BREATH CONTROL

Controls

• Threshold−70 to 0 dB — Level (RMS-style, dBFS) below which the signal is treated as breath or noise and turned down; above it the voice passes at full level.
• Attack1 to 50 ms — How fast the gain returns to unity when the voice comes back above Threshold.
• Release20 to 1000 ms — How fast the gain moves down to Range once the level falls below Threshold.
• Range−24 to 0 dB — How much quieter breaths get: the gain applied while the level is below Threshold.

Best uses

• Turning down breaths between vocal phrases
• Softening low-level noise in voice-over takes
• Quick cleanup of podcast dialogue
• Gentle alternative to a hard gate on vocals

Properties

Input → stereo-linked level detector (max of L/R, 1 ms rise / 30 ms fall) → compare with Threshold (3 dB hysteresis) → gain smoothed toward unity (Attack) or Range (Release) → applied to both channels → Output. No clipping; zero latency.

Formats

• JSFXJSFX for REAPER, with REAPER's own sliders
• GFXJSFX GFX for REAPER, with its own interface
• VST3VST3 for any DAW
• CLAPCLAP for any DAW

Factory presets

Gentle Vocal Breaths · Pop Vocal · Rap Vocal Tight · Podcast Dialogue · Voice Over Clean · Quiet Room Narration

In the FX chains and Rack presets

Vocal Chain · Vocal Leveler

See every FX chain

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