TRANCE GATE

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Controls

• Step 1Off / On — Step 1 open or closed
• Step 2Off / On — Step 2 open or closed
• Step 3Off / On — Step 3 open or closed
• Step 4Off / On — Step 4 open or closed
• Step 5Off / On — Step 5 open or closed
• Step 6Off / On — Step 6 open or closed
• Step 7Off / On — Step 7 open or closed
• Step 8Off / On — Step 8 open or closed
• Step 9Off / On — Step 9 open or closed
• Step 10Off / On — Step 10 open or closed
• Step 11Off / On — Step 11 open or closed
• Step 12Off / On — Step 12 open or closed
• Step 13Off / On — Step 13 open or closed
• Step 14Off / On — Step 14 open or closed
• Step 15Off / On — Step 15 open or closed
• Step 16Off / On — Step 16 open or closed
• Rate ModeSync / Free — Sync: steps follow the host tempo and lock to the bar grid while playing; Free: steps run at Free Rate
• Step Length1/4 / 1/8 / 1/16 / 1/32 — Note value of one step in Sync mode (1/16 = classic trance gate)
• Free Rate0.5 to 40 Hz — Steps per second in Free mode (8 Hz = 16ths at 120 BPM)
• Attack1 to 100 ms — Time for the gate to ramp open
• Release10 to 500 ms — Time for the gate to ramp closed
• Gate Depth0 to 100% — How far closed steps are turned down (0% = no gating, 100% = silence)
• Probability0 to 100% — Chance that an open step actually opens the gate (100% = always, as programmed); lower values thin the pattern out at random
• Seed0 to 999 — Picks a different random variation; the same Seed always gives the same choices at the same song position

Best uses

• Classic trance-gated pads and supersaws
• Rhythmic chopping of sustained chords
• Stutter-like patterns on vocals
• Turning drones into sequenced rhythms

Properties

Signal chain: Input → 16-Step Sequencer → Linear Attack/Release Gain Ramp × Depth → Output. In Sync mode the step clock follows the host tempo and, while the transport plays, is read from the song position so step 1 lands on every bar; when stopped it free-runs at the host tempo. Free mode runs at a fixed rate in steps per second. Stereo-linked, 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

Straight Sixteenths · Dotted Gallop · Quarter Pulse Gate · Soft Pad Pulse · Thirty Second Stutter · Sparse Accent Hits · Offbeat Chop · Free Rate Flutter · Random Sixteenths · Sparse Random Chop · Humanized Pulse · Glitchy Thirty Seconds · Soft Random Pad

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