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RepeatRepeat · Post by **RepeatRepeat** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:00 am

Which reverbs and delays have the ducking option? And also, why is this not a de facto standard in all contemporary effects that it fits? I know I can do this by using side chain and a compressor, but sometimes it would be so much easier to do this inside the plugin itself.

Here's what I found so far:

Reverbs: Waves H-Reverb, D16 Toraverb
Delays: PSP Echo, Variety of Sound's Nasty DLA, GVST GDuckDly

Delta Sign · Post by **Delta Sign** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:37 am

U-He Colour Copy also has a built in ducking function, either for the feedback or the complete wet signal.

Edit: Ohh and MFM2 of course.

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:56 am

Tritiks tk-delay has ducking.

As for it not being a standard feature... I think I used it once on a vocal and don't recall people decrying it's omission on new delays so maybe not a big a deal for most people as it is for you, we all work differently.

Russell Grand · Post by **Russell Grand** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:05 am

2 of the best delays on the market feature ducking:

NI Replika XT and tritik tkDelay.

imrae · Post by **imrae** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:13 am

A quick convenient ducking feature would have to be some kind of one-knob compressor, which is a complicated thing to design and won't work well with all source material.

A really good implementation of ducking would need a lot of controls: all the controls of a compressor, in fact. So why not just have people use their favorite compressor?

I'm surprised it's available as much as it is, to be honest.

RepeatRepeat · Post by **RepeatRepeat** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:33 am

I think of it as a shortcut for lazy people in a hurry (I am lazy and I have a toddler + two cats and one dog, so I'm always in a hurry). There are times when I just want to throw a reverb or a delay straight on the track instead of using a send. Those times the limited control usually is ok. All it really takes is an ON/OFF button, threshold and release times. If I want more than that, I'm ready to do some work to get there.

Vortifex · Post by **Vortifex** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 9:34 am

parricide · Post by **parricide** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:20 am

you already named a few yourself, as well as plugins other people have mentioned. choose one and get on with your productions

personally i like to do this the "hard" way, it gives you much more flexibility and you can fine tune your SC to perfection

Drew Lake · Post by **Drew Lake** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:11 pm

Surreal Machines Diffuse is my favourite and this has a pump feature but I personally would alway recommend Sidechaining a Compressor in front of it.

sqigls · Post by **sqigls** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 1:35 pm

Polygon Sheep Stealth Delay also...
https://www.polygonsheep.com/

DJErmac · Post by **DJErmac** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:21 pm

Fractal FX Reverb and D16 Group Toraverb 2 have ducking feature.

Burillo · Post by **Burillo** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:26 pm

PSP Stomp Delay does have ducking. PSP Echo i believe does as well. McDSP EC-300 does.

however, as long as the delay has a dry/wet knob, it's not an issue - you can create your own ducker.