Overview

Please note: This plugin is made available on Plugin Alliance in collaboration with our external partners as part of an exclusive limited-time offer, for 96 hrs only. As such, the plugin is not included in any of our subscription bundles (CORE or PRO), and Plugin Alliance Loyalty Vouchers cannot be used in conjunction with this offer.

Advanced dynamics processing with intuitive control

From 2025 Scientific and Technical Oscar-winners Sound Radix*, Drum Leveler is the company's innovative beat detection-based downward and upward compressor/expander and gate.

Powerful yet intuitively easy to use, Drum Leveler provides a deceptively radical and inventive approach to dynamic control of drums.

By selectively applying gain to single drum beats, Drum Leveler easily achieves the desired target level for each beat without affecting bleed noise or any beats that are out of the user-defined processing range.

The result is a purpose-designed plugin for helping you achieve perfectly solid driving grooves without unwanted artefacts and without losing the nuances, improving clarity and adding punch to any percussive performance quickly and easily.

Not your typical compressor

Unlike traditional compressors that detect incoming levels and utilize VCA envelope followers to apply gain changes, Drum Leveler uses an advanced algorithm that takes full advantage of the digital domain and allows phase-accurate control over your drums’ dynamics, all with unparalleled transparency.

Intuitive & easy to use

Drum Leveler’s innovative dual HIGH / LOW THRESHOLD and TARGET LEVEL controls bring an unprecedented level of control that is not possible with traditional compression methods. Just select the dynamic range of the drum hits you would like to work on, set the TARGET LEVEL to your desired value, and Drum Leveler will adjust the level of each beat accordingly.

Downward & upward compression/expansion

Drum Leveler will adjust each beat to bring its level closer to the TARGET LEVEL. Loud beats will be attenuated while softer beats will be amplified by the set COMPRESSION amount. Alternatively, setting COMPRESSION to a negative value will instead expand the dynamics of the performance and liven up any groove.

Drum separation & bleed reduction

Adding the Sidechain Filter to its unique dynamics action, Drum Leveler can be set to focus on individual drum elements and work its magic only on a selected spectral and dynamic range, leaving other elements of your drums unaltered.

The GATE RANGE control can help reduce unwanted bleed or noise transparently without biting into your sound, keeping the original transients fully intact.

* 2025 Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, acknowledging the concept, design, and development of Auto-Align Post 2, and its contribution to dialogue clarity in film and television post-production.

Features

  • Transparent, beat detection-based simultaneous downward and upward compressor/expander for rock solid grooves without the tradeoffs of conventional compressors
  • Algorithmically applies gain to each beat individually to achieve the desired target level
  • Gain reduction and expansion is transient-accurate to the drum beat for artefact-free transient reproduction
  • The Sidechain Filter allows you to process a specific spectral and dynamic range while leaving other elements of your drums unaltered - perfect for drum separation and bleed reduction
  • Dual threshold levels allow processing of any level range to affect only specific beats within a track, such as ghost notes or bleed without affecting other beats
  • Mono, Stereo, Dual Mono and Mid/Side operation modes
  • Easy to use and intuitive user interface

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Specifications

  • Mac: 64-bit Intel Core CPU or Apple Silicon, 8GB RAM, macOS 10.14 or higher
  • Windows: 64-bit Intel Core or AMD CPU, 8GB RAM, Windows 10 or higher
  • Plug-in formats: AAX, Audio Unit, VST, VST3
  • Free iLok account and iLok License Manager (iLok USB key is not required)

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