// Sidechain
PULSE
Sidechain you can draw.
Pick a curve, lock it to the grid, make room for the kick.
00PULSE
Make room
on every beat.
PULSE pulls a track down when the kick hits and lets it breathe back between the beats. Run it on the host grid with no routing, follow a real sidechain, or let AUTO find the kick for you. Draw the shape if none of the sixteen fits.
01Hear it
Ten presets.
Rendered by PULSE.
Real renders of PULSE factory presets. Watch the level line: every dip is PULSE making room for the kick.
Pick a preset
CATEGORY02Shape it
Sixteen curves.
Or draw your own.
Pick a shape and a rate. Or draw straight on the curve, the way you would in PULSE's DRAW mode.
Click and drag on the curve to draw
03Trigger
Grid, kick
or auto.
SYNC pumps on the host grid. No sidechain, no routing, no latency.
04Bridge
One kick.
Every track listens.
Put the small PULSE BRIDGE on the kick. It leaves the kick untouched, finds every hit and sends it on a CHANNEL (A to D). Every PULSE on the bass, the pad or the vocal listening on that channel ducks on it. No sidechain routing.
05Low band
Duck the lows.
Keep the top.
With LOW BAND on, PULSE only ducks what sits under BAND FREQ. The bass gets out of the kick's way; the hats, the vocal and the air above stay where they are.
Specs
Under
the hood.
// Engine
Signal
// Workflow
Session ready
// License
What you get
// Platforms
System support
Available for macOS and Windows. VST3 and AU on Mac, VST3 on Windows, 64-bit. Full system requirements
06Make it yours
PULSE · License
$49$39$49−20%one-time
- Mac: VST3 + AU
- Windows: VST3, 64-bit
- 32 presets in 10 categories, plus your own
- SYNC, SIDECHAIN and AUTO triggers
All-Access
$14.99/mo
- PULSE and every Nolvra plugin
- Keep one plugin every 7 months
- Miles (beta) included
- 7 days free
07Questions
Questions.
Answers.
Do I need to route a sidechain?
No. In SYNC, PULSE pumps on the host grid with no sidechain needed. Use SIDECHAIN when a real kick should drive it, or AUTO to let PULSE find the kick.
Does it add latency?
Not in SYNC: latency is 0 ms. Presets that look ahead report their latency to the host.
How do I duck several tracks on one kick?
Put PULSE BRIDGE on the kick and pick a CHANNEL. PULSE BRIDGE comes with PULSE and does not change the kick. Every PULSE set to listen on the same channel ducks on that kick, with no sidechain routing.
Can I draw my own curve?
Yes. DRAW lets you shape the duck by hand, and SAVE keeps it.
What does LOW BAND do?
It limits the duck to the frequencies under BAND FREQ, so only the low end moves out of the kick's way.
Further readingSidechain Several Tracks To One Kick Without A Routing MessDuck The 808 Under The Kick Without The Pump