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Seamless combination of samples and synthesis
A perfect symbiotic relationship between samples and synthesis, Punch-BD offers more than reductive cut and paste samples that have been used endlessly throughout electronic music production. Instead, you are provided with a canvas on which to create your perfect kick drum to blend with your mix and composition with ease. Built around an engine that's comprised of six pads, each pad can either function as a sample host or synth engine. Using any of the 31 samples onboard or using one of four synth engines, you can stack or separate your bass drums to create unique sounds that stamp out your sonic signature. For even more creative expression, Punch-BD allows you to load in your own samples as well as stack two together within one pad.
This combination of synthesis and samples is an established method of creating unique sounds that stray away from generic samples, helping you to find bass drums that complement your music, laying the foundation of your song.
Creative sound design
Far beyond what most people would think is necessary to get a great bass drum sound, you may wonder why there is such deep level of control. Rob Papen's line of plug-ins aims to inspire, helping you to get more creative with your sound design and Punch-BD is no exception. Helping to re-define how you approach drum tone creation, you will get out as much as you put in. Simple and classic sounds are all readily available but when you want to push your boundaries, Punch-BD will help get you there.
Not a new technique but one that is well established within electronic music production, Punch-BD gives you six layers of independent drum synth of samples to play with. The inclusion of different performance modes alter how your bass drums will be triggered. When combined as a Stack, each note will be summed to one note, regardless of the incoming MIDI trigger. You can select Tuned Stack mode to create melodic bass drum hits triggering different notes depending on your MIDI input. This mode will also allow you to send out discrete MIDI notes for polyrhythmic programming.
Onboard you will find a total of 39 different drum sounds to experiment with. 31 samples have been carried over from the world-famed Punch module as well as four exciting synthesis models and four classic electronic bass drum samples from vintage drum machines. This doesn't mean you're limited to what's included. Load in your own samples to start with a familiar foundation to your sound that you can build on top of using the other five layers.
The sound of Punch-BD remains musical and powerful, no matter which combination of sounds you choose to process from. Whether you're a producer, musician or mixing engineer crafting anything from hard-style, hip-hop or dubstep, Punch-BD covers everything you could ever need and more.
Make things simple with Easy Panel
A traditional mixer is presented in its own window, giving you full control over the most basic parameters such as the volume, pan, tuning of each layer along with the routing options for external processing outside of the plug-in. Offering an even more streamlined and intuitive range of control, Rob Papen Punch-BD also includes an Easy Panel window. This panel comprises a range of global controls to easily adjust key parameters of your sound design including synth and sample pitch and decay as well as envelope and LFO amounts and effects mixes. These global controls dictate all six layers simultaneously, letting you drastically alter the sound of your entire drum on the fly.
Customise your sound with modulation and effects
Not satisfied with providing you with the most comprehensive bass drum creation tool, Rob Papen has gone above and beyond by including a tremendous range of creative effects and modulation within Punch-BD. Spanning everything from stereo and mono delays, filters, reverb, chorus, 19 distortion types, gator, ring modulation, auto-wah, tape delay and much more, you can take your sound design to the next level with Punch-BD. In total, four FX can be loaded into the four FX slots and be set to run in either series or parallel, offering flexible signal routing, drastically altering the response of each effect in your chain. Despite the dizzying levels of effects, this barely scratches the surface of what's possible with Punch-BD. Each layer can have one of the fourteen unique distortion modes applied, along with an independent three-band EQ per layer.
Similarly impressive, Punch-BD offers a versatile range of modulation possibilities. Two freely assignable envelopes, two sync-able LFOs and a modulation matrix with eight slots offer you the ability to inject unpredictability into your sound, helping to stand above the noise and get your music heard. Most parameters within Punch-BD can be used as either source or destination and can be mapped to your MIDI controller to control the dynamic movement of your modulation.
Features
- Highly flexible and customisable bass drum synthesizer and sample player
- Combine and stack up to six tones for a unique sound
- Tuned keyboard mode allows you to perform melodic bass drum sequences
- Each of the six pads can function as either synth or sample mode, offer superior flexibility
- Includes 31 tried and true samples as well as four unique synth models
- Ability to load in your custom drum samples to blend with onboard sounds
- Every layer features Easy Controls, distortion and routing parameters
- Customise the response of each layer using the onboard graphic EQ per pad
- Wide range of modulation abilities through the two envelopes, two LFOs and eight modulation slots
- Virtually every parameter can function as a source and destination for modulation, opening up new tonal possibilities
- Dedicated mixer page with volume, pan and FX parameters lets you customise your tone with ease
- Innovative 'Easy Page' breaks down complex parameters into simple sliders to adjust on the fly
- MIDI mapping capabilities throughout the plug-in offers flexible control with your MIDI controller, including on 'Easy Page' mode
- Five different signal paths for your effects to route them however way you want
- Four FX slots that can support any of the 32 onboard FX types
- Wide range of effects from mono/stereo delay, comb filter, reverb, chorus, wah-wah, lo-fi, amp and cabinet simulation, multi-distortion, ring modulation, compressor, tape flanger and much more
- Intuitive browser window with simple search solution and organisation to recall presets during later sessions
- Collection of stunning presets made by industry professionals
Specifications
- System requirements:
- Operating system:
- Mac: OS-10.13 up to OS-12
- Windows: Windows 7/8/10/11
- Format:
- Mac: 64 bits AU, VST3, VST, and AAX
- Windows: VST3, 32 & 64 bits VST and 64 bits AAX. Note: PC AAX for PT 12 or higher
- Compatibility: Compatible with the NI NKS system
- Product code: 1267-6