Noise Gates vs Noise Reduction - Which is Better?

Noisy recordings can be very frustrating and often I see people reaching for a 'noise gate' plugin to fix this problem. Unfortunately, this doesn't often give the results you want.

In this video, I hope to clear up some confusion about noise gates and noise reduction. It seems many people think that noise gates reduce the noise in recordings but this simply isn't the case. Learn how to reduce and remove noise to improve your recordings with this simple technique :)

Noise Reduction video:
The software I am using in this video is called Izotope RX 7, however this is purely to show the waveforms and background noise.


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