KICK 2 is finally here - the award-winning KICK game received an extensive update in 2016. Easily sculpt, shape, create, manipulate, contort your way to the perfect barrel. You no longer need to rely on sampled and re-sampled low-quality kicks in sample packs. With KICK 2 you can easily create a perfectly synthesized kick to suit your needs.

✔️Most Important Features at a Glance
• 3 Fully Featured Click Areas
New to KICK 2 are 3 click areas filled with features including start time, length control, low/high pass filters and pitch fine tuning. You no longer need to manipulate and customize your clicks before importing, just download them and get started right away.
• Drag and Drop Click Load
Found a click sound you like? simply drag and drop it directly into the plugin window to load it directly into your soundbank.
• Browse external sample folder
Browse your personal sample collection directly from the plugin, allowing you to listen to all your favorite samples without having to manually load them.
• Includes over 230 factory presets
KICK 2 comes complete with over 230 factory presets in a wide range of styles including Analog / Bass / Drum & Bass / House / Live / Percussion / Pop / Progressive House / Psy Trance / Snares / Techno / Toms / Trance / Trap.
• Over 180 Clicks
The click section contains 180 click samples that can be loaded to give the kick drum its own unique sound, and if that's still not enough, you can load your own click samples - KICK will save them in your user bank for later use. use.
• SUB Harmonic Control
In addition to being able to use a pure sine wave to create your KICKS, you can now fully control the waveform using our subharmonics to add even more depth and character to your sound.
• Tube, Clip and Wave Distortion Algorithms
In addition to our original CLIP distortion from KICK 1, we've added 2 new high-quality and expertly modeled analog distortion modules so you can add a little warmth to your sound or just add some grit to your dance beat. Our signature Drive sound from Kick 1 is also included to push things a little further.
• Quickly export your KICK
Prefer to work with your KICKs in an external program? No problem. You can now quickly and easily export the KICK you created using our generation function. Simply select the Velocity and Note you want to export, then drag and drop them directly from the plugin into your DAW.
• Full graphic equalizer
Too many highs? Too few cons? Simply tweak them with the new built-in graphic equalizer to boost or cut the frequency range without ever leaving the plugin.
• Quick EQ Controls
Once your EQs are set up, you can quickly and easily control them right from the front panel of the plugin.
• High-quality Bezier curves
Easily sculpt your KICK sound using our advanced Bezier curve algorithm to achieve smooth point-to-point transitions. You can also adjust the duration and overall pitch of the sound using the appropriate controls in the XY panel.
• Stay Connected
Use the SNAP and TAG feature to show the HZ and KEY of each node on the XY pad. Allows you to dial in the exact tonality of your kick drum.
• Compressor
Use the built-in compressor to gain even more control over the KICK sound, perfectly tuned for kick drum.
• Limiter
Keep your levels under control with the built-in KICK limiter. Has threshold control, as well as 3 release settings. Alternatively, you'll just turn it off if you don't want it to interfere with your audio.
• Gate, Keytrack and Portamento Controls
Gain complete control over how your MIDI input affects the length and pitch of the bass using the Gate and Keytrack functions. If you want to get really creative, you can use our Portamento control to create TRAP basses quickly and easily.

✔️ What's new
Official changes since Kick 2 v1.1.5:

(v1.1.7)
✱ Fixed problems with online activation timeout before receiving a response.
✱ Fixed an issue with missing text in the Sub field when closing/reopening the GUI.

(v1.1.6)
✱ Fixed problems with switching presets between folders.
✱ Fixed demo time issues
✱ Fixed INIT preset not working in the dropdown menu.

Instructions
0. Delete previous
1. Install “Setup Sonic Academy Kick 2 v1.1.7.exe”.

List of changes made
✱ Implemented a fix for the time bomb from the previous distribution
✱ Disabled updates and similar notifications
✱ Added a preset converter to convert outdated presets from Kick 1
✱ (Optional) Added Nicky Romero Edition, F Pulses skin (Go to “Settings>Skin select” to select a skin)
✱ (Optional) Added many presets

✔️ Installation
1. After installing and launching the plugin, click "Offline registration" > copy the registration code into the corresponding KeyGen window, click "Generate" and save the resulting file
2. In the plugin, click "import license" and point to the saved file

• Windows 7 or higher