Sidekick

Description

BLEASS Sidekick (ESD); dynamics plug-in; combination of kick drum synth, step sequencer and ducker for creative rhythm design; Kick section: Tune 20–100 Hz, waveform morphing sine to triangle, Hardness for overdrive, Body oscillator one octave higher, Impact for attack emphasis, Punch with resonant filter sweep, adjustable Punch Decay, Decay for overall length, Ghost option to separate from main output, Gain control; Sequencer section: step length 4–16, step resolution in note values, Groove for swing, MIDI In for external triggering, step grid with per-step velocity control; Ducker section: Threshold for sensitivity, Attack and Release for timing, Ratio for gain reduction strength, Makeup for level compensation; Use cases: kick synth standalone, sequencer-triggered sidechain ducking, or ducker-only patterns for dynamic rhythmic effects