Dark VX Kick: free sampled kick drum plugin instrument

Mix your kick to perfection.
Mix your kick to perfection.

Dark VX Kick is a new sample-based kick drum instrument from Chokehold.

This offers five channels that can be mixed together: Dry, Comprsd, Sub Kick, Room and Reverb. Each channel features its own samples, and you don't have to use them all simultaneously if you don't wish to.

There are four velocity layers, which even the developer admits isn't a lot. But then Dark VX Kick is free.

It can be downloaded now from the Chokehold website for PC and Mac in VST/AU formats.

Ben Rogerson

I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it.