Experience
The Difference
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Source-Aware Drum Gating.
Cleaning drums should not mean destroying the natural tone of your drums.
A normal gate only understands level. If the signal crosses the threshold, it opens. If it drops below, it closes. That sounds fine until you put it on real drums, where cymbals can keep the mic open, the wrong drum can trigger the detector, and the decay still matters long after the transient has passed.
HUSH was built to solve that problem.
At its core, HUSH is a fast, musical gate with a deceptively simple set of controls. But behind the straightforward interface there is a source-aware intelligent detection system with four modes (Basic, Kick, Snare and Toms), visual threshold control, sidechain HPF and LPF, and transient shaping. Each mode is tailored to the specific drum source, helping preserve the body and attack while rejecting spill and cymbal bleed.
HUSH gives you two ways to work: Mixing mode uses lookahead when you need extreme precision and preserved transients, or Live mode for immediate response when tracking or performing.
The goal is not to make drums disappear between hits, but to keep the shell's decay natural whilst rejecting bleed or unwanted drums. This means you'll have total control of your natural drums and have fewer reasons to reach for samples.
Debleed is where HUSH stops behaving like a normal gate. Instead of simply closing the gate, it helps pull back cymbal wash, kit spill and post-hit clutter after the drum has spoken, so the transient and body stay intact while the mess behind them moves back.
