In celebration of their 7th anniversary, Wavesfactory has released SK10, a freeware subkick microphone simulator VST/AU/AAX plugin for PC and Mac.
SK10 looks very interesting on paper, however it seems that the Wavesfactory servers are being absolutely hammered at the moment and I wasn’t able to successfully download the plugin from their website. I’ve added it to my shopping cart a dozen times, completed the checkout process, but it resulted in an error each and every time.
See also: Free Thump2 Sub Bass Generator By Metric HaloWith that in mind, it’s hard to say anything else about the plugin apart from what is already mentioned on the download page. SK10 was designed to emulate the so-called “subkick” microphone inside your DAW. This is the microphone that captures the lowest frequencies when recording an acoustic drum kit. Obviously, the idea is to use SK10 to process acoustic drum tracks, but there’s no reason why it wouldn’t work on other types of audio material as well.
I’m interested to find out what technique is being used “behind the scenes” to generate the boost in the sub bass frequencies. Is it some sort of clever EQ work, or perhaps a sinewave generator that follows the pitch of the kick drum (similar to Metric Halo’s freeware Thump2 plugin)? Perhaps it’s a combination of the two? Either way, we’ll have to wait for Wavesfactory’s servers to come back to their senses before figuring this out for ourselves.
SK10 is (hopefully by the time you’re reading this) available for free download via Wavesfactory (32-bit & 64-bit VST/AU/AAX plugin format for Windows & Mac OS).
11 Comments
Breeeeen
onIt took me many, many attempts, but I was finally successful in getting the download link e-mail. If at first you don’t succeed… :)
Rick V.
onHow did you get it done. Can’t get it. I’m on windows and I’m trying to get the vst version.Nothing No, compressed file.Empty file Error. Thanx
Steve
onThanks for this, Tomislav.
I think the Wavesfactory servers were affected by the Amazon server outages today.
-Steve
Esol
onSomething similar to Bark Of Dog by Boz Digital Perhaps?
Vitali
onNo, it’s not similar to it. This plugin is very simple, nevertheless it sounds really awesome!
Андрей
onЧерез Proxy заходит на сайт. Всё отлично работает
Vitali
onIt works even without proxy. Why do you write in Russian here?
Hans
onCan’t download this thing. It shows all the times, that my download limit is reached. Lol. I couldn’t download it a single time…
jay
onCant even log in to account !!! ( via facebook )
and cant reset password either …
Must have problems with the site …
Vitali
onGive me your email and I’ll send you a link.
Al Bean
onI got it to download just now. Had to make an account and a link was emailed to me.