Kushview releases DuckDuck and GOOSE, two free one-knob dynamics plugins for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Kushview has released two new dynamics tools, DuckDuck and GOOSE, and you can grab both for free until December 1st.
They’re simple one-knob plugins, but each targets a different mixing job: rhythmic ducking and upward compression.
Both plugins share a deliberately silly but charming design style. On the GUI, you get a cartoon duck (and a goose), and its pupil is the control you turn. So yes, these are effectively one-knob plugins… or duck-eye plugins, depending on how you want to look at it. It’s goofy, but hey, a knob is a knob.
And it seems like Kushview has a thing for eyes in free plugins. Some of our readers really didn’t like the spooky look of their recent Halloween freebie.
DuckDuck: transient-triggered ducking
DuckDuck handles volume dips whenever your signal hits a transient. It isn’t a sidechain compressor, though. Instead, it listens to the track’s own transients and applies gain reduction accordingly.
Under the hood, it uses dual envelope followers and an adaptive threshold system, but as a user, you only deal with a single Amount control.
You can push it for heavy pumping or back it off for subtler movement. I like tools like this because they let me get a bit of motion without routing a sidechain every time. You just drop it on a track, set the duck-eye to taste, and you get a groove going.
GOOSE: upward compression made duck-simple
GOOSE tackles the opposite problem: instead of pushing loud sounds down, it lifts quiet details up.
This can be useful for controlling the ambience on drums, breaths on vocals, or finger noise on acoustic instruments. It does the whole operation without smashing your transients, so the punch stays intact.
Again, you get just one control, but the result is a very usable form of upward compression. As you turn the eye, the threshold moves deeper, bringing out more detail.
I’ve tested a lot of “one-knob compressors,” and GOOSE leans more toward transparency than coloration. It’s the kind of tool I’d throw on a vocal bus when I want the softer moments to come forward without reshaping the entire performance.
Free until December 1st
Both plugins are available in VST3, AU, LV2, and CLAP formats for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and you can download them directly from Kushview’s website while the free offer lasts. After December 1st, they return to their regular $10 price.
If you need quick dynamics tools or you simply want more duck (or goose!) themed plugins in your life, give these two a try.
Download: Kushview (Goose and DuckDuck are free until December 1st)
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Last Updated on November 23, 2025 by Tomislav Zlatic.