otiumFX have announced Compadre, a dynamics processor designed specifically for use on beats, drumloops and other percussive material. Compadre will cost $39 USD.

Features:

• Feed forward RMS compressor with high quality characteristics.
• Multiple compression modes.
• True stereo sidechain (4 channel input; 1+2=audio, 3+4=Sidechain).
• HP/LP filters on the sidechain. Further 9 filter models featuring presets with key frequencies in drum mixing.
• Adjustable low-level controls to finetune the compression characteristics ("Snap", "Linearity" & "Envelope").
• Dry/wet control allowing easy "parallel compression".
• Optional extra "Crunch" by enabling a built-in second compressor on the output stage.
• Optional limiter on output to avoid clipping.