A dynamic gate with side-chain filtering and lookahead. In addition to being a traditional gate, the plug-in has many other features which are invaluable to the sound engineer and not found on conventional noise gates.

fx:gate features a tuneable Peak Punch mode that makes it possible to add transient punch to frequencies lacking in individual sounds, adding greater definition and presence to the gated signal. Using the variable high pass and low pass side chain filters enables you to perform "frequency conscious" gating. The gate can also be switched from Gating to Ducking mode for removal of clicks and pops.

The plug-in has a visual envelope display that lets you see the current Attack, Hold, Release and Lookahead settings, and three LEDs that continually indicate the gates status.

It can of course function as a standard dynamic noise gate, which quite simply gates (or blocks) signals whose amplitude lies below a certain threshold, and lets other signals through.