Vocal Gate is a free AI noise gate VST3/AU plugin trained to separate clean speech from unwanted microphone artifacts. This plugin is intended for Creators and Editors. Can be used as a cough remover in your podcast/Youtube video editor, a sneeze ducker in your Twitch live stream broadcaster, a filter to block keyboard clicks and heavy breathing in your recording software, and other permutations.
Requires: macOS 11+ (M-series) | Windows 10+ (x64) | Linux (Ubuntu 22.04+ / x64) | Release notes
Note: Installers are unsigned. On macOS, right-click Open the installer in your downloads. On Windows, press 'More info' and 'Run anyway'. On Linux, extract the .zip and place the .vst3 folder into ~/.vst3/.
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- Live Streaming: Twitch, YouTube Live, Kick, Facebook Gaming
- Podcasting: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Patreon
- Video Content: YouTube VODs, TikTok, Instagram Reels
- Broadcasting: OBS Studio, Streamlabs, vMix
- Video Editing: DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro
- DAWs & Audio: Reaper, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Ableton Live, Audacity
IF RECORDING/STREAMING LIVE (OBS, Streamlabs, etc.): The AI model requires a 750ms lookahead to work. You MUST delay your visual sources and desktop audio by 750ms to keep everything in sync.
E.g., How to sync in OBS:
- Webcams: Right-click source -> Filters -> Add Video Delay (Async) -> set to 750ms.
- Game/Screen Capture: Right-click source -> Filters -> Add Render Delay. (Note: OBS caps this at 500ms, so you must stack two Render Delay filters: one at 500ms and another at 250ms).
- Desktop Audio: Click the gear icon in the Audio Mixer -> Advanced Audio Properties -> find your Desktop Audio and set the Sync Offset to 750ms.
The plugin relies on a pruned and quantised int8 ONNX model to achieve real-time inference in just ~0.3 ms per buffer.
The pruned and quantised model has better performance in both inference time and ability on the test set (it is better generalised).
