About Keith:
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Keith the Kick is one of 'The Lads', a gang of Virtual Analogue Sequenced Percussion devices trying to muscle in on your music productions
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Keith is a Virtual Analogue kick drum with attitude
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Keith offers a lot of control over the tone and shape of his sound
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Keith is armed with a serious, grown up, sequencer - for maximum impact
Keith the Kick: Features
Buy Keith the Kick
Buy all 5 of The Lads for £25:
About the circuit:
- Like the TR-909, Keith's circuit is based around a waveshaped triangle waveform
- Keith has noise and a click added to intensify the attack portion of the sound
- No samples were used in the creation of any of 'The Lads'
- Keith is NOT a TR-909 emulation but does share similar sound characteristics



Keith's Controls
Kick Body - This is the fundamental tone of the kick
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Freq - Pitch - from a window-rattling 35Hz to super fast 75Hz
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Curve - Decay characteristic - from a tight exponential curve to an overblown logarithmic curve
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Decay - From a deep 'Click' to just about long enough
Kick Peak - This creates a thump, or a knock, at the start of the kick
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Freq - Starting pitch of the kick, before it swoops down upon the floor
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Time - The time taken for the pitch to swoop down - 1ms - 50ms
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Slope - An exponential curve applied to the pitch sweep = softer/harder - kind of :/
The sequencer
Finally, a grown up percussion sequencer that is simple to use, fast and creativity enhancing
Don't be fooled by its benign appearance, this sequencer can supercharge your beats in seconds
Here's a video exploring the sequencer's functions
Global Controls
Housekeeping stuff
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The K-Teck logo
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Device title and version number
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Preset display - for storing and recalling your presets
Global tone controls
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HiPass - A High Pass filter to remove too much sub or get a nasty click/knock
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LoPass - A lowpass filter designed by Surreal Machines to remove excess top end and subbify
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Gain - Output volume - also drives into that Surreal Machines Low Pass filter for extra oomph