DUCK
Sidechain Compression Plugin
Drop DUCK on any track and lock it to the kick. Tempo-synced pumping, classic compressor sidechaining, and instant punch — without routing a single bus. Make space for the kick on basslines, pads, vocals, or full mixes in seconds.
Hear it. Duck it.
A flat loop, then sidechained to the kick. Toggle between the two to hear what DUCK does to your groove.
Flat & Ducked
The same signal, before and after DUCK.
Want the full plugin?
Unlock the full sidechain compressor with tempo-synced pumping, classic envelope shaping, kick-triggered ducking, and per-band controls in your DAW.
Sidechain, simplified.
DUCK is a dedicated sidechain compressor tuned for music production. Tempo-synced pumping, kick-triggered ducking, and a punch-shaping envelope — so you can clear space for the kick on basslines, pads, or the whole mix in seconds, without routing a single bus.
Tempo-Synced Pump
Lock the ducking to your project tempo — 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, dotted, triplet. Classic four-on-the-floor pumping without ever dragging in a kick sample to sidechain off.
Kick-Triggered Mode
Send your actual kick into the sidechain input and DUCK reacts to every hit. Tight detection, no false triggers from hi-hats or low-end rumble.
Shapeable Envelope
Draw the duck curve you want. Sharp attack for hard pumping, soft release for breathing pads, tight ducks for vocals — every part of the envelope is yours.
Classic Compressor
Under the hood, an analog-modeled VCA-style compressor. Threshold, ratio, attack, release — the real controls, with metering you can trust.
Dry / Wet
Parallel ducking on a single fader. Blend the pumping signal back with the original for groove without losing the body of your bass or pad.
Zero Routing
No bus sends. No phantom kick channels. Drop DUCK on a track, pick the mode, hit play — sidechain pumping without the DAW gymnastics.
Draw the duck. Hear it instantly.
Most sidechain plugins give you knobs. DUCK gives you the curve itself. Drag the attack, set the depth, ease the release — every shape is visible and editable, so you build the exact pumping motion your track needs.
- Editable envelope curve
- Tempo-synced rate division
- Visual gain reduction meter
- Resizable UI — fits any workflow
Pumping on every part that needs it.
Basslines, pads, vocals, drum buses, full mixes — anything that needs to breathe around the kick. Use it on individual tracks for surgical ducking, or on a bus to pump a whole group. The flexibility producers want, the control mix engineers need.
- Basslines — make room for the kick
- Pads — classic house and EDM pump
- Vocals — duck under the snare or kick
- Master bus — controlled mix-wide pumping
The sidechain that doesn't kill your low end.
Most sidechain plugins are either too crude or too complicated. DUCK was built by producers who actually have to deliver tracks — clean detection, musical envelopes, and metering that shows what's really happening. Pumping that translates from headphones to club systems.
- Real-time gain reduction metering
- Internal trigger — no bus routing
- Lookahead detection
- Under 1% CPU on modern systems
From flat to pumping.
DUCK is designed to be obvious within thirty seconds. Drop it on a track, pick a rate, set the depth. Done — no routing, no kick channel, no mess.
Drop DUCK on your track
Insert it on any bassline, pad, vocal, or bus. Tempo-synced mode needs nothing else — pumping is locked to your project BPM out of the box.
Pick a rate and shape the curve
1/4 for classic house, 1/8 for tighter pumps. Pull the depth, tweak the attack and release until the ducking moves the way the track needs.
Set the dry/wet and ship
Subtle blend for groove, full wet for hard pumping. Automate the depth across the arrangement for builds and drops, then send it.
Your tracks deserve DUCK.
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