Download for macOSTempo-synced pumping
Lock ducking to the host grid without setting up a sidechain.
Free sidechain ducking plugin
Pulse Ducker
Tempo-synced ducking.
Your curves. Your sound.
FreeVersion 1.0.1
Installation & updatesThe updated interface is shown here. Downloads currently install version 1.0.1.
- macOS
- Universal · VST3 + AU
- Windows
- 64-bit · VST3
- Download size
- Mac 6.6 MB · Windows 2.5 MB
- License
- Free for any use
Shape your signal
Movement, under control.
Make room around a kick drum, add rhythmic pumping to pads, or reduce low-end overlap with a free sidechain ducking plugin. Choose a volume curve and sync it to your session, or trigger it from MIDI or audio.
16 ducking curves
From smooth pumping to sharp gated shapes, with length and slope controls to make them yours.
MIDI retrigger
Restart the curve from any MIDI note for precisely placed movement.
Audio triggering
Trigger from the input or a sidechain feed using an adjustable threshold.
Full or low band
Shape the whole signal, or duck below the crossover while leaving the top end untouched.
Fine-tune the shape
Dial in depth, mix, length, slope, threshold, crossover and output gain.
Get started
Installation & updates
macOS Universal installer · VST3 + AU
- Close your DAW and open the downloaded installer.
- Follow the installer steps. It installs Pulse Ducker into the system VST3 and Audio Units folders.
- Restart your DAW, or rescan plugins, and load Pulse Ducker on an audio track.
Windows 64-bit VST3
- Close your DAW and unzip the download.
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Copy the
Pulse Ducker.vst3folder intoC:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3. - Restart your DAW, or rescan plugins, and load Pulse Ducker on an audio track.
Updating an existing installation
Close your DAW first. On macOS, run the newer installer. On
Windows, replace the existing
Pulse Ducker.vst3 folder in the same location.
Restart your DAW when installation is complete.
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