ATK Side Compressor – FREE Sidechaining Compressor Plugin

Audio ToolKit has released a free sidechaining compressor called ATK Side Compressor. The plugin is pretty straightforward but features some unique parameters to offer a little bit more character in its processing. Below is a detailed signal flow diagram of how the side chain compressor works!

From the developer,

“The side chain capability allows an outside signal to trigger the compressor, like a filtered version of the original signal or a completely distinct signal. Bass triggered by drums is the typical example of a side-chain compressor effect. The plugin features a unique color section that enables non linear compression near the knee. A negative color lowers the gain while a positive color increases the gain above 0dB (a simple compressor always has a gain less or equal to 0dB). In linked channels mode, both channels attach/release filters are working independently while their sum activates the single gain filter.”

Features

• two separate channels that can be linked together,
• Middle/Side processing,
• a control between peak power and RMS detection,
• a color section (color and quality),
• a dry/wet section for parallel compression.

You can download the plugin here for free on the ATK website.

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