Man… I’m a mixing pro of 10+ years, a couple of platinum selling artists under my belt & I have to say this plug-in is a game changer. I have a hunch as to what’s going on under the hood and it’s very clever, especially to condense it down to essentially 3 knobs! Kudos bro. Instant purchase from me.
I started off as an electronic producer and I've always wished there was something like this so I could process my live drum tracks in that fully unrestricted way samples allow. I don't think I've ever been so hyped over a plugin in my life. Actual, true game changer
Silencer rocks as a drum gate obviously, but it's actually a great all around gate as well. Ive used it on guitars, particularly on single coils that get some interference, and this cleans that up very nicely. Also have used it in a live setting on vocals via Mainstage to cut down on cymbals in the vocal mics. There's some magic under the hood here.
Love that you show some action in sections the aren’t showcased normally. Like heavy crashes playin and stuff. This could be my next gate for sure. Let’s go 🚀🚀🚀
I’ve been really excited for this since the announcement! Every other drum gate I’ve tried is either too complicated or just not good enough. I’m not even going to demo it, just going to add to cart immediately.
Amazing! This will knock Oxford Drum Gate off it's throne. Signed Up for the wait list. Will be an instant purchase based off this video alone. Well done Jordan and the BSA team. I can't wait to try it out. Cheers from OZ :)
If this is fairly priced , this plug -in alone should make you a load of $$$. I know I'm going to get it. I'm an audio engineer who plays drums , and this has gotta be hands down the best gate I've ever heard.
Didn't even realize this was your company when I bought the plugin. I've tried many alternative bleed removal practices after DeBleeder stopped working for newer macs and this is the first one that actually got the job done. superb!
I'm new to the whole mixing/production world I've started this as a hobby having been a drummer for 35yrs and now finally have the ability to record at home. I appreciate my opinion may not carry much weight but I just got the trial for this and WOW! So simple to use, it's made such a huge difference to how my kit sounds on recording, the definition increase on the individual drums is so much clearer and it's so quick and easy to use.
Holy crap. This comes JUST in time as I was battling snare bleed while mixing some music for my band. Wondering what the price will be. Subscribed to the waitlist!
Duuuuude this is the BEST gate everrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im recording my bands practices in a 11x11 room and cymbals just bounce all over and this is just amazing anybody reading this go get it now
Well... from what I see, the ghost button is like bypassing the plugin. So, the process (and the time consumption) is similar to having the usual gate plugin and automating the bypass when the ghost notes occur. It's useful, but it's not a game changer, yet. It would be a game changer if the ghost button could recognize the ghost notes by itself, without the need for manual automations. That would truly revolutionize things. Perhaps it will be possible in future versions. By the way, it's a very cool plugin.
@@tutubeos Automating the bypass button of a plugin causes clicks and pops sometimes. I usually automate the threshold. It's way more convenient to have a button inside of the plugin.
My former go to:s were Drum Leveler, Smart:Gate and Multi Band Gate. Tried out Silencer last night and it's a winner since it sounds the most natural to me, is the fastest one to work with and the one that allows me to crank the treble knob on the snare drum mic the most before the hihat bleed pisses me off. A definite buy for me.
😮 Honestly this is a BIG WOW😮 it cleaned up the Drums without any artificial impacts on it and still retain the real signal, this is truly what it. Well done and thanks it, I'll give it a try. ❤👍
How did you time this so damn well? Literally just about to mix my band's EP and while our drummer is a beast and the tracks sound great, I can't resist stepping up to perfection!
A lot of plugins that are said to "change the way" you do anything, I find that they might be cool but aren't game changing. Silencer is the exception for sure. So crazy how effective and simple it is to use and automate. Definitely a go to to kill bleed on all my drums.
I thought "Game Changer" was clickbait. It may be an understatement. I used the trial on a mix that I was already really proud of and we spent a lot of time getting really good drum sounds at the source but because of cymbal bleed and it's just my standard workflow we loaded up the big phat sounding kick and snare samples. Well now I'm running it back with NO samples at all (I am sidechaining a sample into it as a trigger but it's turned down to zero) and I swear it sounds BETTER than the mix we sent for mastering! Immediately purchased it. I haven't bought a new plugin in years but this is literally a brand new type of tool. I wouldn't be surprised if we started hearing a lot more live drum mixes in general because of this. You may have saved rock n' roll 🤔
This is exactly what I've been needing. Awesome work. (Edit) Just got this plugin for 29 bucks! It's absolutely awesome! Works flawlessly I love it. Thank you BlackSalt and Jared:]
I would love to see u make a plugin for acoustic guitar processing. Eq, saturation, compression setting that are usually used. Maybe a three knob plugin. Just a thought.
Allright tested it for a few hours and I'm thoroughly impressed! Are there already existing options that would give me the same results? Absolutely, BUT. This took less than 5 seconds while I'd have to tweak those other options ror several minutes! Also since I have both trials active, I was wondering if I would choose this over Sonible smart filter.. And my conclusion? I need both! Chaining those 2 together is absolutely NUCLEAR on harder material like poorly mic'd toms, as they have different strenghts that actually complement each other. Basically, Sonible can separate specific kit pieces by learning the material, while Silencer has superior de-bleeding with a lot less tweaking time.
\,,/ - THIS RULES - please give my KUDOS + SALUTE for the posse behind this code devs \,,/ - I hope this will be not super pricey for us mortals - CONVINCING ASF \,,/
Sounds great! Being a bit of nerd, the only thing that bugs me is that I'm not exactly sure what's going on under-the-hood, but that seems to be part of the point here. The quick and easy result definitely speaks for itself... and I cannot perceive any fidelity loss with the de-bleed on tame settings. In other words, this is badass!
I'm 95% sure it's probably using a demixing machine learning model. This kind of stuff just isn't possible with just traditional signal processing, and machine learning has already been used for demixing with extremely good results (just see the release of the Beatles' Revolver as an example of this).
Seems like something better from the combination of sonnox gate and drumatom. I would be more than happy to try it! Good job and very simple interface!
Sounds great! Great job, ive been using this gate thats on a guitar amp/cab emulation for everything from vocals to drums because it just works lmaoo bypass the cab and amp and just use the gate, this sounds great!
I kind of like all the bleed from my drum mic's, but I can see the need to gate them for some stuff. For example, in my experience, the snare mic, alone, is not sufficient for representing the snare drum as a whole. I have written my own code for drum-sample replacement triggering. By definition, it gates the source. Worked perfectly.
Finally something fresh and not an emulation of a 100 year old gear, How do you compare this to Sonible gate? , thanks, I already sign up for the wait list.
sold. iv used so many different gates going back 20 years, most have almost worked quite well... until the next one which is way better comes along. i currently swing between fabfilters gate or multiband expander to manually dial in the debleed. or slates VMR which is a bit of a pain to be honest. i hope this is the new go to!
Snare bottom, it gated out all the cool ghost notes that I always try to keep. Without those ghost notes and vibe, it just sounds like programmed drums.
Ok wow... I was a bit skeptical about how this was any different than other similar options, and then you pressed the Ghost button! Where as this been all my life 😅? For reference I'm currently running an old project that was recorded in less than ideal conditions through Sonible's Smart Gate and while I'm getting results that are miles ahead of what I could do a few years ago, there is still a tiny bit of bleed on really loud sessions... I'm definitely checking this when it comes out!
Hey Jordan, great results with this plugin far. But having some display issues regarding the size of this plugin every time I open it. It's way to big. Reduces workflow having to downsize each time before use. Cubase 13. Windows 11.
bye bye money, but it'll be worth it. had a session the other week where the drummer was very dynamic and no matter how hard I tried when I used oxford gate or AIX DSP it was just too much of a pain to extract the best out of the ghost notes. I haven't sent him the session back yet so I'm signing up for that trial and am gonna apply it to this mix. deadline early october when he's retired BTW if you're wondering
Sounds great, looks great, good job! Funny, we should suddenly be spoilt for choices when it comes to intelligent gates like that. Sonibles smart:gate is equally capable (and more flexible, I guess). So let's see what the price point for Silencer will be ...
SILENCER is available now. Get it here: blacksaltaudio.com/silencer
You sell plugins that go against your recording philosophy. Money grab?
Man… I’m a mixing pro of 10+ years, a couple of platinum selling artists under my belt & I have to say this plug-in is a game changer. I have a hunch as to what’s going on under the hood and it’s very clever, especially to condense it down to essentially 3 knobs! Kudos bro. Instant purchase from me.
End of an era! Drum mixing is going to be at a whole other level now! Congrats guys!
I made it 30 seconds in before I paused, went downstairs to my PC, and bought it. Well done.
I started off as an electronic producer and I've always wished there was something like this so I could process my live drum tracks in that fully unrestricted way samples allow.
I don't think I've ever been so hyped over a plugin in my life. Actual, true game changer
Silencer rocks as a drum gate obviously, but it's actually a great all around gate as well. Ive used it on guitars, particularly on single coils that get some interference, and this cleans that up very nicely. Also have used it in a live setting on vocals via Mainstage to cut down on cymbals in the vocal mics. There's some magic under the hood here.
Absolutely massive Jordan! Kudos to you and the development team. I am using Low-Control and Escalator now, worth++ every $ spent :)
Would you consider doing a comparison between this and Sonible Smart Gate?
Watched the video. Downloaded the demo. Tried it for about 10 minutes. Bought it. No-brainer, it works.
Love that you show some action in sections the aren’t showcased normally.
Like heavy crashes playin and stuff. This could be my next gate for sure. Let’s go 🚀🚀🚀
Yes, I tried to show this with extreme processing on drums with lots of bleed to show just how far you can take it.
Can't wait to try it! :) @@hardcoremusicstudio
I’ve been really excited for this since the announcement! Every other drum gate I’ve tried is either too complicated or just not good enough. I’m not even going to demo it, just going to add to cart immediately.
Amazing! This will knock Oxford Drum Gate off it's throne. Signed Up for the wait list. Will be an instant purchase based off this video alone. Well done Jordan and the BSA team. I can't wait to try it out. Cheers from OZ :)
I bought it and can't believe how good it is! Truly a game changer! Thank you!
Had to go back and revisit some mixes I struggled with a few years back because of bad cymbal bleed. Worked like a champ! Thx!
I bought this today. Used it. LOVE it. You have a gold mine here my friend. And your price is right. Hands down BEST gate EVER for drums.
If this is fairly priced , this plug -in alone should make you a load of $$$. I know I'm going to get it. I'm an audio engineer who plays drums , and this has gotta be hands down the best gate I've ever heard.
Heck yeah man! You'll love it. Price will not be an issue
@@hardcoremusicstudio I'll definitely buy it if the price is right.
I agree. If it is priced right I will buy it for sure.
@@hardcoremusicstudio compatibility for older Mac operating systems would be awesome too:]
Didn't even realize this was your company when I bought the plugin. I've tried many alternative bleed removal practices after DeBleeder stopped working for newer macs and this is the first one that actually got the job done. superb!
I'm new to the whole mixing/production world I've started this as a hobby having been a drummer for 35yrs and now finally have the ability to record at home. I appreciate my opinion may not carry much weight but I just got the trial for this and WOW! So simple to use, it's made such a huge difference to how my kit sounds on recording, the definition increase on the individual drums is so much clearer and it's so quick and easy to use.
This is absolutely insane. Complete level up in drum treatment.
Looking forward to seeing how it compares with the Sonnox Drum Gate I already own. Looks easy to use and sounds great though!
Been excited about this from the teasers, and this is exactly what I need!
My favorite producer now making plugins. This is awesome! Can't wait to get this!!!
Welcome to the style...see 2023 ain't so bad. Especially with "Ghost" in town! Purchasing now. Thanks Jordan!
Holy crap. This comes JUST in time as I was battling snare bleed while mixing some music for my band. Wondering what the price will be. Subscribed to the waitlist!
just bought the full version today as my trial ended. realised i couldnt live without it!
The dream gate comes true!!! It's a game changer.... We will save a lot of time editing and mixing drums with Silencer!! Thank BSA!!!!!! 😍
Duuuuude this is the BEST gate everrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im recording my bands practices in a 11x11 room and cymbals just bounce all over and this is just amazing anybody reading this go get it now
The ghost button is a game changer! No more copying ghost notes to a separate track 😅
Yeah, that's absolutely awesome!
Well... from what I see, the ghost button is like bypassing the plugin. So, the process (and the time consumption) is similar to having the usual gate plugin and automating the bypass when the ghost notes occur. It's useful, but it's not a game changer, yet. It would be a game changer if the ghost button could recognize the ghost notes by itself, without the need for manual automations. That would truly revolutionize things. Perhaps it will be possible in future versions. By the way, it's a very cool plugin.
@@tutubeos Automating the bypass button of a plugin causes clicks and pops sometimes. I usually automate the threshold. It's way more convenient to have a button inside of the plugin.
just in time for Halloween 👻
@@mrcoatsworth429 yep, it’s convenient, not a game changer
My former go to:s were Drum Leveler, Smart:Gate and Multi Band Gate. Tried out Silencer last night and it's a winner since it sounds the most natural to me, is the fastest one to work with and the one that allows me to crank the treble knob on the snare drum mic the most before the hihat bleed pisses me off. A definite buy for me.
😮 Honestly this is a BIG WOW😮 it cleaned up the Drums without any artificial impacts on it and still retain the real signal, this is truly what it. Well done and thanks it, I'll give it a try. ❤👍
How did you time this so damn well? Literally just about to mix my band's EP and while our drummer is a beast and the tracks sound great, I can't resist stepping up to perfection!
A lot of plugins that are said to "change the way" you do anything, I find that they might be cool but aren't game changing. Silencer is the exception for sure. So crazy how effective and simple it is to use and automate. Definitely a go to to kill bleed on all my drums.
The ghost note button is a great idea.
I’ve been happy with Drum leveller, but this looks like it is worth getting.
Works really well! Never liked any gate until now. Amazing!
Just bought the Silencer and Escalator! I'm excited to put them to work
I thought "Game Changer" was clickbait. It may be an understatement. I used the trial on a mix that I was already really proud of and we spent a lot of time getting really good drum sounds at the source but because of cymbal bleed and it's just my standard workflow we loaded up the big phat sounding kick and snare samples. Well now I'm running it back with NO samples at all (I am sidechaining a sample into it as a trigger but it's turned down to zero) and I swear it sounds BETTER than the mix we sent for mastering! Immediately purchased it. I haven't bought a new plugin in years but this is literally a brand new type of tool. I wouldn't be surprised if we started hearing a lot more live drum mixes in general because of this. You may have saved rock n' roll 🤔
That’s the best thing I could hear. Thanks man!
yes. it is THAT great!
BSA are killing it. Low control and escalator are go to’s for me. Looking forward to this gate.
Awesome plugin, definitely a step up from other gates I have used in the past. Design looks really good too!
This is exactly what I've been needing. Awesome work. (Edit)
Just got this plugin for 29 bucks! It's absolutely awesome! Works flawlessly I love it. Thank you BlackSalt and Jared:]
looking forward to trying this and I'll review it over on my channel
YES! Congrats, this gate is sick!
It works flawless as a guitar noise gate to! great work on that
Bought it yesterday and love it!
It is awesome, thank you Jordan and the Devs behind the scenes.
Awesome! Buying this NOW.
Holy crap! I spent an hour or two yesterday editing out kick sounds in my snare & snare hits in my kick! Lol
The snare sounds identical to the one on face down by red jumpsuit apparatus. Always loved the drum mixing on that one
BSA have done it again. Another incredible plugin. I don't tend to mix live drums, but if I did, I would purchase without any hesitation 👍
Absolute game changer!!!! Can not wait Jordan!!
Okay, just got my mind blown after you showed the ghost button. That would have come SO handy for my latest mixing job! So cool!
Just tried it out, will def be buying this! works great!
I would love to see u make a plugin for acoustic guitar processing. Eq, saturation, compression setting that are usually used. Maybe a three knob plugin. Just a thought.
Allright tested it for a few hours and I'm thoroughly impressed! Are there already existing options that would give me the same results? Absolutely, BUT. This took less than 5 seconds while I'd have to tweak those other options ror several minutes!
Also since I have both trials active, I was wondering if I would choose this over Sonible smart filter.. And my conclusion? I need both! Chaining those 2 together is absolutely NUCLEAR on harder material like poorly mic'd toms, as they have different strenghts that actually complement each other. Basically, Sonible can separate specific kit pieces by learning the material, while Silencer has superior de-bleeding with a lot less tweaking time.
Well wee needed this sooner! But better late than never I guess. Looking forward to trying it out. This is very useful indeed!
Yeah man - that's sick. Buying right now!
\,,/ - THIS RULES - please give my KUDOS + SALUTE for the posse behind this code devs \,,/ - I hope this will be not super pricey for us mortals - CONVINCING ASF \,,/
shoutout to Hayley at BSA for being super helpful with my issue. A+ customer service. Thanks guys!
Very nice! I'm assuming there's not much need for this if all your drums are coming from a plugin right?
This looks AMAZING... Can't wait for the drop!
Sounds great! Being a bit of nerd, the only thing that bugs me is that I'm not exactly sure what's going on under-the-hood, but that seems to be part of the point here. The quick and easy result definitely speaks for itself... and I cannot perceive any fidelity loss with the de-bleed on tame settings. In other words, this is badass!
I'm 95% sure it's probably using a demixing machine learning model. This kind of stuff just isn't possible with just traditional signal processing, and machine learning has already been used for demixing with extremely good results (just see the release of the Beatles' Revolver as an example of this).
Definitely excited for this one
Seems like something better from the combination of sonnox gate and drumatom. I would be more than happy to try it! Good job and very simple interface!
Sounds great! Great job, ive been using this gate thats on a guitar amp/cab emulation for everything from vocals to drums because it just works lmaoo bypass the cab and amp and just use the gate, this sounds great!
Duuuuude!
Bye Saturn, sayonara Pro-MB 👋
Seems like you got inspired after the live with Nolly 😄
Looking forward to try this thing out!
I have been using the wilkinson plugin! Looking forward to silencer 👌🏻
Great timing! Been on a lookout for a new Debleeder🤘
I kind of like all the bleed from my drum mic's, but I can see the need to gate them for some stuff. For example, in my experience, the snare mic, alone, is not sufficient for representing the snare drum as a whole. I have written my own code for drum-sample replacement triggering. By definition, it gates the source. Worked perfectly.
This looks pretty rad
Wow that’s incredible!! I haven’t heard anything like this before.
Those drums are smacking!!!
The built in gate in Slate Trigger is really good too.
Finally something fresh and not an emulation of a 100 year old gear, How do you compare this to Sonible gate? , thanks, I already sign up for the wait list.
i use this as gate in my guitars it works very well
Dude this is absolutely amazing. Picking this up immediately
Ghost notes! I can’t wait man!!
This plugin seems great dude! Congrats!
This is insane! I'm buying it as soon as it drops! 🔥
This sounds insane! Great job!
Powerful plugin!
Awesome! Excited to check it out!
sold. iv used so many different gates going back 20 years, most have almost worked quite well... until the next one which is way better comes along. i currently swing between fabfilters gate or multiband expander to manually dial in the debleed. or slates VMR which is a bit of a pain to be honest. i hope this is the new go to!
Snare bottom, it gated out all the cool ghost notes that I always try to keep. Without those ghost notes and vibe, it just sounds like programmed drums.
Ok wow... I was a bit skeptical about how this was any different than other similar options, and then you pressed the Ghost button! Where as this been all my life 😅?
For reference I'm currently running an old project that was recorded in less than ideal conditions through Sonible's Smart Gate and while I'm getting results that are miles ahead of what I could do a few years ago, there is still a tiny bit of bleed on really loud sessions... I'm definitely checking this when it comes out!
Seem a very nice plugin, but maybe Sonible is a little less hassle regarding those ghostnotes
Awesome Plugin !!
Does "ghost note" do more than bypass? If so, what?
What exactly is the "de-bleed" control doing?
If this competes with Sonnox drum gate, I'll definitely demo it
Can't wait to test this out. The ghostnote and sidechain workflow this has is making me think it'll replace the Sonnox gate for me.
Hey Jordan, great results with this plugin far. But having some display issues regarding the size of this plugin every time I open it. It's way to big. Reduces workflow having to downsize each time before use. Cubase 13. Windows 11.
Great plug!! What was the saturation plug your using?
bye bye money, but it'll be worth it. had a session the other week where the drummer was very dynamic and no matter how hard I tried when I used oxford gate or AIX DSP it was just too much of a pain to extract the best out of the ghost notes. I haven't sent him the session back yet so I'm signing up for that trial and am gonna apply it to this mix. deadline early october when he's retired BTW if you're wondering
Just yesterday I realized my toolkit was lacking something this easy and effective to use for this purpose.
Wow! Just wow!!!
Insane. Its so good so its hard to believe 😮🎉😅
Thanks for the awesome review and the recommendation!
THIS IS INSANEEEEE!
looks great. i am not mixing anymore, but ill bookmark this for if i ever start again 😅
Sounds great, looks great, good job! Funny, we should suddenly be spoilt for choices when it comes to intelligent gates like that. Sonibles smart:gate is equally capable (and more flexible, I guess). So let's see what the price point for Silencer will be ...
Yes, from what I see here, Sonible might be better on the ghostnotes.
This is going to be a game changet
I just buy the plugin, it's crazy !
This is gonna be a gamechanger! I will get this as soon as i can ;)