HardKick plugin
HardKick is the kick builder plugin that features everything you need for your harder kickdrums.
Timestretching, pitching, layering and editing to perfection.
Always play in key and in sync with your track BPM.
It features six different sound sources: kick, attack, crunch, rumble, bass, SFX.
All the sound layers are tagged with a certain style like hard style, raw style, techno, trance, experimental, and more.
Start the process by selecting one or more styles and rolling the dice.
Find the perfect kickdrum to your track within seconds. Tweak it some more by going into the sound selection and change the individual sounds.
Go beyond and edit each layer with additional processing like ADSR volume control, EQ, distortion and reverb.
30 years of dance music kickdrums in a single plugin
5000+
Kick builder layers
180
Ready-to-use presets
6
Layers + sub control
67,200,000,000,000
Sixty-seven trillion two hundred billion unique combinations
Fully in SYNC (BPM & KEY)
Auto BPM
The plugin automatically timestretches to the BPM of your DAW.
Play in Key
Automatic pitching of pressed notes
Get lucky easily. Every dice thrown gives you a hit kick. On each dice new random layers are selected
Easily enable or disable layers to get the kickdrum you are after. Lock a layer from being randomized when you dice.
Filter the sounds used when rolling the dice. Shift click for selecting multiple layers.
Select any of the 5000+ sounds spread over 6 sound layers.
Randomize each individual sound layer to get inspired and find the exact sound that matches your track.
Play any key in a 3 octave range from D#1 up until D3. When key tracking is on, a layer automatically pitches along your played note.
Edit a sound with additional effects
Set the subleader(s). Easily allows you to change from a sub heavy crunch kick to a sub heavy gated rumble kick. Or add a pure clean oscillator sub to your kickdrum for perfect lowend.
Open the extensive library of 300+ presets
Generate the audio waveform for your kickdrum and drag it into your DAW or download it to your files.
READY TO USE IN ANY DAW
The perfect Kick Drums.. instant!
HardKick is a sampler instrument featuring thousands of industry standard sounds.
Key Features:
- Layered sound engines: Combine multiple layers of different sounds (kick, bass, crunch, attack, rumble and sfx) to create dynamic kicks that stand out in any mix. Blend pre-made sample-based sounds with a sub osc generator to craft the perfect hybrid kick.
- Customizable kick designer: Shape your kick samples with a powerful sound design engine. Control the pitch, decay, and timestretching with precise real-time sliders and knobs.
- Key tracking, timestretch & more: Easily play the kick in your desired note thanks to the dedicated pitch & timestretch algoritm modelled to industry standard results.
- Distortion & saturation: Add weight and character to your kicks with an array of distortion algorithms. Whether you want a clean, hard hit or a gritty, raw edge, HardKick has you covered.
- Envelope modulation: Shape the envelope of each layer for complete control over how your kicks evolve over time. Use the envelope to create tighter or more sustained tones, adding even more variation.
- Built-in FX rack: Enhance your kicks with a built-in effects chain featuring EQ, reverb and distortion. Fine-tune each layer and add character to your sound without leaving the plugin.
- Presets & soundbank: Instantly access a library of professionally-designed presets, featuring hard kicks for various genres, from extreme distorted kickdrums to techy punch kicks and rolling kicks & bass combinations.
From the artists using HardKick
Tha Playah - Keltek - Bass Modulators - Catscan - Zany - Aftershock - Korsakoff
Wanna create the hardest kicks in the scene?
With HardKick, you can build professional kicks in seconds that punch through any mix, without complex sound design processes.
Roll the dice for your next kick
1: Enable the layers you want to build your kick with
2: Decide if you want to lock any of the already loaded layers
3: Optionally lock the effects you might have applied (Reverb, distortion, etc) or start fresh
4: Select your desired style(s)
5: Roll the dice
Fine-tune your sound selection
Open the sound selection panel to see the selected sounds per layer.
Manually load a different sound or roll the dice again on each individual layer within the styles you selected.
Optimize and edit the loaded sounds by going into edit mode.
Perfect your kickdrum
Edit the sound layer to perfection
Change the length and pitch of the sound. Apply a POGO pitch bend
Add distortion or reverb and optimize the character of the sound by using the EQ
Change the starting position of the sound and shape the volume of the sound with an ADSR
Delay the sound playback and invert the phase for maximum control
180 presets included
Kicks for Hard Techno, Hardstyle, Rawstyle, Hardcore, Uptempo, Hard- & Psy Trance, Hard EDM & more in the factory library
The instrument comes with a library of over 180 ready-to-use kick presets, created with the over 5.000 sound sources by a.o. PSYKO PUNKZ & A-LUSION.
Signature artist sounds available soon in additional artist packs.
Original price was: € 150,00.€ 89,95Current price is: € 89,95.Add to cart
Expand with banks from leading artists
Coming soon…
Launch video
Demo video
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From the creators
“I used to spend months perfecting a single kick.
A tool like HardKick was once just a dream.
After three years of building it with A-lusion, that dream is real.No more guesswork. No wasted time.
Psyko PunkzCo-creator
HardKick lets you focus on what matters most: pure creative flow.
Try HardKick and feel the difference.”
“HardKick is the outcome of years spent in the studio perfecting the art of creating hard kickdrums.
Every technique, every refined workflow, and every hard-earned insight is built directly into this pluginThis is the tool I always wished existed.
A-lusionCo-creator
No manual stretching and pitching. No endless channel effect chains.
HardKick puts the studio focus back where it belongs: momentum, power, and creativity.”
Specifications
Contents
- HardKick VST / VST3 / AAX / AU instrument plugin
- 180 sound-presets
- 5000+ sound source layers (~500 MB)
System requirements
- 64-bit AU, VST, VST3 or AAX compatible host software
- Macintosh: High Sierra or later for Intel or Big Sur or later for Apple Silicon.
- Windows: 10 or 11
- Approx. 0.5 GB to install the plugin and factory content
- Internet connection to activate the license
