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Pro channel strip with built-in plugin hosting.
SidekickDAW combines a full virtual mixing console — multi-bus routing, four gate modes, comprehensive metering and a complete channel strip — with integrated VST3, VST and AU plugin hosting. One plugin instead of an inserts rack.
- VST3
- VST
- AU
- FX & Instrument
- macOS & Windows
- 4 gate modes
- 5 saturation types
- 8 encoding modes
- 6 plugin insertion points
- up to 8× oversampling
- ITU-R BS.1770-4 LUFS
Plugin Hosting Engine
Load VST3, VST and AU plugins inside SidekickDAW. Six insertion points per channel, drag-and-drop reordering, insert or send mode, and a Global Plugin Rack for centralized control across all instances.
Multi-Bus Routing
Create as many buses as you need, each with its own plugin chain. Sends with per-send gain, pan and polarity. Automatic latency compensation across the network. LR4 allpass crossover for true multiband processing.
Four Gate Modes
Noise Gate, Transient Gate, Tonal Gate and a tempo-synced Trance Gate with programmable steps. Lookahead and pre/post detector routing for surgical side-chain control.
Full Channel Strip
Dual gain stages (A/B), HP/LP filters from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, five saturation algorithms — Diode, Tube, Tape, Transformer, Tanh — per-channel delay and phase flip.
Metering Suite
4096-point FFT analyzer, ITU-R BS.1770-4 LUFS metering, goniometer, oscilloscope with auto-sync pitch detection and stereo correlation meter — all CPU-optimized.
Channel Encoding
Eight stereo modes including LR↔MS, LR→MS→LR round-trip for encoding-aware chains, channel swap, single-channel isolation and mono sum.
Auto-Gain & Oversampling
Automatic loudness normalization with RMS, Peak or Hybrid detection. Process at 2×, 4× or 8× sample rate for alias-free saturation. Latency tracked automatically.
FX + Instrument Editions
SidekickDAW for any audio or bus track. iSidekickDAW for instrument tracks with per-channel MIDI routing, note-range filtering and ±48-semitone transposition.