Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin vs DAW Shortcuts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin
This audio plugin acts as a noise gate for digital audio workstations, allowing users to suppress unwanted background noise from microphones or instruments. It offers fine-grained control over attack, release, and hold times, along with filtering to remove hum and hiss, ensuring subtle sounds are preserved.
- AUv3 compatible plugin
- Suppresses background noise
- Controllable attack, release, and hold
- High and low pass filtering
- Preserves subtle sounds
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This is an AUv3 compatible noise gate which can be used as a plugin with your favourite DAW such as Cubasis, Meteor, GarageBand or Auria. Anyone working in a live recording environment whether that be with a microphone or a high gain guitar effects will feel the need to suppress unwanted noise. This gated noise gate allows you to suppress any background noise over a specified level by a chosen suppression amount. This allows subtle sounds to still be heard as opposed to the brick wall approach. The effect has controllable attack, release and hold times as well as high and low pass filtering to eliminate main hum and hiss. This is one of a series of AUv3 compatible plugins available from 4Pockets;
DAW Shortcuts
Access and learn keyboard shortcuts for six major digital audio workstations. Search by action or key, translate shortcuts between DAWs, and train your muscle memory with spaced-repetition drills. Offers both free and a one-time purchase Pro version.
- Searchable shortcut database
- Cross-DAW shortcut translation
- Spaced-repetition training drills
- Offline functionality
- Multi-language search support
- Browse by category or DAW
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Stop hunting through PDF cheat sheets. KeyMap puts every keyboard shortcut for six major DAWs in one fast, searchable place — Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Studio One, and Cubase. SEARCH • Thousands of shortcuts, indexed by name, action, and key. Type "split", "bounce", or a term in your own language and get the answer instantly — search works in English, Korean, Japanese, German, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Chinese. • Every keystroke bound to a command, not just the main one. Record in Pro Tools shows ⌘Space, F12, and numpad 3. • Browse by category, or by DAW. TRANSLATE ACROSS DAWS • Know a shortcut in one DAW and need it in another? KeyMap maps the same action across all six. Moving from Logic to Pro Tools, or just curious how Ableton does it — the equivalent is one tap away. TRAIN YOUR MUSCLE MEMORY • Spaced-repetition drills built for shortcuts. Flashcard mode asks you to recall first, then self-check; multiple-choice mode tests you against real, plausible wrong keys. • Practice sets by category, a daily streak, and a scheduler that brings back what you keep missing. FIND BY KEY • Press a key combination — or tap the on-screen keypad — and see every shortcut in your DAW that uses it. • On Mac, a small window sits beside your DAW and opens with a global hotkey (default ⌃⌥Space). Works with any input language. FREE & PRO • Free: full access to one DAW of your choice, plus daily training. • Pro: all six DAWs, cross-DAW translation, and unlimited training — one purchase, yours forever. No subscription. Works fully offline. No account required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DAW Shortcuts at Free against Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's $5.99. DAW Shortcuts also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 42 months). Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 18.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
DAW Shortcuts is free to download; Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin costs $5.99 up front. DAW Shortcuts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin asks for nothing beyond the download.
DAW Shortcuts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 42 months, DAW Shortcuts every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin | DAW Shortcuts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 42 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 4Pockets.com | HYO SEOP LEE |
Customer experience
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin
DAW Shortcuts
In-app purchases
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin
No in-app purchases
DAW Shortcuts
- Pro — all 6 DAWs, forever$0.49
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