ChowKick: free drum plugin by ChowDSP
Free kick drum synth modeled on analog circuits. Tunable for 808-style kicks.
Opens ChowDSP's own site.
Put SCRAMBLE. on your drums and 808s
One button rolls a new FX chain: glitch, stutter, tape stop, chops, reverb, delay and vocal tune. There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible chains, the same count as the positions of a 3x3 cube. Save 10,000 presets a day and 1% of them would take 118 billion years, over 8x the age of the universe.
Not just loops: drum buses, 808s and bass, hats, vocals and the master bus. 3,000+ downloads so far.
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ChowKick FAQ
Is ChowKick free?
Yes. ChowKick is a free drum plugin from ChowDSP. The button on this page goes straight to the maker's own download page.
What is ChowKick good for?
Free kick drum synth modeled on analog circuits. Tunable for 808-style kicks.
What are the best alternatives to ChowKick?
Other free drum plugins worth trying are MT Power Drum Kit 2, Steven Slate Drums 5.5 Free and Sitala. See the full ranked list of free drum plugins.