More attack in the kick?

Infinitium · March 22, 2026, 4:21pm

Hi
I really enjoy kick 3, i import samples from my favourite psytrance songs and kick 3 imitates them quite good. Though sometimes i have an issue to sample a clean kick and i find i don’t get as much click ( attack) as in the reference song. How could i solve this issue?

Kind regards Conny

Tekalight · March 23, 2026, 2:11pm

Hi there,

First off, please make sure you’re using the latest version, some improvements & potential issue with the analysis and detection algorithm were added in latest public release V1.1.7

Release Notes ## V 1.1.7 - 11-02-2026

New Features

Phaser fx added to FX area

Improvements

Added vst3 snapshot.

Bugfixes

Fixed velocity sensitivity setting affecting the displayed waveform.
Fixed plugin size constrain on external displays.
Fixed potential crash in Protools.
Fixed preset saving not working under certain circumstances.
Fixed “news” announcements appearing twice in the plugin.
Improved analysis stability: fixed rare cases where click/sub analysis could produce invalid samples and mute playback.

Also, if you’re analyzing an audio kick from a loop, make sure to isolate the kick sound as best as you can with the Start/End markers and to include enough of the kick attack ( start ).

And last but not least, please try to use different analysis algorithms : you may try to use the specific “Psytrance” algorithm in that case, but we highly recommend to experiment with other algorithms as well

If you don’t get the attack you want, you can also swap the click resulting from your audio kick analysis with other clicks and also shape the AMP envelope to refine your kick preset after analysis. The Linear Mode gives you more details to adjust nodes at the start of the kick.