A gate is typically the same thing as an expander, but set to a such high ratio (I.E. high compression) that it doesn’t let anything past the set threshold. In other words, it is almost to the gate, what the limiter is to the compressor. Gates are perhaps most often used as a noise gate, that is, to remove unwanted noise from recordings.
An expander is in a way the opposite of a compressor. While a compressor uses the threshold setting to reduce the signal above the set value, an expander reduces the signal below the threshold value. This makes the signal more dynamic, and is thus expanded instead of compressed.
As with most audio tools, the parameters can vary between expanders. Typical controls found are ratio, threshold, knee, range and attack.
Until Flux released something called a de-compressor, I would have said that the expander is the exact opposite of a compressor. You can pretty much tell it from the name, right? While the signal above the set threshold is toned down with a compressor, it’s the signal below the threshold that’s toned down with an expander. Thus creating an image of more dynamic audio.
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This is my favorite of the three “Breach” clips. This one is all about the drums. A synth pad sweeps in and then out to enhance the effect of the drums.
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This clip has somewhat similar drums as Breach 1 but has a very different synth - a big bad (b)ass.
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Or are you a heavy sleeper? I mean, it was released yesterday, you should have it installed by now! Personally I’ve been having it running all day in the background, as well as done some tests with it. After my 100 day demo is over I’m going to be so hooked on this thing!
This is a very basic thing. Just one synth and some drums… But sometimes that’s enough 
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