Two of my favorite free, rhythmic envelope shapers / trance gates and filter modulation plugins.

A1TriggerGate

by Alex Hilton

Powerful, sequenced rhythmic gate geared towards electronic music. From the developer:

Each section of step length buttons & step volume faders represents one beat of your pattern sequence. You can choose between ‘NoStep’, ‘ShortStep, ‘LongStep’ and ‘StepLink’ by simply pressing a step length button. Each beat consists of 4 steps (1/16 notes in ‘Normal Mode’) or 3 steps (1/8T notes in ‘Triplet Mode’) and each step has its own step volume fader above to dial in its relative level.

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A1TriggerGate Alex Hilton
Format Cost How to Get It
VST, AU, AAX FREE Download Page

Flux Mini

by Caelum Audio

Free, automatable filter and volume envelope. From the developer:

Flux Mini is an audio effect that adds life, character and dynamism to your tracks. The customisable graph creates a shape which affects either the amplitude, low-pass filter or high-pass filter. You can emphasise the frequency modulation with the resonance knob too!

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Flux Mini Caelum Audio
Format Cost How to Get It
VST, AU FREE Download Page (requires signup)