Audio Noise Gate
Silence the background hiss between words. Adjustable threshold for speech, vocals and instruments.
Drop your audio file here
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Mutes audio that falls below the threshold — keeps the timing intact.
Anything quieter than this is muted. -45 dB is safe for most voice recordings; lower if hiss still bleeds through.
How aggressively material below threshold is reduced. 9:1 is firm; 20:1 is essentially a hard mute.
About this noise gate
A noise gate mutes the audio whenever it falls below a threshold you set — leaving the loud parts untouched. The result is clean silence between phrases instead of a constant fan / room / hiss bed.
Different from the silence remover, which deletes the silent sections entirely. A gate keeps the timing intact and only mutes — useful when you want the gaps to stay but the noise floor to disappear.
How to apply a noise gate
- 01
Drop in audio
MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, M4A and other formats are accepted.
- 02
Set the threshold
Anything quieter than this gets muted. -45 dB is a safe voice setting.
- 03
Render and download
The gated file is rendered and offered as a download.
Why use a noise gate
- Cleans up the silence between words without changing the timing
- Adjustable threshold and ratio
- Output keeps the same format as the input
- Free, private, no install
- No watermark, no signup, no length cap
- Useful for podcasts, voice-overs, instrument tracks and live recordings
Noise gate FAQ
Gate vs silence remover — what's the difference?
A gate mutes the quiet sections; a silence remover deletes them. Use a gate when timing matters (talking-head video sync); use silence remover to tighten a long monologue.
What's a good threshold?
Most home recordings sit around -50 to -55 dB when silent and around -25 to -15 dB when the speaker is talking. -45 dB is safe; -40 dB is more aggressive.
Will it cut into words?
Only if the threshold is too high. If the start of words gets clipped, lower the threshold by a few dB.
Will the audio be re-encoded?
Yes — gating requires re-encoding. The output uses the same format as the input at a sensible quality default.
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