&noisegate

Lowers your mic volume to 10% of its current value based on volume-level activity

Sender-Side Option! (&push)

Aliases

• &gating

• &gate

• &ng

Options

Example: &noisegate=1

Value	Description
0	hides it from the menu
1 | (no value given)	enables the new noise gate (see Details)
2	will mute the speakers when you are talking
3	will mute the speakers when someone else is talking (mainly for debugging)
4	will mute the microphone when someone else is speaking

Details

The default setting is OFF. You can switch on the noise gate in the audio settings:

This is a new noise gate, that lowers your mic volume to 10% of its current value based on volume-level activity. If you haven't made a significant sound in few seconds, the noise gate kicks in, and will re-enable when a significant noise is detected. It will take about 300-ms for the volume to recover once the noise triggers it back on, which can be a small bit harsh/distracting at times.

The point of this feature is to allow guests who might be in a rather noisy room or who are unable to use echo cancellation to still engage with a chat, without them introducing feedback back into the room.

This is a very hard and aggressive noise filter, and a guest won't be audible to others in the room if others in the room are currently talking.

User feedback on this feature welcomed.

Noise Gate Settings

&noisegatesettings is used in conjunction with &noisegate. This feature lets you tweak the noise-gate's variables, making it more or less aggressive as needed.

It takes a comma separated list:

• First value is target gain (0 to 100), although 0 to 40 is probably the recommended range here.

• Second value is the threshold value where the gate is triggered if below it. ~ 100 is loudly speaking, ~ 20 is light background noise levels, and under 5 is quiet background levels.

• Third value is how 'sticky' the gate-open position is, in milliseconds. Having this set to a few seconds should prevent someone from being cut off while speaking or if taking a short pause.

Example: https://vdo.ninja/alpha/?noisegate&noisegatesettings=10,25,3000

Related

&noisegatesettings&denoise