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Impactor, Rupture 2 by Rawton Forge are perfect percussion synths for Live
That’s it. Rawton Forge has nailed it. With the new Rupture 2 on the kick and bass drum synthesis side, and Impactor handling general-purpose percussion synthesis for kicks/toms/tonal, you have an ideal floor-rattling, punchy, snappy synthesis duo for Ableton Live.
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D16 PunchBox 2 is a surprisingly deep sequel to the brutal kick plug-in classic
D16’s kick plug-in PunchBox was already a legendary drum weapons development laboratory, full of layers of crunchy, cruel, wonderful sounds. The Polish developer isn’t messing with that formula, but they’ve packed more than just a few extras into the long-awaited V2 update. It’s just in time for us to work out any aggression with kicks.
Peter Kirn - June 29, 2026
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Thump One is a hard-hitting wavetable-kick-supersaw synth – and it’s free
What if you could take the essence of a melodic 808 kick, a wavetable synth, the thick supersaw from a JP8000, and an edgy percussive synth and mash them all together into one magical lead-kick-synth? And then what if you made that free? Well, that’s just what Toybox has done with the Thump One. It’s the deluxe banana split covered in whipped cream dessert treat of synthesizers – and you deserve it.
Peter Kirn - September 18, 2023
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Mod Max: One free download fixes Live 10’s new kick
Peter Kirn - April 24, 2018
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UltraKick is an obsessive bass drum synth for Max for Live [Hands-on]
Peter Kirn - December 22, 2017
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