RIPPLES / Free
RIPPLES Pulse is a free sidechain, gate, and LFO volume shaper with five drawable shapes, Sync or Trig, and 16 presets. VST3 and AU for macOS and Windows.
A free, visible volume shaper: five shapes, Flip, Sync or transient trigger, 16 presets. No AAX.
Idéal pour Producers who want a drawable duck or gate without routing a kick into a compressor.
Field notes
RIPPLES Pulse is a free volume shaper for sidechain pumping, rhythmic gating, and LFO-style level moves. Pick Pump, Soft, Tri, Saw, or Gate, hit Flip to invert the curve, and drag the nodes. Sync locks to the host; Trig fires from the track's own hits.
Install it with RIPPLES Tap on macOS 11+ or Windows 10+. Formats are VST3 and AU. There is no AAX and no key.
Compared with Kickstart 2 and LFO Tool, Pulse is the free drawable duck that stays on volume. Read the full Pulse first look.
Technical matrix
Dernière vérification 2026-09-07
Quick reference
Yes. Pulse is a free VST3 and AU plugin, installed with RIPPLES Tap.
Not in Sync mode. Sync locks the curve to the host tempo. Trig fires from the track's own transients.
VST3 and AU on macOS and Windows. There is no AAX.
Kickstart 2 is a $16 kick-locked ducker with AAX. Pulse is free, adds Flip and a Trig mode, and stays on VST3 and AU.
Comparison matrix
RIPPLES Pulse vs — head-to-head specs, price, and Dubspot Score.
Adjacent signals
Further routing