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Dharma Worldwide has released KSHMR Essentials Kick, a free sound design plugin (VST/VST3/AU/AAX) that is suitable for enhancing the kick drum.

KSHMR Essentials Kick is the freeware “lite” edition of the popular KSHMR Essentials audio plugin. It is a set of eight sound design tools for processing bass drums. The software is available in VST, VST3, AU, and AAX plugin formats for compatible digital audio workstations on PC and Mac.

The plugin features a real-time frequency spectrum display and a set of eight macro controls. Each of the eight knobs affects a different portion of the kick drums. These are aspects of the bass drum that a mixing engineer would typically enhance using EQ, compression, saturation, and other techniques.

The idea behind KSHMR Essentials Kick was to provide a quick and easy tool for enhancing electronic kick drums. The whole concept was borrowed from the full edition of KSHMR Essentials (available as rent-to-own for $4.99/mo), a paid plugin that features additional modes for processing other types of sounds like synths and bass.

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Constructed by the world-famous DJ, musician, and record producer KSHMR, this specially designed artist plugin puts an award-winning professional’s favorite signal chains at your fingertips. KSHMR knows what sounds great and keeps things simple with an essential plugin that can push out professional-grade audio with just a few clicks.

It’s worth noting that the plugin was developed by WA Production, following KSHMR’s guidelines and using his sound design presets.

KSHMR Essentials Kick features a well-designed and straightforward user interface.

Let’s take a closer look at the eight macro controls that are included with KSHMR Essentials Kick:

• Sub – boost the sub frequencies in the kick drum.
• Mid – enhance the mid-range frequencies and make the kick drum cut through a busy mix.
• Air – add air to the kick drum and enhance the “click” portion of the drum.
• Trans – a simple transient shaper.
• Tape – add tape saturation for enhanced dynamics and tone.
• Pressure – add some punch to the kick drum.
• Comp – kick drum compression.
• Width – control the stereo width of the kick drum.

The plugin doesn’t feature any additional features apart from the eight macro knobs and the audio analyzer. The analyzer can display the frequency spectrum and the waveform of the incoming audio signal.

Although the plugin is undeniably useful as a kick drum processing tool, it would be nice to have some simple additional features like a dry/wet mix knob, a volume control, an A/B testing option, and a preset manager. These are simple workflow enhancements that can significantly speed up the mixing process.

That said, minor caveats aside, KSHMR Essentials Kick is a useful mixing and sound design utility, especially for beginner producers who still haven’t mastered EQ, saturation, and compression. The macro controls are well-made, and the plugin is super intuitive. Although it does a lot of complex processing under the hood, the plugin is a breeze to use.

I tested KSHMR Essentials Kick on a few types of bass drums, including classic 808s and some modern layered kicks. The results sounded great, but the main takeaway that plugins like this one encourage you to “mix with your ears” and spend more time being creative.

KSHMR Essentials Kick is available for free download exclusively via Dharma Worldwide. To download your free copy of the plugin, you’ll need to sign up for a Dharma Worldwide user account first (a valid email address is required to verify your account). After signing up, the plugin can be downloaded directly from the website, and it does not require activation. The license will remain available in your user area for later access.

The plugin is compatible with all major DAW applications on PC and Mac. 20 best vst plugins. Both 32-bit and 64-bit plugin hosts are supported.

More info:KSHMR Essentials Kick(7.04 MB download size, ZIP archive containing EXE installer, 32-bit & 64-bit VST/VST3/AU/AAX plugin formats for Windows & macOS)

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Howdy, well its a few months on from my last post about drum & bass plugins, so for all of you that missed the 4 part series you can check them out here but click here for all other drum & bass production goodies. A lot has happened in the last few months plugin wise, so that means a lot of sonic goodies for us to play with. Oh yeah baby! As the title of this post suggests I’m not going to work my way through the 9,000,000 new plugins that have hit the market, just the few that have grabbed my attention and the ones I thought would improve your drum n bass production. I’ll break shit up into sections for your reading pleasure.

Compressors

Well, when it comes to compressors I’ve been trying out a few new ones. The PSP Oldtimer is a nice quality comp that sits well over a drum bus or individual channels. I’ve only really tried it out over a whole mix a few times but its sounds pretty good on the Glue Preset. The Valve and Clean switch is cool for dirtying up the sound a little or adding that little bit of grit. Everyone probably knows by now that I love the Sonnox Dynamics on the Drum Bus. Very transparent and so easy to use its not funny. Also love that Warmth control and the way that Ian Carey uses it as a send effect is brilliant. Check out the videos here. The Waves SSL G-Buss is still an awesome plug that deserves a mention as well. The way it glues stuff together is legendary. Another plugin I use sometimes is the UAD Neve 33609. It could quite well be my new favourite. 🙂

Equalizers

When it comes to equalizers in the last few months I haven’t really been blown away by anything new I can think of. I’m still using my faithful UAD-1 Cambridge EQ for most of my EQ work. I’ll switch that up with the Cubase EQ’s every now and then just for convenience sake. The UAD Pultec Pro pops its head out every now and again on the drum buss for a little magic on any kicks and hats. The cut and boost feature on the plugin is amazing.

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Reverbs

Wow, is the only damn thing I can say right now. Wow! Now years ago people were all up in the house saying that there was no place for reverbs in Drum & Bass Production but how wrong they are! With the move towards everything in-the-box a good quality reverb is becoming even more important. I always wondered why samples that I was making didn’t have that special vibe about them. Now I know why…. its all in the verbage! The amount of quality reverbs to grace our presence is simply amazing. My favourite would have to be the 2caudio Aether plugin. This plugin at first looks a little crazy but believe me it is the goods. Once you work out out where the mix level is and how to call up the excellent presets its “all good baby”. The plugin adds that little bit of space/vibe/atmos/magic to what ever you put it on. It even can get totally whacky if you want it to. Check it out here. Now the Space Designer in Logic 9 is always always always worth a proper mention. The new Logic 9 has added some more features to it with the warp impulses. Did I hear the word tasty being thrown around? Because trust me… Space Designer is tasty indeed!

Synths

There are some new synths around like the Native Instruments Komplete 6 pack with Absynth 5 and Kontakt4 etc but I haven’t had time to play with them yet. When I do I fill you in with the details or better yet, if you want to write a review please be my guest! Just drop me an email at info@dnbbeats.com. There is a few more synths worth mentioning like FXPansion’s DCam Squad synth, Camel Audio Alchemy and Sylenth2.2 but I’ll let you check them out. I think all of them are brilliant.

All in all a crazy few months of plugin madness to really help you produce them quality beats you’ve always wanted. I highly recommend the plugins above if you want to glue your mixes together, bring out/balance certain elements or add that bit of magic space to your tunes. Definitely try out the reverb it will improve your tunes instantly taking them up towards professional level for sure.

See you on the dancefloor. Installing vst plugins in audacity.

Dauntless

P.S. If you’ve wondered why the amount of stuff I’ve written lately has been a bit on the slow side I’ve been working my ass off since I’ve gotten back from Europe. I’m going to take some time of this week to get back on the beats and get on with my drum & bass production.

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