A Complete Kick Drum Channel Strip.
Built Around One Source and Nothing Else.
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Leadfoot is the complete kick drum processing channel strip; gate, EQ, transient shaping, compression, saturation, and a blendable sub generator, built around one source instead of merely sporting a kick-sounding name. Sure, usually we get great sounding kicks and they just need that subtle nudge to make a complete chef's kiss, other times, we get a recording of a wet cardboard box dropped from a second story while a glass truck overturns. Yes, you could use a sample, but for many kinds of music, it just sounds alien. Fix the source, this will help.
Load a Rough Kick. Let Leadfoot Do the Rest.
Gate, EQ, Transient Shaper, Compressor, Saturation, Sub Generator - one signal path, one source, nothing generic about it.
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Gate, EQ & Transient Shaper
Gate and a focused EQ (switchable-slope HPF/LPF plus three parametric bands for thump, body, and beater click) get the source clean before anything else touches it. A classic two-knob Transient Shaper punches the attack forward or softens it, and pulls the sustain tighter or lets it ring longer - independent of the compressor.
Compressor, Saturation & Sub Generator
The compressor is built for exactly this job: stepped ratios up to 20:1, Auto attack/release, and a Mix knob for parallel blending when full compression is too much. Crush them with your fingers. :D Saturation is an audible, driven stage, you can sneak it a hidden "kiss" - or you can push it to filth. The Sub Generator adds a blendable low-end thump or sustained tone under the kick, frequency and decay both under your hands, off until you dial it in to perfection.
Seven Factory Presets
Seven factory presets cover trap, rock, pop, metal, lo-fi, and broadcast/podcast use - real starting points pulled from actual program material.
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Install on up to three machines simultaneously. Need to move a license? Email us.
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VST3 (64-bit) - Windows, macOS, Linux
AU (64-bit) - macOS only
Windows 10 / 11
macOS 11 Big Sur or later (Apple Silicon + Intel)
Linux - Ubuntu 22.04+ or equivalent
Any VST3-compatible host: Reaper, Cubase, Studio One, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Bitwig Studio, Nuendo, and more
AU (macOS): Logic Pro, GarageBand, MainStage
Plugin buffer only - no lookahead, no oversampling latency
Perpetual, single user
3 simultaneous activations
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SHA-256 (mmedia-leadfoot-v1.0.2.zip): 7243fc5e759a1f5d7f4658f62438e96daa88c11f86ed1d06d2fd295be554f1d7
Tested on Ubuntu 22.04/24.04, Debian 12, Fedora 40. Requires one system library for license verification:
sudo apt install libsodium23 # Ubuntu / Debian sudo dnf install libsodium # Fedora / RHEL sudo pacman -S libsodium # Arch
VST3 only. Confirmed working in REAPER and Bitwig.
Perpetual license - pay once, own it forever.
By purchasing you agree to our EULA and Privacy Policy.
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