Noise Gate

Always wear connected headphones or earbuds while adjusting and monitoring your recording. On the main screen, tap the large microphone button to turn your mic on if it is muted.

Tap Settings—the gear in the top right—then Mic Effects. Scroll down to Noise Gate, below the EQ. The gate is off by default. Turn it on and speak at your normal volume.

The threshold is the level below which the gate turns the signal down. While you are not speaking, raise it just above the background noise in your room.

Stop and start talking. Test softer words as well as your normal speaking voice. If it cuts off quiet words, bring the threshold back down. Set it too low and the gate may not close.

The graph relates microphone input to processed output: horizontal position is the input level in dB; vertical position is the output level. Use it for feedback, but make the final decision with your ears. The right threshold depends on your microphone, voice, and room—not one universal number.

Ratio controls how much quieter sounds below the threshold become. Around 2:1 or 3:1 is a good starting point.

An excessive ratio can produce abrupt volume changes or an unnatural pumping effect. Aim for cleaner gaps without drawing attention to the processing.

Attack controls how quickly the gate opens and lets your voice through. Keep it short so consonants and the beginnings of words are not lost.

If a word starts late or loses its first sound, check that attack is not too slow and threshold is not too high.

Release controls how gently the volume comes down after you stop speaking. A release that is too short can cut the sound off abruptly.

Try a longer release if the ends of words disappear. Listen for a natural transition into the gap rather than a sudden cut.

At 0:50, the video plays the same spoken example with the same room-noise bed: first gate off, then gate on. Wear headphones and pay attention to the gaps before and after the voice.

This is an illustrative audio demonstration, not a recording of the app’s audio engine. Both versions use the identical source voice and noise; the second applies a gate. For your own recording, compare the switch off and on without changing your speaking level or microphone position.

A gate turns down noise when you are not speaking. It does not remove noise underneath your voice while you are talking.

Start somewhere quiet and use the gate only when you need it. In a quiet room, you may be able to leave it off. A concert or crowded bar can be too noisy for a gate to help much; it cannot replace a quieter location or good microphone placement.

Make a short test recording with your normal voice, softer words, and pauses. Check both the beginnings and endings of words before recording the full episode.