EXCELLENT thump AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
KICKTOM is based around the simple concept of doing one thing really, really well.
Low end beats, percussive rumble, punch, thump and a bit of thwack. All quickly available at your fingertips with an easy to use but complex BPM synced sequencer engine and 11 algorithmic playback engines for every single note.
Use KICKTOM to start tracks with a chunky bottom end, or add it to existing pieces for rumbustious low frequencies and clatter.
From delicate to epic, subtle to stomping, wild to wonky. Build a BPM synced, chunky Funky Drummer or dirty glitter stomp in moments and play it live with a few keys.
building from the bottom
Each articulation has its own GUI, sequencer and algorithmic playback engine, with a suite of effects for individual sound sculpting.
83 Custom IMPULSE RESPONSES per articulation to create natural and impossible spaces. Hybrid IR's can transform a kick into a cowbell, high hat or tuned piano note. SUB IR's adds tuned sub-bass for extra low end rumble.
'Well, this is worryingly useful. Fortunately, you can do weird stuff as well! Great programming, and it really is very nice to be able to shape the sounds inside the instrument like this. ' a YOUTUBE comment too good not to share
articulations
KICK SINE - 808 style kicks - 21 velocity layers
KICKS ELECTRO - 98 FM kicks - 98 velocity layers
ROOM KICK - HARD MALLET - acoustic kick -74 velocity layers
ROOM KICK - SOFT BEATER - the wrong side of an acoustic kick - 94 velocity layers
FLOOR TOM - MALLET - 105 velocity layers
FLOOR TOM - TEA TOWEL - 128 velocity layers
FLOOR TOM - FINGERS - 122 velocity layers
FLOOR TOM - SOFT MALLET - 104 velocity layers
FLOOR TOM - SHAKER - small wooden shaker balanced on drum skin - 106 velocity layers
FLOOR TOM - TAMBOURINE - metal tambourine balanced on drum skin - 86 velocity layers
FLOOR TOM - SPRING MIC - kids toy mic balanced on drum - 88 velocity layers
FLOOR TOM - BRUSH - one metal jazz brush - 128 velocity layers
FLOOR TOM - DOUBLE BRUSH - two metal jazz brushes - 100 velocity layers
FLOOR TOM - BROOMSTICK - hard wooden 'brush' - 128 velocity layers
FLOOR TOM - HARD BRUSH - hard plastic 'brush' - 120 velocity layers
What's Inside ?
KICKTOM - the small print
1 GB total size - 900 MB download
15 articulations
15 sequencers
15 articulator engines with 11 algorithms
1500 hits
85 snapshots
1 Kontakt instrument
Huge, non-fiddly GUi
Classic Sound Dust RTFM instruction manual built into interface
sequencers
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1 sequencer per note
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Sequence lanes for velocity, pitch and decay
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Multiple play rates
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1 to 64 steps
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Swing, drag and humanize controls
ARTICULATORS
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1 algorithmic articulator engine per note
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11 algorithms
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Flam, Drag, Ruff, Roll, Buzz, 16ths, 8ths, ALGO 1 to 4
EDIT section PER note
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Volume
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Snap
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Sample start
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Pan
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Transient Designer
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Tape saturation
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Solid G equalizer - 4 bands
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Delay
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Convolution reverb
CUSTOM IMPULSE RESPONSE
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83 custom IRs per note
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Categories - Epic, Polite, Device, Reverse, Plate, Spring, FX, SUB
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FX section can turn a drum into a piano, Rhodes or musical saw
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SUB section to add tuned sub frequencies
mixer
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Controls for every articulation
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Volume, Pan, IR mix and Snap
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Master low and high pass filters
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Master IR reverb unit