Samsara Cycle Audio
EKD
EKD by Samsara Cycle Audio is a free electronic kick drum plugin featuring 128 tones and patches, with pitch, envelope, and filter sections plus MIDI learn support.
VST2Single drums
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easytoolz
easy-kick 01
easy-kick 01 by easytoolz is a free VST2 kick-drum plugin featuring 10 bass drum samples, tuning, bitcrusher, 4 filters, overdrive, ADSR envelope, and reverb effects for Windows.
VST2Single drums
Chokehold
Dark VX Kick
Dark VX Kick is a sampled kick drum plugin with 4 velocity layers and round-robins, featuring analog EQ-processed samples and a compressed channel for versatile kick sounds.
VST2Single drums
Alan ViSTa
Cymbalistic
Cymbalistic is a free sampled cymbals set featuring 68 stereo 24-bit samples including hi hat, ride, crash, and chinese cymbals sourced from the University of Iowa public domain library.
VST2Single drums
Softrave
Crash VSTi
Crash VSTi by Softrave offers 300 unique crash and cymbal sounds recorded over ten years across various studios, perfect for adding authentic percussion to your music.
VST2Single drums
Softrave
Clap DRUMS VSTi
Clap DRUMS VSTi by Softrave offers 400 clap drum sounds from various drum machines and keyboards with individual analog tuning for a natural feel.
VST2CLAPSingle drums
Uhhyou
ClangCymbal
ClangCymbal is a monophonic synthesizer designed for creating metallic percussion sounds using a feedback delay network for textured cymbal tones.
VST2Single drums
vst4free
Cherry Snare
Cherry Snare is a warm-sounding sampled acoustic snare drum handcrafted from cherry wood by Ebenor Percussion. It features a 14x7 inch size with a 1/2 inch thickness and triple flange hoops with two-ply heads.
VST2Single drums
Chokehold
Black Noh Snare
Black Noh Snare by Chokehold is a sampled snare drum with 9 velocity layers and 8 random-robin samples per layer, recorded with two microphones for detailed control.
VST2Single drums
Hinton and Fairchild
BIGROOMKIX SYNTH
BIGROOMKIX SYNTH by Hinton and Fairchild is a free VST2 plugin for Windows x86 designed exclusively for creating kick and bass drums using 100% synthesis without samples.
VST2Single drums
Synsonic Instruments
BD-909
BD-909 is a digital emulation of the classic TR-909 bass drum with accurate circuit modeling and enhanced sound-shaping options like distortion, noise decay, tune depth, hold, and pitch.
VST2Single drums
Synsonic Instruments
BD-808
BD-808 by Synsonic Instruments is a free plugin for crafting authentic 808-style bass drum sounds, based on detailed analysis of the original 808 Bass Drum circuit. It supports MIDI control for use as a bass synthesizer with adjustable accent to control drum sound strength.
VST2Single drums
Acquit Music
XXdr 8008
XXdr 8008 is a VSTi drum machine by Acquit Music that emulates vintage 808 sounds with 16 presets for live and studio use.
VST2Drum machines
MARVIN PAVILION
Tromine C
Tromine C by MARVIN PAVILION is a Roland CR-78 inspired analog modeling drum synthesizer featuring 15 classic drum sounds, 9 outputs, and MIDI CC support.
VST2Drum machines
MARVIN PAVILION
Tromine
Tromine is a Roland TR-606 style analog drum synth featuring nine editable sounds including bass drum, snare, hi-hats, crash cymbal, and hand clap.
VST2Drum machines
acid.milch-und-honig
transistor drums 2
transistor drums 2 is a free 808/909 style drum machine plugin featuring analogue-style kick, hybrid analogue/sample snare, granular sampled clap, and sampled drum sounds. Available as a VST2 for Win32.
VST2Drum machines
Audio Damage
Tattoo
Tattoo by Audio Damage is a drum machine with 12 unique voice-tuned synthesizer topologies inspired by the X0X series and a powerful step/mod sequencer.
VST2Drum machines
Acquit Music
SD 2100
SD 2100 by Acquit Music is a free VST2 plugin that emulates the iconic Emu SP 1200 beat box on Windows.
VST2Drum machines
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