D16 PunchBox Transient Shaper – Professional Audio Software & Plugin

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 our 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 renowned 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-drop? Wet/dry knobs and selectable Mixdown After option? Does Independent send from any sound generator to any effect? Instantly render your final kick sound like 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 of mouse clicks the 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:

• Up to 4 generators operating in parallel activated/deactivated independently
• Click - Sample-based produces Kick accent
• Tops - Sample-based e.g. hihats percussion and noises
• Tools - Sample-based e.g midrange almost full Kicks without sub
• Kick - Sample-based or Synth-based produces the Kick's body
• 4 synthesis engines for Synth Mode
• 909 Kick model
• 808 Kick model
• 606 Kick model
• Sine wave Kick model
• Audio-to-effect send per generator
• 1 voice of polyphony
• Optional MIDI velocity sensitivity and pitch tracking
• Built-in effect rack
• Equalizer
• Bit Crusher
• Distortion
• Limiter (cannot be reordered)
• 1100 samples
• 800 presets
• Suitably tagged
• Preview option
• 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 at multiple bit depths and sample rates)
• User may import own samples

Requirements:

Platform	CPU	RAM	Disk	Notes	Additional Requirement	Audio Card	Ports	Internet Required	32 Bit Support	64 Bit Support	Plugins
mac	Intel based 2.0 GHz (2.4 GHz recommended)	4	0		This product is not a standalone program so you need a host application to use it.			0	1	1	VST-2 VST-3 AU AAX
windows	2.0 GHz SSE (Multicore 2.4 GHz recommended)	4	0		This product is not a standalone program so you need a host application to use it.			0	1	1	VST-2 VST-3 AAX