ForgeDSP // Kick Designer

Stop auditioning kicks. Start building them.

Three sample layers, locked in phase, tuned to your track, carved clean. One kick that hits on club systems, car stereos, and earbuds.

$55~~$69~~Intro · save $14

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Windows 10/11 · VST3 · 64-bit · macOS coming

Late Miami · the alchemist's bench Kick Alchemist VST3 plugin interface showing BASE, CORE, and SPARK kick layers with the alchemy cauldron

The kick problem

The kick is where tracks live or die

✕ Without Kick Alchemist

✕ 40-minute folder scrolls hoping one sample does every job.

✕ Stacked kicks that quietly phase-cancel and sound weaker.

✕ A kick that fights your 808 and destabilizes the low end.

✕ Three EQs deep, still boxy and muddy.

✕ A kick that vanishes the second it hits a phone speaker.

◆ With Kick Alchemist

✓ BASE, CORE, SPARK — one layer per job, one bench.

✓ Phase tools lock the layers so they add up, not cancel.

✓ Per-layer tuning locks the kick to your key.

✓ CARVE gives every layer its own lane — no mud.

✓ Reads on club rigs, cars, laptops, and earbuds.

Why producers build with it

Everything the kick needs. One window.

Benefit-first, in the order you actually work.

01 — Layers

Three layers. One kick that translates.

The kicks on records you love are almost never one sample. BASE carries the sub weight, CORE the punch, SPARK the click that survives small speakers. Load a sample into each, blend, done.

BASE, CORE and SPARK layer columns in Kick Alchemist

02 — Tune

Tune your kick like an instrument.

A kick that fights your bassline wrecks the whole low end. Per-layer tuning locks every layer to the key of your track, so the kick and the 808 stop arguing and start hitting together. Root note in, power out.

Per-layer tune → locked to key

Base

Core

Spark

Match Tune · Key: C

03 — Phase

Phase alignment: the low end you paid for.

Stack two kicks one sample off and they quietly cancel each other — that's why your stacked kick feels weaker than either sample alone. Per-layer phase tools make the layers add up instead of fighting. The unglamorous feature that makes the biggest difference.

Fix Phase · Auto-Align

Aligned — layers reinforce

04 — Carve

CARVE: every layer gets its own lane.

Overlapping frequencies turn three good samples into one boxy mess. CARVE cuts each layer down to the range it's actually there for, so BASE owns the lows, CORE owns the punch, SPARK owns the top. Clean stack, no third-party EQ chain.

CARVE · frequency lanes

Base

Core

Spark

20 Hz — sub · punch · top — 20 kHz

05 — Cook

COOK it down. Drag it out.

When the kick is right, hit COOK and render the whole stack to a single clean sample. Drag it straight into your DAW and it plays like any one-shot: light on CPU, easy to slice, ready to bounce with the project. Design in the plugin, commit like a pro.

COOK render bouncing a layered kick to a single sample in Kick Alchemist

06 — Transmute

TRANSMUTE when you're stuck.

Blank-page syndrome hits kick design too. TRANSMUTE re-rolls layer combinations into a new starting point in one click. It's a spark, not a slot machine: everything it suggests, you can tune, carve, and re-cook until it's yours.

Transmute · new starting point

Base

Core

Spark

◇ one click · always editable

See it in action

From folder to finished kick in two minutes

Walkthrough video — lands at launch

Launch offer

Own it once. Keep it forever.

KICK ALCHEMIST

$55~~$69~~

Intro price · save 20%

◆ Intro price ends after 100 copies are sold

✓ BASE / CORE / SPARK layers, per-layer tune, phase & CARVE

✓ COOK render to a single one-shot, drag-and-drop

✓ One-time license — no subscription, no account

✓ Offline activation with a license key

✓ Free updates within 1.x · instant download

14-day money-back · one-time purchase · Windows VST3

FormatVST3 (64-bit)

PlatformWindows 10 / 11. macOS coming.

HostsFL Studio, Ableton Live, Cubase, Studio One, REAPER, Bitwig, any VST3 host

LayersBASE / CORE / SPARK with per-layer tune, phase, and CARVE

RenderCOOK bounces the stack to one one-shot, drag-and-drop

LicenseOne-time purchase, offline activation, no account required

DeliveryInstant download, license key emailed after checkout

Built to be trusted

Made by a producer, not a committee

No inflated numbers here. The honest reasons Kick Alchemist earns a place on your bench.

◆ One dev

Built by a working DJ/producer

Every decision made by someone who ships tracks, not a plugin division.

◆ Tested

Passed pluginval, strictness 10

Validated at the toughest setting before it ever reaches your DAW.

◆ Readable

Colorblind-readable UI

Every state reads by text and shape, never color alone. Built by a colorblind producer.

◆ Yours

One-time license, offline

Pay once, activate offline, no account, no kill switch. Works in ten years.

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Before you click buy

Honest answers

Does Kick Alchemist work in my DAW?+

If your DAW runs VST3 plugins on Windows, yes. FL Studio, Ableton Live, Cubase, Studio One, REAPER, Bitwig, and any other VST3 host.

Is there a Mac version?+

Not yet. Kick Alchemist is Windows-only at launch, and we say that plainly instead of hiding it in fine print. macOS is coming; join the list on the Free Demos page and you'll hear when it lands.

Is this a subscription?+

No. You pay once, you own the license. No account, no monthly fee, no plugin that stops working when you cancel something.

How does activation work if my studio PC is offline?+

Your license key activates offline. Enter the key in the plugin and you're done. No internet connection required on your music machine, ever.

Can I use the kicks I make commercially?+

Yes. Anything you design and COOK in Kick Alchemist is yours, royalty-free, in any release, commercial or not.

What if it's not for me?+

Email us within 14 days of purchase and we refund you — see the refund policy. Where a free demo exists, try it first: it answers “does this work in my DAW, on my machine” for free.

You make tracks people feel on a big system. The kick is where that starts.