Noise gating in adobe audition 3??

[Artillakamr456]

first off i wanna kno is noise gating better than noise reduction persay? if socan someone explain to me how to use it becuase everytime i try it jus seems to make my vocals cut in and out,ive been tryin to figure this out for a minute,help would be appreciated

[brandondrury]

Noise reduction searches for noise and makes an attempt to cut it out even when an instrument is playing or a person is singing. I've never heard this sound good and I do not use it.

Noise gating cuts off the sound when it's below X threshold but if the audio crosses the threshold everything gets through including the noise. This is generally acceptable because it a person is singing with any volume you really shouldn't notice the noise too much.

The best option is neither of these. I go in and manually cut out all the silent parts. It only take a second and is faster than setting a gate that works well througout the song.

The turbo best option is to not record with noise in the first place, but that is dependent on gear, gain structure, etc.

Brandon