Chokehold has launched 'Dark VX Kick' FREE Sampled Kick Drum Instrument
featuring 4 velocity layers, round-robins and a lot of flexibility.

The samples on the "DRY" channel aren't quite "dry", they were processed by analog hardware EQs,
a Harrison 32EQ and an SSL 611.

The "COMPRSD" channel was expanded and squashed with u-he's Presswerk Compressor.

The "SUB KICK" channel spills nothing but ultra-low sub-bass, just in case you need any
subwoofers blown.

The "ROOM" Aux was necessary because the original samples didn't really bring that sense of space
into the mix, so I ran them through a Lexicon LXP Room processor to give them back some ambience.

The "REVERB" Aux does what it says, it recreates the sound of a modified Lexicon LXP Chamber.

All the mixer channels are independent samples, you could use this plugin for only the Sub Kick
or the samples on the Reverb track if you wanted to. The individual mixer channels can be un-/muted
completely by clicking on their respective mute buttons.

Like the Black Noh Snare, this kick drum is also very easy to handle - load the plugin, play MIDI note
D1/36 and that's it, no articulations, nothing.

There are four velocity layers:

* 000-015: one soft sample
* 016-066: medium layer with 3x round-robins
* 067-111: hard layer with 3x round-robins
* 112-127: one power sample

That's not really a lot, but it's a lot better than having machine-gun drums.

http://soundcloud.com/chokehold/dark-vx-kick-strangers

The plugin is available to download FREE for Windows and Mac (VST/AU):
darkvx-kick-osx-au.zip
darkvx-kick-osx-vst2.zip
darkvx-kick-win-x64.zip
darkvx-kick-win-x86.zip

More INFO: Chokehold

 

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up, this kick drum is fucking legit!
It's totally fucking metal!

LEGIT
For free too!

Thanks for the news!