SONNOX OXFORD / Oxford Drum Gate 2 (Simplified Package)

SONNOX OXFORD Oxford Drum Gate 2 is a gate plugin that allows for high-precision separation of drum sounds and improves the uniformity of the level of each hit.

■ Plugin

■ Gate

■ Simplified Package Version

A simplified package containing a serial number will be delivered to your specified address. You will need to register the serial number on the manufacturer's website and download the installer.


Sonnox's flagship drum gate plugin, Oxford Drum Gate 2, the latest version, inherits the powerful features, sound quality, and intuitive workflow that the original Drum Gate was so highly regarded for, while adding the following new features:


• Time, Polarity, and Phase Alignment


• Improved Shell Type Classification Model


• New Adaptive Resonant Decay Algorithm


• External Sidechain Key Input


• Leveler Clipper


• Hit-Based Clipper



Complete Toolkit for Acoustic Drum Cleanup

Oxford Drum Gate 2 has evolved from simply a ""better drum gate"" to a comprehensive solution with everything you need to clean up multi-track drum recordings.


Improved Classification Model
Drum Gate 2 significantly improves drum hit detection, detecting Kick, Snare, Tom, and Hi-Hat with extremely high accuracy across diverse playing styles and recording environments.

Time, Polarity, and Phase Alignment
When recording drums with multiple microphones, such as top/bottom snare microphones, or using a combination of proximity and overhead/room microphones, phase misalignment is unavoidable.

Conventional alignment tools can produce flame artifacts (duplicates) due to excessive time shifting to achieve phase matching.

Drum Gate 2's Align tab uses an intelligent algorithm to improve:

• Tone

• Punch

• Clarity

while minimizing timing errors.

Furthermore, it provides:

• Automatic grouping by track name

• Visual feedback

• Stereo linking for overhead/room microphones


The Align tab is integrated into Drum Gate 2, eliminating the need for third-party tools. This significantly streamlines the workflow for multi-track drum mixes.

New Decay Algorithm
Oxford Drum Gate 2 features the Adaptive Resonant Decay algorithm, utilizing Claro-derived resonance detection. It preserves transients while separating the resonance decay of each hit from ambient bleed.

Controls

• Gain Reduction

• Decay

• High-Frequency Damping

• High/Low Cut of Resonant Band

This provides more natural and flexible results. A Standard mode is also available for users who prefer traditional behavior.

External Sidechain

External sidechain input supports audio and MIDI triggering.

Example Uses

• Beat-detected material

• Drum trigger recording

• Gate synchronization between multiple microphones

Three input modes are available.

• Internal (Detection of DG2 itself)

• External (Audio from another track)

• MIDI (Note On trigger)

Furthermore, the All Transients mode does not use a classification model and allows all transients above the threshold to pass through.

Leveller Clipper
The new Hit Clip feature evens out punch and clarity while improving clarity within the mix.

Normal Clipper

• Overprocesses strong hits

• Underprocesses weak hits

Drum Gate 2

By automatically calculating a ceiling value for each hit based on the post-leveler peak of each hit, it performs uniform transient processing without crushing dynamics.

* Individual adjustment of Soft Hits / Loud Hits

* Automatic makeup gain

■ New Features

* Time, polarity, and phase alignment via the Align tab

* Adaptive Resonant Decay with HF Damping

* External sidechain (Audio / MIDI)

* Hit-based dynamic clip calculation

* Claro-derived resonance detection

* Hi-Hat / All Transients / No Gating modes

* Please be sure to check the Plugin Operating Environment at the bottom of the distributor's website for operating environment details.