Audija KickDrum v2.8.2

KickDrum

High Precision Kick VST / AU Plugin

• Integrated Sample Analyze Function
• Modular Kick Plugin Architecture
• 3D-editable Wavetable with Wave Designer & advanced Harmonic Editor
• Easy and precise Bézier Curve shaping
• Full signal look ahead 64-bit Audio Engine

Analyze Function

KickDrum's Analyze Function turns a Sample into a fully editable patch with reconstructed pitch and gain envelopes along with texture and optional wavetable creation.

• drag and drop a sample or a full song onto the plugin,
• or select it from the sampler's integrated sample browser
• select your range of interest or analyze right away
• the resulting patch is a functional replica of the original sample, ready for manipulation as a native VST / AU patch

3D-Editable Wavetable

• click + and enter the wave design mode
• draw a custom shape with Bezier curves or select a timbre from an existing sample, or combine both
• further process it with other modules, such as the linear phase EQ, saturation, etc.
• finally pick your wave with the wave selector, with optional symmetry, blend & normalization

creating your own sound exactly the way you want has never been easier

Modular Device Chain

Construct your signal path with a reorderable chain of processing devices, offering a high degree of routing flexibility.

Devices

• click + on the device chain and add devices from the menu
• freely arrange and nest them inside of each other to create custom signal paths
• enjoy a high degree of flexibility

Signal Path

Keep full control over every stage with the device's solo and oscillogram options.

• click the "s" on a device to solo it and its sub-devices to listen to individual sections
• each device has its own oscillogram that can be toggled and adjusted in transparency, color, and drawing mode
• edit the pitch curve while seeing live spectrum changes from the EQ. the device's control shine-through lets you select one device while the controls of another stay visible

Linear Phase Equalizer

KickDrum's unique approach offers linear phase equalizing without causing playback latency, ensuring perfect phase alignment.

• double-click on the spectrum to create a filter band
• adjust gain, frequency, filter type, dB/octave by dragging up/down
• or mask multiple bands and adjust them simultaneously
• add as many bands as you like
• or mark a band and click on the frequency keyboard to set a band to a key on the keyboard

shape harmonics, refine overtones, and balance your sound while maintaining the phase

Audio Engine

KickDrum's audio engine processes individual device stages from start to end before moving to the next layer. In contrast to conventional synthesizers that produce audio block-wise within a given time budget, KickDrum renders the audio on a non-DSP thread and fades the fully rendered sample into the live-output. This way, KickDrum can perform computationally expensive processing without exceeding the DSP thread's time budget. This approach is great for sounds that don't change over time, such as kick and snare in most EDM genres. Think of a sampler that, every time you make an edit, rebuilds the sample from scratch — enabling high-quality processing in a non-destructive workflow. This novel approach allows for some unique features, such as an in-time pinnable zero crossing, linear-phase equalizing without playback latency, steady master out, and negative pre-delay in the reverb

Adjustable Phase Zero Crossing

Does your kick need a zero crossing exactly at the 1/16 grid mark in your track to transition perfectly into your bass?

• drag the Oscillator Phase Adjuster and place it where you need a fixed zero crossing
• the oscillation will start from this point forward and backward in time, guaranteeing that this zero crossing is maintained and that the phase of your signal stays exactly where you need it

maintain a controlled, guaranteed transition into your bass

Auto Gain

Set the desired amplitude and KickDrum will adhere to that limit, keeping the output exact.

• no matter what you do to the signal, its max amplitude is what you set it to
• it's not a conventional limiter applying a varying gain envelope, but rather knowing the signal's maximum right away and multiplying each signal's sample by the correct compensation factor

this keeps the balance within your sound as you designed it while guaranteeing a controlled peak at the output

Sampler

Use the Sample Device to interact with your audio files, featuring seamless integration and a dedicated sample browser.

Switch in Place

• click the folder icon to open the flyout-Sample Browser to browse folders and samples or whole songs on your hard drive
• use the up/down arrow to cycle through samples and audition directly how they add up to your current sound

quickly find the best match

Sample Handling

Edit Samples directly in KickDrum

• drag the sample left and right in the timeline
• use the Envelope to shape its Gain curve
• grab the vertical edge handlers to stretch or truncate

Preset Management

KickDrum offers a comprehensive Preset Browser allowing you to browse, save, and sort your kicks by name, key, or tag.

• click on the upper-left Audija logo to open the preset browser
• browse through actual folders with actual presets on your hard drive
• save / rename / copy presets
• add folders / delete folders
• sort them by name, author, tags, date, or key
• search folders and subfolders for keywords: "D#" lists all kicks in this key
• Remote Preset Control: cycle through presets in a given folder or save changes to a preset - all right from the workspace without the need to open the preset browser

Curve Shaping

Bézier Curves with two axes moveable gravity points and adjustable feathering for precise pitch and gain envelope shaping.

• double click to add a node or double click on a node to delete it
• click and drag on curve to shape it on two axes
• pull a mask around multiple nodes to scale and move them freely
• right click and drag on the feather to smooth a node connection
• switch between logarithmic and linear editing

precise curve editing made easy

Navigation

Dive deep into aspects of your sound with precise sample-level navigation.

• right-click and drag on the oscillogram, the pitch envelopes keyboard, the vertical dB scale, or the EQ's spectrum to zoom into details
• use right mouse double-click to reset a viewport

fast micro-adjustments with a User Interface that aids the process

WAV Export & Import

• the wav export lets you convert your workspace directly into a .wav file you can drag from the Plugin UI into your DAW or into your operating system's file-browser.
• to add one into your workspace use the integrated sample browser or drag and drop audio files directly onto the Plugin UI

Full Feature List

Core Architecture

• Modular Nestable Device Architecture with copy/paste across devices and presets
• Full look ahead 64-bit floating point Audio Engine
• Internal automation system for all parameters
• High Precision Kick VST / AU Plugin compatible with: Ableton, Bitwig, Studio One, Cubase, FL Studio, Reaper

Devices

• OSC: Wavetable Oscillator with harmonic distortion, phase control, and a dedicated wave-editing mode
• SAMPLE: Sampler for trimming, moving, stretching, and phase-inverting .wav/.aiff files
• EQ: Linear-phase equalizer with unlimited bands and multiple filter types with slopes up to 96dB/octave (lowpass, shelf, bell, notch, highpass)
• ENV: Gain envelope for precise volume shaping
• SAT: Tanh-based saturator for mild saturation up to heavy overdrive
• CLIP: Clipper ranging from soft to hard clipping
• PITCH: Spectral pitch device for detailed frequency-domain pitch shifting
• DISTORT: Wavetable-based distortion, allowing the creation and editing of distortion curves similar to OSC wavetable editing

Sound Design & Editing

• Wavetable Editing: Dedicated wave-edit mode in the OSC's wavetable, including per wave device chains to sculpt custom waveforms
• Analyze Function: converts a sample into an editable patch (OSC/ENV or OSC/EQ/ENV + SAMPLE/EQ) - with optional Wavetable creation
• Bézier Curve Features: Freely movable Bézier points between nodes, optional logarithmic time spacing, and the ability to lasso multiple nodes to smooth transitions, fine-tune positions, and snap to key

Workflow & Utilities

• Compare States: Three compare slots (A, B, C) let you copy and switch between states to compare iterations
• Preset Management: Load, save, and update presets with the preset manager. Organize by folders and search by name, author, tags, key, date, or length. Cycle through presets and update them directly from the main menu
• Undo & Redo
• Fast, easy, and unbounded vertical and horizontal zoom
• 32-bit drag-and-drop WAV export

Visuals & Metering

• Signal path visualization with customizable oscillograms (color, transparency, line/filled view)
• Togglable and freely spaced grid lines
• OSC pitch node tags (key, Hz, ms) can be toggled or resized
• Togglable decibel scale
• Accurate sample-level navigation for oscillogram, pitch keyboard, and EQ spectrogram

Length & Output

• Length can be specified in milliseconds or tempo-relative (e.g. 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 etc.)
• AutoGain maintains peak level at a specified dB
• ADSR: Dedicated Note Envelope with Attack, Decay, Sustain & Release
• Velocity sensitivity allows note velocity to affect output gain

License & Setup

• Install and use on up to 5 computers.
• Internet only needed once to purchase and download the Setup & License.
• No system impact, no calling home.

After purchase, you'll be able to download the setup and your personalized license via your User Account. From here, no internet connection is needed on your studio computer to activate or use the plugin. One license permits you to activate the software on up to 5 computers you or your business owns. Our licensing & Setup aim to respect your privacy and your computer's integrity.

Updates

Lifetime free updates — you will get free updates for as long as this plugin is shipped

System requirements

• 150 MB of free RAM
• 150 MB free hard drive storage
• 3 GHz quad core
• Apple Mac (Intel x86_64 / Apple Silicon arm64) with macOS 10.15+ and AUv2 or VST3 compatible DAW
• Microsoft Windows PC (x64) with VST3 compatible DAW
• High Precision Kick VST / AU Plugin compatible with: Ableton, Bitwig, Studio One, Cubase, FL Studio, Reaper