WT Automixer // A Mutlichannel Gate And Leveler For Podcasters & Livestreamers

I was asked if the WT Automixer is a good plugin to help in-person podcasters dealing with mic bleed or someone struggling to level their audio. In this video, I compare its gate with Sonible's smart:Gate and the leveler with Sonible's smart:Comp to see if WT Automixer can do better.
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0:00 Intro
2:13 Leveler demo
3:58 Testing the Automixer on mic bleed
6:56 My thoughts
8:14 My big concern
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[@timoliski5504]

WTAutomixer's main feature which is gain sharing automixer that turns down non-active microphone wasn't shown in this video. I would definitely not use WTAutomixer for a one mic. If there are two or more microphones in a same room, that's when WTAutomixer starts working really well.

[@jesse.mccune]

Thanks for the comment and I apologize for not having timestamps on this video. I demonstrate this at the 4 minute mark. I chose this example specifically because the two people are in the same room and it's exhibiting mic bleed. I could not find a setting anywhere that would actually turn down the non-active mic. It appears it is simply using a gate to achieve this instead of completely muting the non-active track. This allows louder bits of mic bleed to open up the gate. While this isn't much of an issue in use, it's no different than using a gate on each track. Perhaps I'm missing something, but going through the manual didn't help me figure out how to make it

[@aftertheshowmoviepodcast]

Been using this for a while for my 2 person podcast where we are in the same room, it works mostly but I still need to quiet one of the tracks sometimes

[@jesse.mccune]

We need a content aware smart gate for dialog. Something that can tell the difference between mic bleed and someone talking into a mic. That would be an instant buy for many of us. Adding in a leveler would make it what I hoped WTAutomixer was. Until then, we’ll have to deal with using gates, strip silence, and manually cutting dead air.

[@aftertheshowmoviepodcast]

@@jesse.mccune Agree, I have been manually stripping silence for years its the most time consuming part of my week.

[@GRYHND]

dont know smart Gate or comp but is it a multichannel plugin as well? WT2 becomes attractive to handle multiple Mics in realtime. use it in multiple Chanels all of them appear in one window and it does in an easy visual way which live sound techs are used to. price is high I agree. cheers

[@jesse.mccune]

They are not multichannel plugins. We all have different needs. I can see the benefits of that during a live stream, but not really a deal breaker for me if I'm using them during post.