:31Z")

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That was why I brought it up. I’m working out all my song templates and I’m removing the Gate block for that one. Thanks Bruce! Your mention helped swing me in that direction. Doing it now as I type! 😃

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**Author:** ![brucegregori](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/brucegregori/32/3214_2.png) [@brucegregori](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/brucegregori)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/noise-gate-in-the-input-block/8569/4 "2022-10-23T23:28:31Z")

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Sure thing anytime.

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**Author:** ![HonestOpinion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/honestopinion/32/3398_2.png) [@HonestOpinion](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/HonestOpinion)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/noise-gate-in-the-input-block/8569/5 "2022-10-24T00:56:35Z")

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Maybe I don’t have my Input level dialed in correctly, but I am not fond of the gate on the Input block right now. Seems like even when the threshold is dialed in such that the gate should rarely to never be kicking in, it still kicks in relatively aggressively. Too much activity for the low setting. Anyone else experiencing this? If not, I will start looking at other possible causes.

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**Author:** ![brucegregori](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/brucegregori/32/3214_2.png) [@brucegregori](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/brucegregori)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/noise-gate-in-the-input-block/8569/6 "2022-10-24T10:57:03Z")

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Possible. If I use say a high gain amp and set a default gate at 30% it would pretty identical to the input block gate set the same. Maybe your amp settings are causing a different need. Mess around with it but I have found it very useable.

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**Author:** ![JonOrBattleship](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@JonOrBattleship](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/JonOrBattleship)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/noise-gate-in-the-input-block/8569/7 "2022-10-25T14:09:33Z")

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I’m finding that I need to crank the %age higher but it’s scene assignable so for things where it needs to be opened up like solos and melodic lines, it’s easily done. More tweaking but I’m finding once it’s locked in, I don’t need to change it much.