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Squeaky Gate
Clean-tone squeaky gate sound design
A unique sound-design experiment: metal gate squeaks reveal surprisingly clean, cello-like resonation that, through granular processing and layering, becomes something else entirely — a practical palette of intriguing ambient pads, organic-synth textures and cinematic plucks. Perfect for adding distinctive character to IDM, soundtracks and atmospheric productions.
£8.00 GBP
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40 production-ready presets from a singing gate hinge
Ambient pads, organic-synth plucks, resonating basses and cinematic textures — all from the clean, cello-like resonation of metal gate hinges.
Expressive control with the dynamics knob
Smoothly blend between soft and intense versions of each sound, granular-processed from recordings of garden and farm gates.
Powered by Floe
A free platform for finding, performing and transforming sounds — deeply customisable with layers, FX, granular and more (CLAP/VST3/AU).
Fair year-round pricing
No seasonal sales to wait for — buy whenever the tool is right for you.
A sound design experiment with practical results
The premise was simple: could a squeaky metal gate become a genuinely useful instrument? Two fully metal gates were recorded — a small garden gate and a heavy farm gate, both with metal hinges. By slowly opening each gate, long consistent-pitch squeaks and vibrations could be drawn out; these sustained recordings are the core of Squeaky Gate.
Each sample was cleaned and tuned to musical pitches. Some were further processed with granular synthesis and effects, while others remain as the raw tuned recordings. The result is an intriguing organic-synth hybrid tool you can reach for when you want to add distinctive character to your track.
Videos
Note: This video shows Mirage, now succeeded by Floe. All features shown are available in Floe with full compatibility.
Squeaky Gate runs inside Floe, our powerful, free open-source plugin for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- No extras needed — Floe is 100% free and open. Buy a library, download Floe, and you're set.
- Grows with your collection — Add more libraries to layer across them, browse presets in one place, and expand your palette.
- Built for production — Filters, envelopes, effects, macros, MIDI CC support, and much more. Shape sounds without leaving the plugin.
Per-layer arpeggiators
New in v2Create advanced rhythmic performances. Each layer can run its own arpeggiator — different rates, rhythms and patterns playing against each other.
Granular synthesis
New in v2Stretch, freeze and reshape any instrument into evolving clouds and textures — even multisampled instruments.
Pro effects rack
Eleven high-quality, reorderable effects — including pro-standard reverb and delay, and covolution reverb with creative IRs.
Built for the studio
Four macro knobs for expressive performance of multiple parameters. MIDI CC, sustain pedel, undo/redo, A/B comparison for preset edits, visual EQs and a random variation generator.
Free and open source
Floe is a companion project to FrozenPlain — totally free and open source for longevity and ethical service to the music-making community.
Originals
Carefully updated for Floe, this library was originally made for Mirage, Floe's predecessor.
- Fully tagged and perfectly updated to new Floe format
- Seamlessly use the instruments in all of Floe's new features
- Its factory presets predate Floe's new features, so don't feature macros, preset descriptions, the arpeggiator or granular synthesis
What's inside Squeaky Gate
- Presets
- 42
- Instruments
- 13
- Download
- 42.1 MB
- Type
- Floe Package
42 presets (complete production-ready patches) in Squeaky Gate Factory Presets (v1.2).
Basses 5 presets
- Bass Pluck
- Bass Pulser
- Basspad
- Double Bass Pizz
- Simple Sub
Leads 11 presets
- Alien Spacecraft
- Cathedral Organ 1
- Cathedral Organ 2
- Cathedral Organ 3
- Chamber Strings
- Distorted Lead 1
- Distorted Lead 2
- Distorted Lead 3
- Glam Lead
- High Saw
- Horror Hit
Pads 14 presets
- Background Plucks
- Chorused
- Distorted Pad 1
- Distorted Pad 2
- Glimmering High Strings
- Long Swell
- Radio Tones
- Radio Tones Degraded
- Slow Phasers
- Strings 1
- Strings 2
- Terror Highs 1
- Terror Highs 2
- Wind Pass
Plucks 12 presets
- Atmosphere Pluck
- Charming Key
- Pluck Drops 1
- Pluck Drops 2
- Pluck Repeater
- Simple Pluck 1
- Simple Pluck 2
- Simple Pluck 3
- Simple Pluck 4
- Simple Pluck 5
- Steel Hand Drum
- Tiny Bells
Technical Details
Engine
Floe, our free CLAP/VST3/AU plugin (Windows, macOS or Linux)
Library format
Floe format sample library and presets — fully tagged and integrated in Floe
Download Size
42.1 MB
Support Info
Floe Requirements
Windows, macOS, or Linux • VST3, CLAP, or AU • Details
Buying Info
Instant download • No account needed • Shop info
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