Devious Machines Duck 2

Devious Machines Duck 2 is a sophisticated sidechaining and volume-shaping plugin that provides precise control over the dynamics of your mix. Your bass and kick drum can sit precisely together without being muddy thanks to a customised volume envelope that replaces conventional sidechain compression.

One of the characteristics of contemporary music is ducking, often known as side-chain compression. This dulling effect is used in songs like Daft Punk, Noisia, and Eric Prydz, ranging from traditional house to contemporary EDM.

Features:

• As soon as the plugin loads, there is an instant sidechain boost.
• Mixes that are louder, cleaner, and more thrilling
• You can change the form of several Duck instances simultaneously by using groups.
• Select from 58 imaginative and practical Duck patches or 8 pre-made curves.
• Create your own rhythms and curves to use right now or store for later.
• Apply to low and high ranges with an adjustable crossover or set a general pump.
• For glitch-free audio, either run Duck in repeat mode or use side-firing audio or MIDI signals to trigger with an optional look-ahead.
• Smoothing control for de-clicking: including a very accurate pre-smoothing algorithm in LFO mode
• You can adjust the look-ahead in trigger mode to ensure that you never miss a beat.
• For a range of pumping effects, activate individual tracks, groups, or the master bus.
• You may run Duck on many tracks due to its low CPU usage.
• Groups: For quicker editing, connect several ducks.

More important characteristics consist of:

• Enhanced Envelope Editor: Create unique volume curves using spline shapes, 2D bends, and multi-segment curves.
• A randomiser and new brush tools facilitate the rapid creation of rhythms and transitions.
• Strong Multiband Control: Use crossover slopes of 12, 24, or 48 dB/octave to divide your audio signal into up to three distinct frequency bands.
• Every band has a specific spectral analyser and envelope.
• Flexible Triggering Options: Utilise a sidechain audio input, lock Duck 2 to the beat of your DAW, or utilise MIDI notes to trigger the envelope.