Rockheyday has announced the release of Grovia-SC, a sidechain volume shaper designed to create space in mixes, control low-end masking, and enhance rhythmic movement.
Built around a 32-bit floating-point processing engine, Grovia-SC offers three ducking modes—Natural, Fast, and Pump—allowing users to tailor the response from transparent dynamic control to more pronounced pumping effects. The plugin features adjustable Attack, Release, Depth, and Mix controls for precise shaping of gain reduction behavior.
For visual feedback, Grovia-SC includes a real-time FFT spectrum analyzer and a ballistic gain reduction meter, making it easy to monitor both signal content and ducking activity. The interface is available in two switchable size modes and has been designed with a focus on CPU efficiency.
Key Features
- Engine: High-precision sidechain volume shaping and dynamic envelope attenuation.
- Ducking Profiles: Three selectable envelope curves (Natural, Fast, and Pump).
- Transient Control: Precision Attack (0–50 ms) and Release (20–500 ms) controls for fine-tuning.
- Attenuation Depth: 0–100% range control for complete signal ducking or subtle dynamic control.
- Parallel Processing: 0–100% Mix blend for parallel volume shaping.
- Make-Up Gain: -12 to +12 dB of clean, high-precision output gain adjustment.
- Listen Mode: Direct sidechain monitoring path with integrated safety overrides.
- Analyzer: Dual-Layer Input/Output FFT display for real-time harmonic monitoring.
- FFT Engine: 4096 / 8192-point resolution with Blackman windowing.
- Response Model: Internal 4.5 dB tilt and 350 ms ballistic decay.
- Gain Reduction Metering: Dedicated vertical gain reduction meter with instant-attack physics.
- Metering: Dual-layer LR Peak meters (body = input level, floating peak = output level).
- Interface Scaling: Runtime dual-sizing layout (Standard and Compact).
- Preset Management: Native XML-based saving and loading system.
- Channel Compatibility: Fully supports Mono or Stereo main inputs/outputs, alongside Mono or Stereo external sidechain bus inputs.
- Precision: 32-bit floating-point audio processing throughout the signal path.
- Sample Rates: Multi-rate support (44.1 kHz – 96 kHz), dynamically matching host DAW settings.
Pricing & Availability
A free lite VST3 version and full VST3 version ($10.99) are available for Windows at: rockheyday.gumroad.com
In the Lite edition, the Shape, Depth, Attack, and Release parameters are fixed to their default values.
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