Static sampled bass drums are all well and good, with plugin effects and your DAW's editing features giving you endless options when it come to customising them; but when you want full control over your kicks, a dedicated instrument is often the best option. The six examples we're going to show you here each have samples, synthesis or a combination of the two at their core, and offer a bespoke set of controls that make the process of designing kick drums easy and intuitive. Perhaps most importantly, though, they all sound fantastic. Without further ado, then, let's get kicking Prev Page 1 of 7 Next Prev Page 1 of 7 Next.

The original Kick was a simple yet effective affair, essentially letting you combine a sampled 'click' transient with a synthesised 'sub', then tweak the results in a fair amount of detail in order to design and refine characterful kick drums for your electronic productions. Kick 2 is a far more flexible animal, based on a much cleaner synth engine that exhibits less aliasing distortion - basically, generating a purer sound than that of the previous Kick synth. The internal effects are a bit of a let-down, but there aren't many dedicated kick drum synthesizers that come close to this level of sophistication and tweakability. FULL REVIEW: Prev Page 2 of 7 Next Prev Page 2 of 7 Next. Db technologies opera 415 manual transmission. The latest kick drum plugin on the block, PunchBox takes a similar approach to that of its closest rival, Sonic Academy's Kick 2, mixing a synthesized layer with three sample layers, then processing the result with effects, to create sonically rich bass drums of all kinds - although in this case, the synth can be switched out for yet another sampler, too. The controls can be a little fiddly, but with its enormous sample library, intuitive but extensive parameters and effects, and 800 tagged presets, it's a bass drum design powerhouse, and hours are easily lost blending and tweaking the four layers in the quest for the perfect kick.

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BigKick – Kick Drum Synthesiser How many hours have you wasted searching through samples for the right kick? Or have you layered kick drums together and still not got the result you were after? Do you want complete flexibility over the low end and attack of your kick? The drums are the rhythm and groove of any track. And, the kick drum is the heartbeat of that groove. So you know how important it is to get the kick drum right in the mix. Big Kick was created with the sole intention of allowing you to achieve the results you have always wanted.

BigKick gets rid of the frustration and makes kick drum design easy and enjoyable. Download the demo now and discover how quickly you can get great professional results. Product Reviews • The kick drum is at the heart of many kinds of music, and Plugin Boutique can help you get it just right. There are a fair few software drum. • Big Kick is one of those specialist plug-ins that, as soon as you install it, makes you wonder how you ever managed without.

It doesn't do. • Whether it’s astrophysics, astroturfing or ass-clapping, the key always lies in getting the basics right. In production, getting your ideas. • Digital store turns developer. Plugin Boutique is an online shop selling plugins and applications by a broad range of developers, and BigKick.