STEP ON THE KICKGRID·PATCH ANYTHING INTO ANYTHING·NO SAMPLES, NO MERCY·BREAK THE ROOM·BUILD YOUR SIGNATURE SOUND·150–250 BPM· STEP ON THE KICKGRID·PATCH ANYTHING INTO ANYTHING·NO SAMPLES, NO MERCY·BREAK THE ROOM·BUILD YOUR SIGNATURE SOUND·150–250 BPM·

The kick plugin for the harder styles

Tired of samplepacks and sounding the same as the producer next to you? KICKGRID is the go-to plugin for hardstyle, hardcore and uptempo producers. Patch modules together, shape your own chain, and stand out from the rest.

Hear KICKGRID in action (no additional processing applied):
What's actually in the box on the grid

Everything your kick needed and never had.

No more stacking plugin upon plugin that don't transfer between DAWs or systems. Patch a chain once on the canvas and use it wherever and whenever you like: Windows, Mac, any DAW.

Twenty Filter Types
From a clean Lowpass to a self-oscillating Resonator or vowel-like Formant, tuned specifically for the low-end of your new kick.
Twenty-One Distortion Curves
From transparent Soft Clip through Tube Amp warmth to Bitcrush, Decimator, Foldback and Rectify, all genre-tuned for kicks.
Everything In One Plugin
KICKGRID has forty modules. Beyond the filters and distortion: EQ, compressors and limiters, transient shaping, reverb and delay, pitch shifting, a sub generator, a sampler, volume shaping, band splitting and much more.
Full Modular Canvas
Place up to 64 modules, cable them together, blend and fan out signal however you like. Stack a module up to 8 times onto itself or feedback a module into itself or an earlier module for complete mayhem.
Inspired By The Golden Era
AutoFilter, Dual Filter, PhatFilter, Clip Distortion and more: modules built after the legacy VSTs that shaped the golden era of hardstyle.
Macros, Envelopes & LFOs
A full modulation system with a 16-slot mod matrix, docked at the bottom of the window, routes movement to almost any parameter.
Hear KICKGRID in context

A minute per genre.

One kick on its own only tells you half the story. Below you will find short demo tracks. Every kick you hear came out of KICKGRID, with no additional processing applied.

Hardstyle
150 BPM

Melodic build with a lead on top, then a reverse-bass drop. One patch, pitched across the pattern.

DROP
0:00
Track not uploaded yet.
Hardcore
190 BPM

Short build, then a distorted kick with a rumble tail that leaves nothing for the mids to do.

DROP
0:00
Track not uploaded yet.
Uptempo
200-220 BPM

Fast, dry and nasty. Build, full stop, and a kick that does all of the screaming by itself.

DROP
0:00
Track not uploaded yet.
// Zet de drie tracks als sounds/demo-{hardstyle,hardcore,uptempo}.mp3 klaar (circa 1 minuut, opbouw + drop) en pas per kaart data-drop aan naar de seconde waarop de drop valt -- daar komt de DROP-markering en de "Jump to the drop"-knop op te staan. Ontbreekt een bestand, dan zet de kaart zichzelf op "Track not uploaded yet" en gaat de knop uit (zie console); een synth-placeholder zoals bij de losse kicks is hier niet mogelijk.
Inside the plugin

This is what you'll actually be tweaking.

This is the real thing, straight out of the plug-in: module cards cabled together on the canvas, with the modulation panel docked underneath. A 60-second walkthrough video drops before launch.

The KICKGRID interface: module cards cabled together on the patch canvas, with the modulation panel docked at the bottom.
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60-Second Walkthrough
Coming soon
Already in the studio

Tested before this page existed.

Working copies were already in a handful of studios before you ever saw the name. This is what came back, unedited.

[Artist Name]
[Label / Release]
[Quote]
Preset: [Preset Name 1]
Preset: [Preset Name 2]
Rainer K
Hard Classic Recordz
The best plugin I've used in 20 years!
Holy-moly! I just checked this plugin. It's like a DAW in a DAW! It's revolutionary I would say, so many options.
Preset: [Preset Name 1]
Preset: [Preset Name 2]
[Artist Name]
[Label / Release]
This is the nastiest reverse bass I've had in my chain without it turning to noise.
Preset: [Preset Name 1]
Preset: [Preset Name 2]
// Vervang [Artist Name] / [Label] / [Preset Name], de avatar-iconen (met een echte foto) en de 12 sounds/artist-<n>-preset-<n>-{dry,wet}.mp3 bestanden met echte before/after opnames voordat dit live gaat. Ontbreekt een bestand nog, dan speelt de knop een gesynthetiseerde kick als placeholder (zie console).
No safety net

Built for one job. Does it properly.

01
Grid Engine
40 modules, 20 filter types, 21 distortion curves, all genre-tuned
02
Modulation
6 Macros, X-Y Pad, 2 Envelopes, 2 LFOs, 16-slot Mod Matrix
03
Presets
A handful included as a starting point
04
Format
VST3 on Windows and Mac, AU on Mac
05
CPU
Light footprint, stacks fine on drum busses
Wanna know what the FUZZ is about?
Read the manual →
From the maker

A better way to build kicks.

I made KICKGRID because I was tired of opening 10+ VSTs just to build one kick. I wanted everything in one place, allowing me to create the kick that's in my head fast and easy.

T-NRG a.k.a Tristan · producer, and the one who built KICKGRID
One price. No games.

€50. Today, in six months, whenever you're ready.

We think €50 is a fair price for what you get, so that's what it costs, for everyone, always. No sales during Black Friday or Christmas, no fake discount-prices. €50 is about what half a festival ticket costs, except this one stays on every kick you make afterwards. You’d normally need to buy expensive plugins (some over €80 on their own) that each fill one function, like distortion, filtering and EQ. KICKGRID has all of them.

€50
One time. Yours forever.
Lifetime updates included for as long as KICKGRID is in active development.
Be the first to get KICKGRID →

If you want to be the next big DJ, spend more time distorting frequency bands than on showing off your festival wristbands.

Before you ask

Questions people actually ask.

01How much does KICKGRID cost?
€50, one time. No launch discounts, no subscriptions, no price hikes down the line. That's the price whether you buy today or next year.
02What do I actually get for €50?
The full plugin, plus lifetime updates for as long as KICKGRID is in active development. No separate "pro" tier, no paywalled updates later.
03If KICKGRID replaces multiple plugins, why so cheap?
KICKGRID is made by a hardstyle producer for producers of harder styles. No big corporations or shareholders need to be satisfied. The price mostly covers hosting, development and the other time and costs that go into keeping it running, not maximizing profit. This scene has given me more than I can measure, and this plugin is my way of giving something back to the people in it.
04What formats and systems does it support?
VST3 on Windows and Mac. On Mac you also get Audio Unit, in two versions: KICKGRID for Logic’s instrument slot, where it can take MIDI notes, and KICKGRID FX for an ordinary Audio FX slot. There is no AAX build, so Pro Tools is not supported yet.
05Does it come with presets?
Yes, but mainly to show you how KICKGRID works and what it's capable of. We encourage you to build your own patches from there, so you end up with a signature sound that's uniquely yours instead of the same setting everyone else picked.
06Will it add latency to my session?
Almost never. Nearly every module works sample by sample and adds nothing. The exceptions are Pitch Shift and Pitch Envelope, which need a short window of audio to work on, so a chain containing one of those runs a few milliseconds behind. If you are using KICKGRID live, we highly recommend testing both your DAW and laptop to the extreme during rehearsal, to catch any flaws in your setup before you are on stage.
07Is there a refund policy?
No. Due to the nature of the product, digital software that can be copied and used the moment it's activated, we don't offer refunds. Make sure KICKGRID fits your workflow before buying.
08Can I try KICKGRID?
Yes. Without an activated license, KICKGRID runs in a limited mode rather than a timed trial: Filter (Lowpass/Highpass/Bandpass), Distortion and Gain stay usable so you can explore the workflow before buying. Every other module is hidden from the palette until you activate.
09Is KICKGRID made with AI?
Yes, KICKGRID is built with the help of AI. What isn't made with AI is what you put in and what comes out of it. The sound design, the decisions, the taste, the creative process, that's still 100% yours.
10When does KICKGRID launch?
When it's ready.

Get on the grid first.

No discount clock, no fake scarcity. Just first access the moment KICKGRID goes live, at the same €50 it'll always be.

Subscribers hear about every update first, and every now and then we pick a random one for our closed beta!