3 looks absolutely killer!!! Can’t wait to get my hands dirty with it! Love that y’all added the selective key feature coupled with the ability to sustain notes for raunchy 808 goodness. Wondering what kinds of mad snares can be had with this bad boy!!
You can tell there's been so much work put into this. The import and trigger features a quite exciting. Love the idea of taking the sub from a kick i like but using a different click to change the flavour.
I've been lucky enough to beta test Kick 3 and it's pretty slick. The scalable interface is a big plus, especially for users like myself who have a 4k monitor. What would be great is if SA could develop an equivelant VST for snare drum design, but in the vein of Drumatic VST so that it's entirely synth based as opposed to sample focused. Cheers! 😎❤🔥👊
@@sonicacademy I can imagine it's not easy to develop something like that. Have you had a look at Drumatic by E-Phonic? It's a very obscure VST that uses synth layers to create snares in a really unique way. I've been using it for a while now and I picked up on it thanks to Mefjus. It would be great to see something similar with a Kick 3 style interface. Cheers!
Wow, I was skeptical about the value offered compared to Kick 2, but I'm pleasantly surprised. It looks really good not only compared to Kick 2 but compared to the newly released competition as well! Amazing work and hats off for pulling off a lot of great UX improvements!
It's mind blowing how well it works with kicks of different genres, it was only a matter of a few times that the click would get a little too much sub content when analysing it. I just wish this worked with snares and it would be a dream
Very nice. I love the triggering feature. That's going to allow for some very interesting kick changes to conventional tunes. And a really nice run through of the plug in.
Amazing VSTi for Kick. This is my first version (did not have the previous Kick versions). Loved how it sounds and is going to help me out A LOT to build the perfect kick for my songs. The only thing I would suggest for the next releases (probably others will find that as well) is allowing to link multiple parameters into 1 Macro knob. The way it is now is just to make it more "easy" to access the parameter, but would be super nice if we would be able to with 1 Macro knob, control multiple parameters at once! But it's just a suggestion, this plugin rocks anyways! Well done!
thanks guys! LIN is great, it was alway so hard to get the lenght of the kick right! And the 'AI' thing is also awesome, its works exactly right with my older kicks to beef em up!! thanksssss
WOW. Looks like every gripe I had with Kick2 has not only been fixed but massively improved. New features look amazing especially selective keytrack / sustain. I use Kick2 in almost every project, so in time honoured tradition.... SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
As if it couldn't get any better. How can Kick 3 improve upon perfection ?? edit: After watching video... Instant purchase! Wow.. game changing again.. I absolutely love what you've done. I couldn't think of half of these things to add but you've nailed it!
Uh, thank.. You've done a great job. A lot of people praise KIK-3. And it's great to have good visualization. In 2024, all plugins should have a good visualization of what we are doing/changing/twisting and so on.
Is this update for free for owners of kick 2? It looks really really promising. It combines everything that I liked about competitors plugins in only one plugin. You guys were ahead of time with kick 2, got a bit behind with time but now have taken over the leading position again. Nice.
Looking good! I didn't realise Kick was still alive. I'm not a fan of the puppy killing bug though. Do you think you could apply all of this to sub bass, snares, tuned percussion like bongos etc. Maybe it can already be done in kick 3 or maybe you could have a complementary plugin called Perc?
Love all the new implementation, it's nuts the level you guys achieved with this new version of the plugin. However, the only problem I have is that after analyzing a bass drum and playing a midi note it plays the audio as too high pitched and long, is this normal? I have to tinker a bit with the length of the sub and the click to adjust it to the original. Thanks for such amazing work!
Will there be an option to fix the phase to the end of the sequence instead to the start? So that when you manipulate the pitch curve, the tail of the kick will keep its phase stable.
I have a suggestion. Make it very clear when a preset is based on a sample. Many synths today trick me into believing I use a synth based sound when it's in fact a sample. The great thing about Kick 2 is that we always know it's pure synth magic. I would not like that to be gone.
Hey fellas - is there a way to adjust the stereo width of the kick? I'm finding there is way too much stereo information in the kicks I'm analyzing (stealing) and right now it seems like the only way to fix it is with an Ableton utility.
Quite a bit for a people who have Kick 2 .. where's the loyalty boys?! Should be a tenner in my honest opinion. Some VSTs do upgrades free.@@sonicacademy
Hello. After analysis, why do you have to drag the the sub into the sub slot and the click into the click slot? Why not just put them in there by default?
@@sonicacademy Thanks for quick reply. Rather than having to choose analyse or click, why not have it set in preferences to which ever (mostly analyse) you will use most.
It seems there are only the 2 envelopes for pitch and amp right? In the competitors like KickNinja or ThumpOne you can modulate everything with its own envelope. So it would be nice, if there are some envelopes you can assing to the macros (or even everything but that would be too much chaos for the GUI maybe). Without modulating the drive or the reverb-mix, the Plugin is worthless to me.
A software that listens to your song and then generates a perfect kick in the sub-range and throughput, that would be a big thing. Tweaking might be fun for some people, but it's starting to get on my nerves...
Looks nice but I’m a bit concerned about the puppy killing feature. In this day and age I find it totally unacceptable to design a plug-in that kills animals just so you can use a feature. Is there a way of turning this feature off? I’m not a big fan of puppies but murder is murder and should be illegal. Major design flaw if I’m honest.
I dont appreciate Sonic academy handing over Ana2 to slate digitial and leaving their customers helpless for any inclusion on the plugin updates. If there is something i dont know about please inform me.
All ANA2 software updates come out first for Sonic Academy customers. Then Slate gets them… the only thing slate users get different to us is skins and presets.
What? There are two versions of ANA2, our one and a slate version. A cursory glance at our website you would have seen. In fact it had a large and free update last year.
Missed opportunity again. Why only 2 envelopes? Where is spectral fx so useful for kicks. Where is disperser? No, thanks. I’ll continue to use the fugly looking Audija or maybe one day pull the trigger and buy this new Kick Ninja. Kick 3 sorry. Pass…
Oh, I already see what's happening. You're looking for a justification not to pay for the product. "Yea bro, Sonic Academy is stealing kick samples from songs. I find stealing to be morally wrong, so now I'm going to do that too."
Looooooooove the ability to import/analyze my favorite kicks. Instant upgrade for me!
Good job, guys! Great update! 💛💙
Thank you so much for adding the linear option! Looking forward to this plugin!
3 looks absolutely killer!!! Can’t wait to get my hands dirty with it! Love that y’all added the selective key feature coupled with the ability to sustain notes for raunchy 808 goodness.
Wondering what kinds of mad snares can be had with this bad boy!!
You can tell there's been so much work put into this. The import and trigger features a quite exciting. Love the idea of taking the sub from a kick i like but using a different click to change the flavour.
Chris Woods here btw lol realised in in my other YT channel
Thank you Chris. So much work into it, well of 2.5 years. Hope everyone loves it as much as we do. Thank you for the kind words fella.
I've been lucky enough to beta test Kick 3 and it's pretty slick. The scalable interface is a big plus, especially for users like myself who have a 4k monitor. What would be great is if SA could develop an equivelant VST for snare drum design, but in the vein of Drumatic VST so that it's entirely synth based as opposed to sample focused. Cheers! 😎❤🔥👊
Dang, I remember Drumatic from waaaaay back in the day!
We have experimented a lot with snares, it never ends with truly satisfying results however.
@@sonicacademy I can imagine it's not easy to develop something like that. Have you had a look at Drumatic by E-Phonic? It's a very obscure VST that uses synth layers to create snares in a really unique way. I've been using it for a while now and I picked up on it thanks to Mefjus. It would be great to see something similar with a Kick 3 style interface. Cheers!
@@sonicacademy what about for hats? Those are the most interesting and complex drums imo
This is exactly what I wanted kick 3 to be, wel done guys
Wow, I was skeptical about the value offered compared to Kick 2, but I'm pleasantly surprised. It looks really good not only compared to Kick 2 but compared to the newly released competition as well! Amazing work and hats off for pulling off a lot of great UX improvements!
simply fantastic
I love kick 2 and this is what i've wanted out of an upgrade, particularly the machine learning recreation feature
It's mind blowing how well it works with kicks of different genres, it was only a matter of a few times that the click would get a little too much sub content when analysing it. I just wish this worked with snares and it would be a dream
Nice, will definitely upgrade
Love the new update!
Very nice. I love the triggering feature. That's going to allow for some very interesting kick changes to conventional tunes. And a really nice run through of the plug in.
Glad you like it!
Amazing VSTi for Kick. This is my first version (did not have the previous Kick versions). Loved how it sounds and is going to help me out A LOT to build the perfect kick for my songs. The only thing I would suggest for the next releases (probably others will find that as well) is allowing to link multiple parameters into 1 Macro knob. The way it is now is just to make it more "easy" to access the parameter, but would be super nice if we would be able to with 1 Macro knob, control multiple parameters at once! But it's just a suggestion, this plugin rocks anyways! Well done!
thanks guys! LIN is great, it was alway so hard to get the lenght of the kick right! And the 'AI' thing is also awesome, its works exactly right with my older kicks to beef em up!! thanksssss
Awesome work guys. The best just got better. Been playing around with the Beta and I'm 100% in. Day 1 purchase for me.
Enjoy!
Great stuff. kick 2 is such a useful tool.
WOW. Looks like every gripe I had with Kick2 has not only been fixed but massively improved. New features look amazing especially selective keytrack / sustain. I use Kick2 in almost every project, so in time honoured tradition.... SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
Awesome Guys!
This one is a game changer of an update! 😎
Import feature is super sick, wish it would work better with snares aswell haha, works nicely with kicks atleast most of the time
this looks good, awesome job
Amazing update guys :)
I would have loved a feature that the kick tail is always ending at a zero crossing.
As if it couldn't get any better. How can Kick 3 improve upon perfection ??
edit: After watching video... Instant purchase! Wow.. game changing again.. I absolutely love what you've done. I couldn't think of half of these things to add but you've nailed it!
Thank you
Uh, thank.. You've done a great job. A lot of people praise KIK-3. And it's great to have good visualization. In 2024, all plugins should have a good visualization of what we are doing/changing/twisting and so on.
🙌🙌🙌 can't wait
Fellas - can you pleeeeeeease add a way to favourite presets? A simple star or whatever would be great!!
Coming!
Why is the music on in the background 😅
Yes, there will be an upgrade from K2 to K3 around £30 or so.
Really annoying indeed
Can you set the Pitch to always be Logarithmic and the Amp to always be Linear? It seems that is the best way to edit.
No unfortunately
Would be great to have a separate audio out routing option for each layer
Is this update for free for owners of kick 2? It looks really really promising. It combines everything that I liked about competitors plugins in only one plugin. You guys were ahead of time with kick 2, got a bit behind with time but now have taken over the leading position again. Nice.
Looking good! I didn't realise Kick was still alive. I'm not a fan of the puppy killing bug though. Do you think you could apply all of this to sub bass, snares, tuned percussion like bongos etc. Maybe it can already be done in kick 3 or maybe you could have a complementary plugin called Perc?
Love all the new implementation, it's nuts the level you guys achieved with this new version of the plugin. However, the only problem I have is that after analyzing a bass drum and playing a midi note it plays the audio as too high pitched and long, is this normal? I have to tinker a bit with the length of the sub and the click to adjust it to the original. Thanks for such amazing work!
Also, I would like to see a release based off the sustain portion of the looped nodes
Will there be an option to fix the phase to the end of the sequence instead to the start? So that when you manipulate the pitch curve, the tail of the kick will keep its phase stable.
This.. this is everything, my biggest gripe using kick2 for years
Why I switched to Audija
Need on this!
Please why is background music playing?
really annoying choice by SA.
I have the same question
Please reupload without BG music
Same so distracting
Also whats the lengh last time it was max 3 sec
in trigger mode, can the synthesized kick adopt the loudness of the trigger signal?
Would love to see a tempo based, synced grid
There is one, along with Linear mode
I need to buy it as well as ANA... any news on ANA 3.0?
Oh WOW.. Take my money now please. :)
This thing is so good i don't wanna tell anyone about it 🤣
I have a suggestion. Make it very clear when a preset is based on a sample. Many synths today trick me into believing I use a synth based sound when it's in fact a sample. The great thing about Kick 2 is that we always know it's pure synth magic. I would not like that to be gone.
Hey fellas - is there a way to adjust the stereo width of the kick? I'm finding there is way too much stereo information in the kicks I'm analyzing (stealing) and right now it seems like the only way to fix it is with an Ableton utility.
Never mind - I found a seting in the overall settings. Wouldn't be bad to have on the main display but maybe that's just me.
Yes, Snare 1 please 😊
HYPE !
WOW
will there be an upgrade path from Kick 2
I hope it's FREE :D
I literally just bought kick2 also :((( lol I hope there is
Upgrade will be about £30 or so
I think 20 is about fair 😅@@sonicacademy
Quite a bit for a people who have Kick 2 .. where's the loyalty boys?! Should be a tenner in my honest opinion. Some VSTs do upgrades free.@@sonicacademy
is an upgrade from kick 2 available for owners of it?
Who was the genius who put a backgroung music in a tutorial like this?
Hello. After analysis, why do you have to drag the the sub into the sub slot and the click into the click slot? Why not just put them in there by default?
We will be adding another button shortly that will do that for you. We are on it!!
@@sonicacademy Thanks for quick reply. Rather than having to choose analyse or click, why not have it set in preferences to which ever (mostly analyse) you will use most.
please sync tempo to lenght as option please
DAMN let the developer talk .. he knows a lot
can it Analyze and reproduce SNARES?
Kick 3, not Snare 3
It seems there are only the 2 envelopes for pitch and amp right? In the competitors like KickNinja or ThumpOne you can modulate everything with its own envelope. So it would be nice, if there are some envelopes you can assing to the macros (or even everything but that would be too much chaos for the GUI maybe). Without modulating the drive or the reverb-mix, the Plugin is worthless to me.
Yes, more envelopes, please.
would love a filter envelope at least
Do kick 2 users get discount
Will there be an upgrade version from kick2? I just bought kick2 :( haha😅
Those that have recent bought K2 will only pay the difference to upgrade. Around £30 or so
@@sonicacademy awesome! Ty
Looks great … but the background music was distracting.
it lacks a tuner
A software that listens to your song and then generates a perfect kick in the sub-range and throughput, that would be a big thing. Tweaking might be fun for some people, but it's starting to get on my nerves...
I just want to be 1000000% sure that it doesn’t overwrite 2 when 3 is installed…. 😵💫🤓😵💫
It is a completely separate plugin… you won’t have any issue.
@@johnny_blz I'm on the Beta and ALL my Kick 2 Presets Packs converted automatically when I opened Kick 3. They seem to work perfectly :)
@@johnny_blz yes
@@gregjobes2329 aren’t we good 😊
The sound of someone chewing gum. I just can't.
Looks nice but I’m a bit concerned about the puppy killing feature. In this day and age I find it totally unacceptable to design a plug-in that kills animals just so you can use a feature. Is there a way of turning this feature off? I’m not a big fan of puppies but murder is murder and should be illegal. Major design flaw if I’m honest.
Hey boomers, turn off the background music next time.
I dont appreciate Sonic academy handing over Ana2 to slate digitial and leaving their customers helpless for any inclusion on the plugin updates. If there is something i dont know about please inform me.
All ANA2 software updates come out first for Sonic Academy customers. Then Slate gets them… the only thing slate users get different to us is skins and presets.
What? There are two versions of ANA2, our one and a slate version. A cursory glance at our website you would have seen. In fact it had a large and free update last year.
$50 to upgrade? Thats way too much
Is this a party or a tutorial/introduction? The music in the video is so bad , it actually made me quite watching
Missed opportunity again. Why only 2 envelopes? Where is spectral fx so useful for kicks. Where is disperser? No, thanks. I’ll continue to use the fugly looking Audija or maybe one day pull the trigger and buy this new Kick Ninja.
Kick 3 sorry. Pass…
Ok, thanks for stopping by.
Really awful direction, stealing other peoples kicks from songs
Hope your fine when people pirate your software
Are you trippin'?! It's a tiny pulse.
Lol. Where did they get the kick from in the song? Probably a sample pack or static sound drum machine.
"Why did you steal the kick bro used from a reddit drum kit!?"
Oh, I already see what's happening.
You're looking for a justification not to pay for the product.
"Yea bro, Sonic Academy is stealing kick samples from songs. I find stealing to be morally wrong, so now I'm going to do that too."
😂
Hope you enjoy Fabrice!