Both are available now for macOS, Windows and iPad, with no trial timer or features locked behind a purchase.
Snorkel Audio has released two free plugins: Little Drum Machine, a step sequencer with scenes and a built-in mixer, and Little Duck, a tempo-synced ducker that skips sidechain routing. Snorkel Audio built both for internal use before deciding to release them publicly.
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Little Drum Machine runs eight lanes across 16 steps, with per-step velocity controlled by dragging in the grid – accents and ghost notes land in the same place as the hits. A swing control, 20 genre presets and 32 built-in samples get you started. When the grid’s blank, Randomize generates something musical (kicks where kicks go, snares where snares land); Mutate nudges an existing pattern somewhere new. Load your own samples or send MIDI out per drum lane to drive external instruments.
Each preset holds 16 scenes, which chain in the Arranger to build a full arrangement from a loop. A per-drum mixer covers volume, pan and three-band EQ, plus a one-knob glue compressor on the master – enough to make the kit sit right without leaving the plugin.
Little Duck skips the sidechain wiring: pick a rate, it locks to the host tempo, and Depth, Attack, Release and Shape set the character of the dip. Attack and Release are expressed as a fraction of the cycle, so the pump shape stays consistent across different rates. A live curve and a cycle-synced scope sit at the centre of the UI so you can judge the effect visually as you dial it in.
Both run as AUv3 on iPad (compatible with AUM, Logic Pro, GarageBand and other AUv3 hosts), VST3 and AU on macOS, and VST3 on Windows.
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