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The Best Choice for Designing Top-Quality & Dancefloor-Crushing Kicks
PunchBOX is a virtual instrument designed for creating high-quality kick drum sounds. It comes with a vast, exquisite library of presets & sounds created by industry-standard sound designers Sounds of Revolution and CFA-Sound to get you started in no time.
A Sampling & Synthesis Handshake
PunchBox is the best of both worlds: expressive synthesized sounds fused with the richness and complexity of real samples bring you top-notch, unheard-of kick sounds that set themselves apart. Each included sample is its own little masterpiece, crafted with professional experience using top-shelf instruments through the best vintage studio analog gear. The kick sound synthesizers, originating from D16 highly acclaimed emulations of the classic Roland drum machines, were taken to the next level and customized to perfectly fit the purpose of PunchBox.
At the heart of PunchBox is four sound generators, each a key component of your final kick sound. Factory settings were created as a jumping-off point to get started in a unique, intuitive and inspiring way.
Vast Factory Library of Quality Content
Sounds of Revolution and CFA-Sound prepared an arsenal of 1100 samples and 800 presets covering the gamut of virtually all contemporary subgenres of electronic music. It's never been easier to keep up with & trailblaze your own music production trends while maintaining a high-quality standard. Organized using the reknowned D16 tagging system, browsing for that perfect sound is as smooth as a 60hz sine wave.
You'll Get a Kick Outta This FX Rack
Fulfilling the demanding needs of producers when it comes to taking a kick sound to the next level quickly drove the PunchBOX dev team to create an effect rack with unsurpassed versatility. Reordering modules by simple drag'n'drop? Wet/dry knobs and selectable Mixdown After option? Independent sends from any sound generator to any effect? Instantly render your final kick sound as a drag & drop audio file? Done.
Intuitive & inspiring workflow
The PunchBox dev team worked hard to offer you an interface that knows what you want. You'll immediately see how simple it is to just activate/deactivate/level the building blocks of your signature kick sound – with a couple mouse clicks, knob turns and level changes. Creative juices not flowing today? No problem, just browse through the cleverly tagged presets or smash the Random button!
Features
Sound Source
Up to 4 generators, operating in parallel, activated/deactivated independently
- Click - Sample-based, produces Kick accent
- Tops - Sample-based, produces e.g. hi-hats, percussion and noise
- Tools - Sample-based, produces almost full Kicks without sub
- Kick - Sample-based or Synth-based, produces the Kick's body. 4 synthesis engines for Synth Mode to select from:
- 909 Kick model
- 808 Kick model
- 606 Kick model
- Sine wave based Kick model
- Audio-to-Effect Send Per Generator
- 1 voice of polyphony
- Optional MIDI velocity sensitivity and pitch tracking
Built-In Effect Rack
- 5 high-quality algorithms operating in series, may be independently turned on/off and reordered by drag 'n' drop
- Equalizer
- Bit Crusher
- Distortion
- Filter
- Limiter
- Controllable Connection Point in the Effect Chain for the Generators’ Direct Output (Mixdown After)
Samples and Presets
- Vast factory content designed by CFA-Sound and Sounds of Revolution
- 800 presets
- 1100 samples
- Suitably tagged
- Tag-based Preset and Sample browsers
- Preview option
- User may import own samples
- 7 preset categories (hierarchically ordered)
- Global / Master presets
- 909 Synth engine
- 808 Synth engine
- 606 Synth engine
- Sine Synth engine
- Bitcrusher Effect
- Distortion Effect
- MIDI Learn option
- Flexible Randomizer
- Direct Export function (export your final kick as WAV file)
System Requirements
Windows
- Windows 7, 8 and 10 (32 or 64-bit)
- CPU - 2.0 GHz with SSE (Multicore system 2.4 GHz recommended)
- RAM - 4 GB (8 GB Recommended)
- Software - VST compatible host application (32 or 64-bit)
Mac
- Mac OS X 10.7 - macOS 10.15 (32 or 64-bit) (The product isn't yet compatible with macOS 11 Big Sur or macOS 12 Monterey)
- CPU - Intel-based 2.0 GHz (2.4 GHz recommended)
- RAM - 4 GB (8 GB Recommended)
- Software - AU / VST compatible host application (32 or 64-bit)
Please note: This is not a standalone program - a host application (DAW) is required to use it.
Awards
Santaflow
"Right now I'm discovering PunchBox, and I can see infinite posibilities to create completely custom kick drums."
Dannic (Producer / DJ)
"Easy to use, raw sounding and it gives me endless possibilities to modulate my sounds to where they are unique."
Richard Devine
"D16’s PunchBox, is one of the best kick drum synthesis instruments I have come across."
Windows
1. Visit the D16 Group website to create or login into your user account.
2. Once logged into your account, select the '+ Add Licence' tab
3. Copy and paste the serial number provided in your Plugin Boutique User Account into the box and click 'Add.'
Note: Ensure there are no spaces at the beginning and end of the licence before clicking 'Add' to register it.
4. Once the licence has successfully been added to your account, click 'Close.'
5. Select the 'Download' tab to reveal the drop-down list and click your preferred 32 and/or 64-bit Windows Installer option to obtain the software.
6. Once downloaded, double-click the .msi installer file to begin the installation process > then click 'Run.'
7. Click 'Next.'
8. Read through and select 'I accept the terms in the licence agreement' and click 'Next.'
9. Select the format (s) i.e VST/AAX that you wish to install and click 'Next.'
10. Click 'Install' to complete the installation process.
11. The installation of the software has successfully completed > click 'Finish.'
Activation
1. Open and load the software within your DAW and then click the 'Activate' tab.
Note: If the software fails to appear, rescan your DAW's plugin selection and/or restart your computer.
2. Enter your D16 Group user account email and password > then click 'Sign-In.'
3. Close the plugin and then reopen it to complete activation of the software.
The Software is now Activated and Ready for Use!
Mac
1. Visit the D16 Group website to create or login into your user account.
2. Once logged into your account, select the '+ Add Licence' tab
3. Copy and paste the serial number provided in your Plugin Boutique User Account into the box and click 'Add.'
Note: Ensure there are no spaces at the beginning and end of the licence before clicking 'Add' to register it.
4. Once the licence has successfully been added to your account, click 'Close.'
5. Select the 'Download' tab to reveal the drop-down list and click your preferred Mac OS X Installer option to obtain the software.
6. Once downloaded, double-click the .dmg installer file to unpack the .pkg file.
7. Double-click the .dmg .pkg installer file to begin the installation process > then click 'Continue.'
8. Read through the licence agreement > click 'Continue' then 'Agree.'
9. Click 'Install.'
10. The installation of the software has successfully completed > click 'Close.'
Activation
1. Open and load the software within your DAW and then click the 'Activate' tab.
Note: If the software fails to appear, rescan your DAW's plugin selection and/or restart your computer.
2. Enter your D16 Group user account email and password > then click 'Sign-In.'
3. Close the plugin and then reopen it to complete activation of the software.
The Software is now Activated and Ready for Use!
