Pulse Ducker: free sidechain ducking, no routing headaches

Sidechain ducking usually means routing buses and fiddling with compressor sidechain inputs. Pulse Ducker from j.mp3 labs skips all of that: it's a free volume-shaping plugin where you pick one of 16 ducking curves, lock it to your host tempo, and get that pumping pad sound going without setting up an actual sidechain.

Version 1.2.0 just added lookahead (up to 20ms), draggable envelopes and user presets. You drag the curve itself on screen for depth, slope and length, trigger it from MIDI notes or an audio feed, and it defaults to zero added latency. VST3 on Mac, Windows and Linux (beta), plus AU on Mac. Free for any use.

Get it free here: https://jamesmp3.com/labs/pulse-ducker

Spotted via Bedroom Producers Blog