Sonic Academy KICK 2 v1.1.7 Full version

KICK 2 is finally here - The Multi Award Winning KICK gets an extensive upgrade for 2016. Easily sculpt, shape, create, manipulate, mangle your way to the perfect kick drum. No longer do you need to rely on sampled and resampled low quality kick drums in sample packs. With KICK 2 you can easily create a perfectly synthesised kick attuned to your needs. 

 3 Fully Featured Click Areas
New to KICK 2 are 3 click areas jam packed with features including start time, length control, Low / High Pass Filters and fine pitch adjustment No longer do you need to manipulate and adjust your clicks before import, simply load them and get started straight away

 Drag & Drop Click Loading
Found an audio click that you like? simply drag and drop it straight onto the plugin window to load it directly into your soundbank

 External Sample Folder Browsing
Browse your personal sample collection direct from inside the plugin - allowing you to audition all of your favourite samples without having to manually load them in.

 Includes 230+ Factory Kicks
KICK 2 comes bundled with over 230 Factory presets in a wide range of styles including Analog / Bass / Drum & Bass / House / Live / Percussion / Pop / Progressive House / Psy Trance / Snares / Techno / Toms / Trance / Trap 

 Over 180 Click Samples
The click section contains 180 click samples that can be loaded in to provide your kick its own unique sound and if that still isn't enough you can go ahead and load in your own click samples - KICK will save these to your user bank for later use.

 SUB Harmonics Control
As well as being able to use a clean sine wave to create your KICKS, you can now take full control of the waveform by using our Sub Harmonics to add even more depth and character to your sound

 Tube, Clip and Wave Distortion Algorithms
As well as our original CLIP distortion from KICK 1 - we have included 2 new High Quality and expertly modelled Analog distortion units to allow you to add a little warmth to the sound, or to simply nail that hard dance kick. Included also is our signature Drive sound from Kick 1 to push everything that little bit more

 Quickly Export your KICK
Prefer to work with your KICKs in an external program? No problem. You can you now quickly and easily export your created KICK using our generate function. Simply choose the Velocity and Note you would like to export at - then drag and drop it directly from the plugin into your DAW.

 Full Graphical EQ
Too many highs? Too little lows? Simply adjust them with new built-in graphical EQ to do a boost or cut accross the frequency range without ever having to leave the plugin

 EQ Quick Controls
Once your EQ's are set up you can control and manipulate them quickly and easily directly from the front of the plugin

 High Quality Bezier Curves
Easily sculpt your KICK sound using our advanced Bezier curve algorithm to get smooth transitions from point to point. You can also adjust the length and overall pitch of the sound using the respective controls on the X-Y pad.

 Stay in Key
Use the SNAP and TAG feature to show the HZ and KEY of each node on the X-Y pad. Allowing you to dial in the exact key of your kick drum.

 Compressor
Use the built in compressor to get even more control over your KICK sound - perfectly tuned for kick drums

 Limiter
Keep your levels under control with KICKs built in limiter. Featuring a threshold control as well as 3 release settings. Alternatively you simply disable it if you do not want it interfering with your sound.

 Gate, Keytrack & Portamento Control
Take total control of how your MIDI input effects the length and pitch of your kick by making use of the Gate and Keytrack features. If you want to get really creative you can make use of our Portamento control to quickly and easliy create TRAP basses