Silencer

Where cymbals go to die

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Change the way
you mix drums

Cymbal bleed is the enemy of great drum mixes. Traditional gates can only help so much before the gating itself becomes obvious. Silencer is the ultimate solution, eliminating cymbal bleed while preserving the integrity of your original sound.

It's not just a gate... it will forever change the way you mix drums.

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Kick
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Features

More than just a gate

Unlike a traditional gate that simply reduces volume, Silencer incorporates a transparent & musical sounding gate with an advanced de-bleeding circuit. This allows you to kill all of the nasty high-frequency bleed while preserving the attack, tone and body of the original sound.

Get 2X more from your drums

For decades, mixers have had to rely on samples and compromise their live drum mixes because of bleed. With Silencer, all that nasty bleed will disappear - so go ahead and crank that EQ, saturation and compression twice as much as before. It's so good that your live drum tracks will sound as clean as drum samples.

Intuitive controls, extreme precision

With dedicated processing for Snare Top, Snare Bottom, Kick and Toms, Silencer intelligently filters out other parts of the kit to avoid mis-triggers. Its true lookahead means the transients you want always get through undamaged. The visualizer and simplified interface allow you to dial in your de-bleeded drum track in seconds.

How it works

Hover over an action node to learn more about Silencer

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A simple and easy-to-see threshold control that works hand-in-hand with the visualizer.

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Our gating and debleeding algorithm is fine-tuned and optimized for Snare top & bottom, kick and toms.

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Differentiates true hits from bleed so you can isolate the shells from the cymbals with extreme precision.

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This controls the amount of attenuation when the gate is closed.

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This defines the length of the sustain or ‘ring’ you want to hear on each hit (think ‘release’ and ‘sustain’ on traditional gates)

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Automate this button on/off to easily allow ghost notes through when needed.

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Tweak the amount of high-frequency de-bleeding that occurs in Silencer’s de-bleeding circuit. This is the magic knob!

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Engage side-chain mode to trigger the gate from another bus, while getting all of the tone & debleeding benefits of Silencer.

What others
are saying

"Silencer is one of the best and most intuitive drum gates I've ever used. I highly recommend it. Great work BSA!"

Andy Sneap

Killswitch Engage, Dream Theatre, Fear Factory

"Silencer solves problems engineers have been searching to resolve for a long time. It's a tool that's versatile and will yield better drum mixes for novices and experts."

Michael H. Brauer

Dream Theater, Coldplay, Aerosmith

"I used to get into fist fights with drummers over their cymbal placement. .. Now I just use Silencer"

Josh Shroeder

Striker, Lorna Shore, The Color Morale

Get it + all plugins
with the Artist Pass

Annual

$99 / per year

What you will get

  • All plugins
  • Future updates
  • Any new plugins released
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Monthly

$12 / per month

What you will get

  • All plugins
  • Future updates
  • Any new plugins released

Key Features

  • Unique De-Bleed circuitry, absent in conventional gates, allows precise and natural gating across the frequency spectrum.
  • Multiple predefined drum modes, ensure instant adaptability to any audio material.
  • The DeBleed circuit is meticulously tuned by ear, delivering a natural high-end sound that blends seamlessly into any mix.
  • The mode-dependent lookahead behavior ensures that no transient snap or attack goes unnoticed.
  • Fine-tuned Gate Decay curve allows for gated drums that decay naturally at any length.
  • Ghost Note toggle for easy automation, allowing ghost notes to pass through even when below the threshold.
  • Precise Waveform Visualizer that provides a clear visual context for setting the Gating Threshold per Mode, allow for quick mix decisions.
  • Sidechain Support so the plugin can react based on inputs from various sidechain sources, unlocking a world of flexibility and creative mixing potential.
  • User-adjustable Reduction amount to either mute gated material entirely or blend it in to achieve the desired sound.

System Requirements

Mac OS X 10.15 or higher

64 bit compatible

Windows 10

At least 200 MB of free drive space

DAW Support

AAX, AU, VST3 versions

64 bit compatible

Ableton Live 9.2.2+ / 10.1 (Mac & PC: AU, VST3)

Bitwig 1.3.9 + (Mac & PC: AU, VST3)

Cubase 8 + (Mac & PC: VS3T)

Digital Performer 8 + (Mac & PC: AU, VST3)

FL Studio 12 + (PC: VST3)

Garageband 10+ (AU)

Logic Pro 9+ (Mac: AU)

Native Instruments Maschine 2.4 + (Mac & PC: AU, VST3)

Pro Tools 12+ (Mac & PC: AAX)

Presonus Studio One 3.2.2 (Mac and PC: AU, and VST3)

Reaper v6.28 (Mac and PC: AU, VST3)

Cakewalk by BandLab 2021.04 (Build 175, 64 bit) (PC: VST3)

Product Manual

Download the product manual for Silencer here.

Perpetual license

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Own Silencer forever with a one-time purchase.

$99