Devious Machines has released Duck 2, a major new version of the sidechaining and volume-shaping plugin.
Duck 2 is the easiest way to get your kick and bass hitting just right. Draw a volume envelope, carve out the exact shape you need. It’s that easy. Duck is also great for rhythmic patterns, tremolo, drum-shaping, and much more.
Duck 2 is a complete careful redesign of the original with many powerful new features while preserving the easy, fast workflow trusted by thousands of producers.
What’s new
- Modernised, freely-resizable GUI.
- Expanded preset library.
- Undo/redo.
- Trace envelope from imported audio file, or sidechain input.
- New output section with gain reduction metering.
- New freely adjustable offset function that combines the old offset and lookahead features, and supports both milliseconds and samples mode.
- New preset browser.
- Unsynced Hz mode for LFO.
- Improved support for non-4/4 time signatures.
New multiband features
Powerful new multiband features include:
- Two or three band mode.
- Separate envelope per-band (optional).
- Adjustable crossover slope (12, 24, 48dB/oct).
- Linear phase mode.
- Spectrum analyser.
New envelope editor features
- Modernised look and feel.
- New curve shapes (spline, 2D bend).
- Randomise function.
- New edit operations (rotate, duplicate, invert, etc).
- New brush tools.
- Multi-select points.
- Expanded envelope preset palette.
- Copy+paste of shapes (including from Infiltrator).
New trigger features
- Loop and release modes: For MIDI and audio triggering, the envelope can sustain while held and release when the trigger ends.
- MIDI velocity control: Note velocity can control the depth of ducking, or volume.
- Improved audio triggering: Better threshold meter and trigger LED showing trigger positions.
- Trigger settings lock: Prevent trigger settings from changing when browsing presets.
Pricing & Availability
Duck 2 is available for macOS and Windows in VST, AU and AAX plugin formats for £29.99. Upgrades from Duck 1 are £9.99 / €9.99 / $15.99.
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