# Noise Gate Punch

**URL:** <https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/noise-gate-punch/59914>\
**Category:** Adding Features\
**Created:** [January 7, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/noise-gate-punch/59914 "2021-01-07T11:13:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![kozikowski](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/919ad9/32.png) [@kozikowski](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/kozikowski)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/noise-gate-punch/59914/1 "2021-01-07T11:13:38Z")

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Instead of removing gated noise or sound, switch to a preset sound such as room tone. And don’t just switch. Use the fade-in and fade-out Punch tricks.

Koz

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**Author:** ![steve](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@steve](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/steve)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/noise-gate-punch/59914/2 "2021-01-07T11:45:07Z")

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I see the allure. It would make it very easy to pass ACX automated testing even with the most dreadful quality voice recording.

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**Author:** ![kozikowski](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/919ad9/32.png) [@kozikowski](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/kozikowski)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/noise-gate-punch/59914/3 "2021-01-07T12:17:16Z")

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> make it very easy to pass ACX automated testing

Making Human Quality Control even more important.

Koz

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**Author:** ![kozikowski](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/919ad9/32.png) [@kozikowski](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/kozikowski)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/noise-gate-punch/59914/4 "2021-01-07T12:37:23Z")

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This is of personal interest since breathing noises are what killed my chances of fame and fortune…and a vacation cottage on the California Coast.

![CaliforniaCoastalCottage-650W.jpg](https://forum.audacityteam.org/uploads/default/original/3X/1/8/18fd07a6c139e36735e3167dc66c8c7f09f77723.jpeg)  
Given I won’t be traveling to Majorca any time soon.

Koz

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**Author:** ![billw58](https://forum.audacityteam.org/user_avatar/forum.audacityteam.org/billw58/32/32255_2.png) [@billw58](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/billw58)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/noise-gate-punch/59914/5 "2021-01-07T16:11:17Z")

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Sounds like a combination of gating and noise reduction.  
– Bill

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**Author:** ![kozikowski](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/919ad9/32.png) [@kozikowski](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/kozikowski)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/noise-gate-punch/59914/6 "2021-01-07T16:51:30Z")

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> noise reduction.

It might. But Noise Reduction is helpless against noises that move such as breathing and gasping. Plus those two would still leave a hole, not a smooth transition through a performance.

Koz

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**Author:** ![steve](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@steve](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/steve)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/noise-gate-punch/59914/7 "2021-01-08T13:17:23Z")

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This post may be of interest: [https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/breath-removal/53801/7](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/breath-removal/53801/7)