Chowdhury DSP has just released his newest plugin, the ChowKick – a freeware kick modeling synth plugin.

Ah, the kick. Widely considered the foundation of any modern song – unless you’re doing ambient, orchestral, piano ballad, or singer-songwriter stuff. But outside of that, the most important element to building a song around.

Most of us have more kick samples than there are atoms in the known universe. Still, they tend to just stay there – even more thorough drum kits that separate kicks into categories (acoustic, electronic, analog, 808, etc.) are great, but it’s not a perfect solution.

Over the last few years, I’ve personally found it a lot more rewarding to use drum synth plugins to model my own stuff. It’s a cool little sound design experience, and you get to create exactly the sample you’re looking for.

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When it comes to the free stuff, however, most plugins are either sample-based or try to emulate classic drum machines.

Jatin Chowdhury, known better as Chowdhury DSP, creator of one of the best drive pedal emulations of all time – the ChowCentaur – is back with a fantastic kick drum synth plugin.

ChowKick is very well laid-out – you can control the shape on the left. On the right is the resonant filter, so you can really shape the pulse you’ve created into sounding like a drum sound.

You even have an oscillator at the top – something that should be mandatory for anything that makes sounds.

The user can control the number of voices, change resonance modes between Linear, Basic, and Bouncy, and even play the kick like an instrument for that 808 bassline. And if you mouse over stuff, it tells you exactly what each control parameter does.

Here’s how the developer describes ChowKick:

Free Drum Machine Plugin Mac

“Chow Kick is a kick drum synthesizer based on creative physical modeling of old drum machine circuits. Along with a highly parameterizable pulse shaper, Chow Kick uses a resonant filter with several nonlinear modes, creating a wide range of possibilities for sound designers. The kick drum can also be easily “tuned” with incoming MIDI notes to match the key of your song!”

Great-sounding plugins don’t always come with sleek interfaces, but this one is a true one-two punch.

Oh, and it’s available for iOS as well! AND it’s open-source! Really no reason to miss out on this one at all.

Now we’re just waiting for the ChowCowbell.

More info:ChowKick(8.69 MB download size, EXE installer, available in VST/AU plugin format for Windows, macOS, Linux, and iOS)

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If you want to make EDM or other genres of electronic music but can't afford to get plugins like Nexus, Serum, or Sylenth, this video is just the thing you need.

This blog post will show you the best free synthesizers to make digital music.

Chart of the Best Free VST Synths for EDM

This table includes all of the free synths for EDM that are mentioned in the article below.

You can find a demo of how each one sounds in the video below.

1. Kairatune by Futucraft

The first one on the list is Kairatune by Futucraft and is available as AU and VST.

There are a lot of unique sounds packed into this with its presets alone.

2. Helm by Matt Tytel

Up next is a synth called Helm by Matt Tytel, which is kind of like Massive as you have the ability to link parameters together to be modulated.

To do that you just need to click a helmet and then move a parameter. To disconnect it, right-click to see the option.

Overall, it's a great looking synth with lots of presets and is available as VST, AU, and LV2.

Free Drum Machine Vst Mac

3. Synth1 by Ichiro Toda

Don't let the graphics fool you. Synth1 by Ichiro Toda is a very versatile plugin that gets you both retro and somewhat modern sounds.

Available as VST and AU in both 64 and 32 bit, this is one of the most widely used free synthesizers out there.

There is a huge community where you can find tonnes of presets either on the same page you download it on or over on KVR under the Banks and Patches tab for the plugin.

As for the presets that come with it, you'll need to run initsettings.exe for them to actually show up.

The first time I gave this plugin a try, I didn't know about this for over a year and that led me to just neglect it. But, after discovering this, it sounds great.

4. Tunefish4 by Braincontrol

The next plugin is called Tunefish4 by Braincontrol. Available as VSTi and AU, this synth is really impressive.

Although it only has 67 presets, they really have some character to them. The percussion is crisp and the sound effects are quite unique.

A cool feature is the ability to arrange your effect stack, basically the order the signal passes through each effect.

Another one is the mod matrix, allowing you to link parameters to an LFO or ADSR.

5. Phutura by Phuturetone

The last, and of course, not least, is Phutura by Phuturetone. This is a synth that is simple yet offers pretty good sounds for EDM.

Free Drum Synth Machine

On the download page, the first option you see for Phutura is for Native Instruments' Reaktor so just scroll down to the bottom to get the 32-bit VST.

And it is only available for Windows.

Getting more Presets for your Synthesizers

As I said about Synth1, you can get additional preset banks for many synths from KRV under the Banks and Patches tab for each plugin.

These are all made by people who use the plugin and have done the hard work of creating great sounds for you, saving you a bunch of time.

Not to mention, it can be kinda hard to create your own patches and presets when you’re just getting started with a plugin.

With that, I hope you enjoyed. As always, thanks for reading.