croquesolid
drum processor

croquesolid v0.3

The ultimate one-stop solution for quick, solid and tasteful drum design.

Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, croquesolid offers a streamlined workflow for effortlessly shaping acoustic drum tracks. This versatile plugin is designed to clean, refine, and enhance your drums with precision and character. All within a single and intuitive interface.

Available in VST3 (Windows, macOS) and Audio Unit (macOS) formats, croquesolid integrates seamlessly with all major digital audio workstations.

Currently under development.


Artfully made for every drum, every mix.

Carefully crafted, just like a fine pastry, croquesolid delivers exceptional detail and flavour for your drum tracks.

mode: kick mode: snare/toms mode: room/bus


With dedicated modes for kick, snare/toms and room/overhead-mic or drum-bus tracks, croquesolid optimizes the workflow for each part of your kit. From the thump of your kick drum to the shimmer of cymbals and the spaciousness and ambience of the room, it's feature set has got you covered.

It’s perfect for anyone looking to add rich, professional-sounding drums to their mix without the hassle of juggling multiple plugins. An intuitive and fun-to-use interface and carefully curated features help you get studio-quality results super-fast, whether you’re in a high-pressure mixing session or working in your home studio giving your band's recordings the finishing touch.


Easy-to-use, enjoyable.

See how easy it is to give your own drum recordings that 'pro' touch with minimal adjustments. Here's a video where a snare track is cleaned of excessive hi-hat bleed and enriched with multi-layer sample triggering and a few other features. We turn a mediocre performance into something that can actually be used in a 'real' production - and in under 2 minutes!

 


Deliciously versatile.

Imagine shaping your drum tracks with the ease of a channel strip but with extra 'flavour'.
croquesolid covers every aspect of drum sound design, and they all have their specialized section:

global modes (kick | snare/toms | room/bus)

  • mode: Set it to kick, snare/toms or room/bus mode and the plugin will automatically choose optimal settings for the signal path, filters, timings and more.

gate/expander section

  • gate: Achieve pristine clarity with smart gating and bleed reduction, or use soft expansion to maintain the musicality of your tracks.
    Probably the easiest and most effective gate you will find.
    Blast-beat compliant. Hell yeah.

sample trigger section

  • trigger: Effortlessly blend or replace your drums with built-in multi-layered samples for extra weight or texture using croquesolid’s intuitive drum trigger tool.
    We do supply a small and nice library of multi-layered stereo drum samples. But feel free to add your own.
    This section is available in kick & snare/toms mode.

stereo width section

  • stereo width: Achieve correct correlation and spatial integrity of stereo-miked room, ambience or overhead sources. Widen or shrink the stereo image, correct the center position of the kick or snare, and tweak the spectral balance of the perceived soundstage.
    Available in room/bus mode.

attack/transients section

  • attack: Add punch and control to your drum hits with a simple yet powerful transient shaping section.

compressor section

  • compressor: Inspired by renown studio classics, choosing one of the compression types adapts to any style, giving your drums punch, presence or that 'slammed' character when needed.
    The leveler is a puchy, yet forgiving mode modelled on classic optical-compressor circuitry, great for balancing a dynamic performance while retaining the sonic integrity of the kit or individual instruments.
    Go harder and more intrusive in slam mode, achieving the typical in-your-face sound of vintage FET-style compressors incorporating that choking effect on fast transients.

dynamic EQ section

  • dynamic eq: You know the feeling: There's this tom that actually sounds good. It is rarely hit but always dies out at a completely annoying frequency, thus ruining everything. Finding that spot in the spectrum usually requires full attention and blocks your creative flow, tiring your ears very quickly.
    This section is tailored for that task. It only takes a single click to scan the source. Dynamically filtering problematic frequencies is then just a knob turn away. And it auto-finds the sweet spot of 'maximum thumpification'.

flavour section

  • flavour: Add more deliciousness to your sound through analogue-inspired tape saturation, tube warmth and exciter mode, giving your drums fat punch, grit, loudness, warmth or extra clarity and shimmer that makes integrating your drums in a crowded mix an easy task.
    While this section greatly enriches the sound through analogue-style harmonic creation, oversampling makes sure that digital artifacts stay out of here.


Coming in Q4 2024.
Pricing will be anounced upon release.