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1.9 Dynamic Processing

Gate Controls Explorer

Drag a cable from the floating box to a coloured zone below the image to learn what that control does.

Ableton Live Gate effect interface showing threshold, return, attack, hold, release, floor, and sidechain controls
ASidechain
BReturn
CThreshold
DAttack
EHold
FRelease
GFloor
Advanced
Foundation

What you learned

  • Identify each control on a gate interface by name and location
  • Explain the function of threshold, return, attack, hold, release and floor
  • Describe how each control affects the gated signal
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