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poltergate Black Friday pricing from Denise Audio is 49% off, $35 until Dec 7, 2026, on a gate plugin that folds transient design, gating and de-bleeding into one tool.
poltergate is built for shaping live drums, samples or any other source quickly. The maker says it aims at better noise reduction, instrument separation and de-bleeding, with speed and creative use in mind.
Three jobs share one interface. You gate, you reshape transients, and you clean up bleed, all from the same threshold.
The built-in sidechain EQ graph shows the detected signal in fine detail. A spike control is there to make transients easier to catch.
Denise wrote its own de-bleeding algorithm for poltergate. The plugin has three knobs, and according to the developer it cuts unwanted spill from other sources while the drum's attack and ring remain intact.
The de-bleeder fires from the same threshold as the gate. Adjust one setting and you move both at once, which saves a pass of tweaking.
The dynamics tab combines limiting, clipping and transient shaping. You can exaggerate the attack or the punch, even pushing into clipping territory to turn a source into something quite different.
For loops, the maker suggests placing a spike on the EQ graph to target one instrument in a sampled loop. Sync the release to tempo, automate it for rhythmic effects, and use the curve feature to change the feel.
Denise says the plugin came out of months of close team work, with several versions built some days. The graph's colours and clarity got extra attention so you can see what is happening at a glance.
On Mac, poltergate needs OS X 10.7 or newer, 64-bit only, and runs natively on Apple Silicon. Formats are VST, VST3, AU and AAX.
On Windows, it needs Windows 7 or newer, 64-bit only, in VST, VST3 and AAX.
Yes. The poltergate Black Friday deal takes 49% off, bringing the Denise Audio gate plugin to $35. The offer ends Dec 7, 2026.
poltergate combines transient design, gating and de-bleeding in one plugin. The maker built it for shaping live drums, samples or any source, with better noise reduction and instrument separation. It also works creatively on sampled loops.
On Mac it comes as VST, VST3, AU and AAX, with native Apple Silicon support. On Windows it comes as VST, VST3 and AAX. Both platforms are 64-bit only, Mac OS X 10.7 or newer and Windows 7 or newer.
It uses a de-bleeding algorithm Denise created for the plugin, controlled by three knobs. The maker says it keeps bleed out while preserving the punch and resonance of the drum. It triggers from the same threshold as the gate.
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