KickDrum 2

Devices

• OSC: Sine oscillator with harmonic distortion and the ability to have a phase zero crossing fixed in time, which can be utilized to create a perfect transition into the bassline without manually adjusting the phase start angle each time pitch adjustments are made
• SAMPLE: Sampler for trimming, moving, stretching, and phase-inverting .wav and .aiff files
• EQ: Linear phase equalizer with unlimited bands, supporting filter types such as lowpass, lowshelf, bell, notch, high shelf, and highpass (up to the 16th order)
• ENV: Gain envelope for shaping volume over time
• SAT: Tanh saturator with additional modifiers for subtle saturation up to "through the roof" overdrive
• CLIP: Clipper ranging from soft to hard
• (Additional devices in development)

Automations

• Device settings, such as mix, gain, drive, ceiling, and others, can be automated through the internal automation system

Analyze Function

• The SAMPLE device includes an analyze function that converts a sample into a device chain consisting of either OSC/ENV or OSC/EQ/ENV + SAMPLE/EQ. The analyzed sample is now fully editable (see on youtube)

Bézier Curve Features

• Freely movable Bézier gravitation points between nodes
• Log View: Nodes can be spaced logarithmically in time, enabling a stretched front work area while compressing the end
• Features applicable to single or multiple nodes via lasso:
  • Node connections can be smoothed for gradual transitions
  • Nodes can be fine-adjusted horizontally or vertically
  • Nodes can be snapped to key

Compare States

• Three separate compare slots (A, B, C) allow each state to be copied to another, making it easy to compare changes between preset iterations

Presets

• A fully featured preset manager is available to load, save, and update presets. It also allows browsing, creating, renaming, and deleting folders to effectively organize preset collections
• The preset manager's search function allows searches by preset name, author, tags, key, date, and length
• Presets can also be cycled through and updated directly from the main menu

Visuals

• Signal Path Visualization: The signal path can be visualized and inspected after each device, where each device's oscillogram can be:
  • Switched on or off
  • Colored differently
  • Set to a specific transparency
  • Displayed as a line or filled
• Grid lines display can be turned on and off, and grid spacing can be freely adjusted
• OSC pitch node tags (key, Hz, and milliseconds) can be turned on or off or adjusted in size
• Decibel scale can be turned on and off

Navigation

• The oscillogram, pitch keyboard, decibel scale, and EQ spectrogram can be freely navigated with accuracy down to a single sample

Length

• Length can be set in milliseconds or relative to tempo in beats (e.g., 1/4th, 1/8th, etc.)

Output

• The optional inbuilt AutoGain maintains the peak gain of the kick at a specific dB level
• Velocity Sensitivity: Output gain can be affected by incoming note velocity