Waddle

Waddle is a small VST3 plugin for sidechaining, made by Maxence Marchand, 2026.

Summary

• Installation
  • Direct download
  • Build from source
• Requirements
• Features
• Demo project
• Dependencies
• License

Installation

Direct download

Download if from the latest release, and drop the Waddle.vst3 folder to your location of choice.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/mxncmrchnd/waddle.git
cd waddle
cmake -B build
cmake --build build --config Release

The built plugin will be at build/Waddle_artefacts/Release/Waddle.vst3.

Requirements

• A VST3-compatible DAW (FL Studio, Ableton, Reaper, etc.)

Features

Wave type : the type of envelope (exponential, linear, logarithmic or sine)

Depth : how much the volume ducks

Curve : how fast the volume gets back to its original level

Rate : 1/1, 1/2, 1/4 or 1/8, the frequency of the sidechain (default : 1/4)

Attack and Recovery : transition between the ends of the envelope. Includes Shape and Time

• Shape : how steep the attack/recovery is
• Time : how long the attack/recovery is (between 1 and 25% of the envelope)

Demo project

work in progress

Dependencies

• JUCE 8
• Visual Studio Build Tools with Desktop development with C++
• CMake 3.22+

License

Waddle is licensed under the GPL v3 license, in compliance with the JUCE open source license.

This project uses the Manrope typeface. Manrope is an open-source font licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.