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When it comes to hardcore techno, and style/genre like gabber, hardstyle, speedcore, new style hardcore, oldschool gabber, etc.. the kick drum is the more important part of the production:
the kick drum has to be ridiculously strong, and/or distorted, mangled to death, strong solid fat devastating and incredible.
For me the best combo is drum synth or sample + distortion (and couple of other effects like compression, distortion, EQ, and more distortion).
But sometimes it’s nice to have a dedicated plugin ! Here we go with the freeware plugins :
1. Gabber Master! VST by John Merrik
direct dl : Gabber Master VST download!
It’s a Windows-only VST, it seems it has been created with Synthmaker, and should work well in 32 bit VST hosts sequencers.
The GabberMaster VST is sample based with a nice variety of samples, and some parameters for destroying the sound.
Instant gabber hardcore breakcore speedcore terrorcore !
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2. Bassdrum::Murda VST by Distocore
Distocore Bassdrum::Murdaaaaaa
Information and download : http://www.distocore.net/
Concept by I:GOR , this free plugin is more sophisticated and is a powerful drum synthesizer:
You have 3 oscillators with many waveforms to choose from, envelope sections for the pitch and the volume.
The audio signal goes to filter + distorsion + bit crusher + eq.
Now you can create powerful hardcore kick drums from scratch.
3. Hardcore Kicks Lite VST by the CoreStylerz
Information and download : http://www.thecorestylerz.net/vst/hardcore-kicks-vsti-2/hardcore-kicks-vsti-2-lite
This one lets you make some noise too.
It is “facebook-like-ware”, not really freeware, but it’s nice and deserves some supports.
some agressive ear-destroying presets show the potential of this hard kick generator.
4. Synth1 by Ichiro Toda !
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Synth1 VST !
Or any synth with at least one or two oscillator, a pitch envelope and some saturation / distorsion / filter / EQ effect.
– turn off all effects
– start with OSC2 (mix 100% to the right), choose the triangle waveform,
– activate the Modulation ENVelope for Osc2 : set Attack to zero and turn up the Decay and AMounT
that’s a basic kick drum
Now you can destroy it with the effect section :
– choose analogic distorsion (A.D) or DECImator.
– for more funkyness, you can also add a filter lowpass (or bandpass) + filter envelope, crank up the resonance to add screaming.
Or choose a square waveform instead of the triange.
now you can mix with a kick sample, layer it, resample, do anything you want
Only Synth1 audio examples :
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/synth1-corekick.mp3
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/synth1-kick.mp3
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/synth1-brainwashkick.mp3
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/synth1-badboyyy.mp3
5. Virtual KickLab XL by Angular Momentum
it’s here : http://www.amvst.com/kicklab-xl
A kick dedicated free plugin for Windows, you can create bass drum from scratch.
It’s not as ferocious as the other plugins in this list, but it can do some solid kicks.
It’s more clean, the saturator and distortion aren’t dirty enough.
But you can produce nice kicks out of it.
It’s Friday, and it’s time for free stuff. This week, we’ve got the sound tools to make your dance tracks hit harder - with a customizable kick and sub-bass, and multisamples of classic FM sounds. Plus, a simple - and very useful - pitch-shifter for Max for Live.
Low End Theory
If you want to make a track that really bangs, you’ll need to get the low end right - that means a properly done kick and sub-bass that really pushes air out of the speakers. In a set of tutorials for Warp Academy, sound designer Myagi shares some tips (and free downloads):
Myagi’s FM kick Rack tutorial.
Myagi’s sub bass tutorial.
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Download Myagi’s FM kick Rack and sub bass Rack.
Show Me (Digital) Love
You might not know the names of legendary digital synths, but you certainly know some of the classic sounds - listen, for example, to the classic organ riff on Robin S’ “Show Me Love”:
The sound designers at AudioBombs have assembled a set of three classic sounds from Yamaha’s TX81Z synthesizer - download them and make a new house classic. While you’re at it, put some extra vintage grit on your sounds with another free Rack from AudioBombs and Certified Trainer Brandon Murphy, emulating the sound of E-MU’s SP1200 sampler.
Want even more TX81Z sounds? Try Katsuhiro Chiba’s 1:1 emulator in Max for Live.
(Im)Perfect Pitch
Our last free bit of stuff this week is a simple but very useful Max for Live effect for pitch shifting. With an adjustable FFT size (larger sizes will sound better but require more CPU), and a range of up to two octaves above or below the base pitch, jo.PitchShift is a real-time pitch shifter of more subtle adjustments and radical effects.
Download jo.PitchShift
Creator Jonas Obermüller has more Max for Live effects available for free on his page.
That’s it for this week - happy music-making! If you’ve got something to share with us, then please hit us up on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+ - and don’t forget to use #FreeStuffFriday.