Effect · Dynamics

Modulr Tidal

A compressor you can see: drag the waterline and watch the sound bob above it.

Modulr Tidal draws compression as a waterline across your sound. Drag the line to set how loud something must be before it gets squeezed; the part that gets through is coloured, so you can see the compressor thinking. Attack, release and the rest sit underneath, where you expect them.

Works in your music software · VST3 and Audio Unit

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A waterlineyou drag to set the threshold

Look-aheadcatches the fastest hits

VST3 · AUApple silicon, macOS 11 or later

The editor

This is the plug-in.

Modulr Tidal as it opens in your host, picture for picture.

Modulr Tidal: the editor, at its default preset — The plug-in’s own editor, live against its own engine on a test tone. A capture, not a mock-up.

Modulr Tidal: the editor, with another preset loaded — The same editor with another factory preset loaded.

What is in it

Modulr Tidal, in a list.

Drag the waterline to set the threshold
Ratio, attack, release and make-up
Hard or soft knee
A meter that shows how much it squeezes

Install it

Version 0.1.0, 2026-11-06.

The Modulr Hub app installs it for you, one click, and checks the download on the way in. Prefer doing it by hand? Unzip the file into the folder shown. Ad hoc (no Developer ID) and not notarised, so the first time you load it macOS asks you to allow it (System Settings, Privacy & Security) — normal for a small maker, and it only happens once.

Format	Folder	File	Size	SHA-256
VST3	VST3	Modulr-Tidal-0.1.0-macos-arm64-vst3.zip	2.1 MB	09d6cead082c22c971b62f68a9b00d8858a951f9188e122b5d5d25b489c74d93
Audio Unit	Components	Modulr-Tidal-0.1.0-macos-arm64-au.zip	2.1 MB	175cc0135c0446505e2f475dc23fc9b94154e6bf2f7fbfc4c5fce962f4122c56

The plug-in is built.On saleModulr Tidal is a working VST3 and Audio Unit for Apple silicon, first release. The pictures above are captures of the shipped editor, not drawings.