this is the free drum VST mega video with over 20 free drum plugins including drum
machine plugins and acoustic drum plugins and this video is sponsored by DistroKid so use these drum
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more on that in just a bit now i'm going to break the list up into two sections
the drum machine style plugins and the acoustic style plugins now let's start
with the drum machine plugins and we'll look at Afroplugin it comes with 10 presets and 120
sounds you get 12 pads and a very easy to use interface in addition to the typical
attack decay sustain and release controls you also get a pitch saturation and reverb
control built in it's available in VST, VST3, and AU formats on Mac or Windows
next up is an excellent free drum plugin for lo-fi beats this is
BPB Cassette this is actually three plugins you get cassette 606 cassette 808 and cassette 909
these were sampled from a cassette deck and each plugin comes with a set of three drum
kits clean warm and hot BPB Cassette drums is available on VST and AU formats on mac or windows
the next free drum plugin is combat drum loop machine from DCSI you get four kits with this one
glitch clean power and noise plus there are two loop groups as well
and the cool thing is you don't have to switch between these kits they're all
available to you all the time so they're spread out across your keyboard and the user interface
shows you where each kit is on the keyboard it's available as a vst on mac or windows
the next one is drum pro from studio linked it's a 12-pad drum machine that comes with 20 kits
the user interface is fairly simple you have volume and pan controls for
each pad plus you have your attack decay sustain and release controls
and there's also a built-in reverb drum pro is available on mac or windows in VST and AU formats
next up is Sitala from Decomposer this is a pretty straightforward sample player it has
16 assignable pads it comes with two basic drum kits one's a 808 and the other is a 909
and of course you can add your own samples in there to create your own kits
you can get Sitala on Windows Mac or Linux in VST and AUu formats
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now back to the free drum vsts and this one is drum 8 from audio latte this is a sample
based drum plugin that comes with 40 drum kits it features global reverb and filter effects
and you can adjust the attack gain plus pan of each individual pad you can get Drum8 on Mac
or Windows and VST, VST3, and AU formats but it may not work on OSX systems above Mojave
now let's check out Ritmix you get 25 kits with this one including some acoustic style
drum kits and you can control them with the 16 mpc style pads you have editing capabilities
to edit the sample in each pad however you like plus you also get a 16 step sequencer
built into it Ritmix is available on mac or windows in VST, and VST3 formats
now this next one has multiple plugins built into it it's the native instruments Kontakt
Player this is part of the free complete start bundle and there's actually over 10
kits that you can find in here and these range from acoustic style kits to classic
drum machine sounds if you don't have the complete start bundle yet definitely grab it
and if you do have it and you weren't aware of these kits open it up and check them out
Kontakt Player is available on mac or windows in vst vst3 au and aax formats
the next free drum machine style plugin is Supermatic S12 from
digital systemic emulations this is based on the wilson supermatic s12 from
1971. it has a cool looking user interface that very much looks like the original unit
and you have a heat control in there to add some saturation plus unique spring tank reverb
and this one may not be for every song but it's a character piece that can add something different
here and there the Supermatic s12 is available on mac or windows in vst and au formats
next on the list is beat factory drums you get 10 kits with this one it's sampled from the mpc
2500 and has 12 pads with some fairly straightforward controls plus a built-in
reverb you can get beat factory drums on windows and mac in vst vst3 and au formats
next up is Beat DRMR this one comes with 178 kits in a wide variety of styles
you have 12 pads with a mixer reverb low-pass filter
and more you get so much variety with Beat DRMR you should be able to find at least
one kit in here that fits your needs it's available on windows or mac in vst and au formats
the next free drum machine plugin is 606 Koncept from Sample Science this is based
on the 606 analog drum machine from the 80s there's also vinyl tape and sub sound
layers that can be triggered on their own to add texture and depth to your drums
plus it has built-in reverb and more controls to customize your drum sound
you can get the 606 Koncept plugin on mac or windows in vst and au formats
up next is Love-fi from quiet music this is a lo-fi instrument plug-in that has more than
just drum sounds in it including basses pads keys and of course the three lo-fi drum kits
the user interface is kind of funny but the controls are laid out well so it's easy to adjust
you can get quiet music's love-fi on mac or windows in bst vst 3 and au formats
now let's look at the free acoustic drum vst plugins and we'll start with monster drums
because it still has some drum machine style kits in there as well there are quite a few free
kit expansions that you can use for different genres of music and drum taste and each drum
kit has its own user interface that suits that specific kit's sound this is a surprisingly good
sounding free drum plugin and it's available on mac or windows in vst vst3 and au formats
next up is Jamstix from Rayzoon this is a virtual drummer plugin and it's a
slimmed down version of their paid plugin but it's not crippled in the free version of
Jamstix you get eight drummer models 21 style models and 200 acoustic drum samples
you can create grooves within the plugin itself and it can make your drum beats
sound natural you can grab Jamstix free on both mac or windows in vst au and aax formats
the next one is MT Power Drumkit 2. this one gives you the realistic sounds of a drum kit
use it in pop rock metal country or anything that you want an acoustic drum kit on MT Power
drumkit also includes some decent grooves that can provide a good starting point for your songs
you can easily drag and drop the grooves into your projects and start building your tracks
you can get this one for mac windows and linux in vst and au formats
up next is Spitfire Labs Drums this is part of the lab's collection from spitfire audio
Spitfire Labs Drums was recorded using top of the line mics giving you a very nice sounding
acoustic drumkit plugin that's simple to use spitfire audio labs drums is available on both
mac or windows in vst vst 3 au and aax formats
the next one is steven slate ssd free in the free version you get all of the
features of the full plugin but access to only one of the kits with three kit presets
plus there's also some grooves included in there and this one gives you an excellent
sounding acoustic drum sound it's available on mac or windows and vst au and aax formats
the next free drum vst plugin is Sean Pandy Drums this is an acoustic drum rompler plugin
with a kick snare four toms and a sub blower so there's no symbols in this
one you'll need to use another plug-in for that there are two versions of this plug-in
there's the stereo version that's going to output all of your drums to a stereo track
and then there's a multi-out version that allows you to use multi-outputs to send each drum to
their own track you can grab sean pandy drums for both mac or windows in vst and au formats
this next one is called play some drums and it's from make some music now the plugin comes with a
single drum kit it has separate volume faders for the different parts of the kit a global volume and
a global reverb play some drums now is available on windows only at the moment in vst format
next up is organic calfskin kit and this is a rompler style plug-in by default it comes
with a fairly dry sounding kit but you can sign up to their website and they have several other
free kits that you can load into it you can get this one on mac and windows in vst3 format
this next one comes with a free Cakewalk doll this is cakewalk drums if you already
have Cakewalk by Bandlab you probably already have this if you chose to install the add-ons
but you don't have to use this one in just Cakewalk you can use it into
any daw after it's installed Cakewalk drums are fairly dry sounding but you can add compression
eq and some reverb to add some character to them this one is available on windows only
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