What platforms does Renegate support?

Renegate is available on Windows, macOS, Linux.

What is Renegate best for?

Renegate is best for noise gate for cleaning recordings (field recordings, room noise between takes), gating drums and percussion (tightening snare, removing cymbal bleed), removing bleed between sources (multi-mic setups, live recording cleanup), cleaning dialogue and voiceover (gating silence between phrases), tightening up loose recordings (removing low-level noise floor).

Renegate (Free Gate)

Name: Renegate
Author: Auburn Sounds

by Auburn Sounds · Free Plugins

Radically simplified gating powered by a 43-band psychoacoustic model under the hood. Program-dependent hysteresis, built-in look-ahead, and auto-release make it effortless.

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What it does

A free gate plugin from Auburn Sounds. Clean, modern noise gate with intuitive controls. Threshold, attack, hold, release, and range — all the standard gate parameters but well-implemented. The UI shows the gate activity clearly so you can see exactly when it opens and closes.

What makes Renegate nice is the smoothness. Some gates click or pop when they open/close too fast, but this one handles transitions cleanly. Good for cleaning up noisy recordings, gating drums, or removing bleed between sources.

Why it's useful for game dev

Useful for cleaning up field recordings and dialogue. Gate out background noise between phrases, or clean up room tone from voiceover takes. The smooth gating means no clicks or pops at the gate transitions, which is important for game audio that might loop or be triggered repeatedly.

Pros

+Free with professional-quality gating
+Smooth gate transitions — no clicks
+Clear visual feedback of gate activity
+All standard gate parameters included
+Cross-platform including Linux

Cons

−Just a gate — no expander mode
−No sidechain filtering
−Basic feature set compared to premium gates

Use Cases

Best suited for

•Noise gate for cleaning recordings (field recordings, room noise between takes)
•Gating drums and percussion (tightening snare, removing cymbal bleed)
•Removing bleed between sources (multi-mic setups, live recording cleanup)
•Cleaning dialogue and voiceover (gating silence between phrases)
•Tightening up loose recordings (removing low-level noise floor)

Less suitable for

•Gentle expansion or ducking — this is a hard gate only
•Frequency-selective gating with sidechain filtering
•Complex dynamics processing — pair it with a compressor for that

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