Best Drum Plugins

1. 01
   9.2Essential
   Drums

   Superior Drummer 3

   Toontrack Superior Drummer 3 is a drum production studio plugin with 7 sampled kits, a built-in mixer and effects, and audio-to-MIDI conversion.

   DeveloperToontrack
   Price—
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2. 02
   8.6Great
   Drums

   EZdrummer 3

   EZdrummer 3 is Toontrack's virtual drum software with seven kits recorded at Hansa Studios, around 15 GB of sounds, 2,500+ MIDI grooves, and songwriting tools.

   DeveloperToontrack
   Price—
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3. 03
   8.5Great
   Drums

   Sonic Academy Kick 2

   Sonic Academy Kick 2 by Sonic Academy. The kick design synth for electronic music—layer click and sub with node envelopes to build custom kicks from scratch.

   DeveloperSonic Academy
   Price$50
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4. 04
   8.4Great
   Drums

   Addictive Drums 2

   Addictive Drums 2 is XLN Audio's multi-sampled virtual drum instrument and standalone app for building, mixing, and playing customizable acoustic drum kits.

   DeveloperXLN Audio
   Price$169
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5. 05
   8.4Great
   Drums

   Heavyocity Damage 2

   Heavyocity Damage 2 by Heavyocity. Cinematic percussion and impacts for trailers and score—designed hits, loops, and crushing low end.

   DeveloperHeavyocity
   Price$299
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6. 06
   8.4Great
   Drums

   Steven Slate Trigger 2

   Trigger 2 Platinum is a drum replacement and augmentation plugin that detects transients to swap or layer kicks, snares, and toms with pro drum samples without MIDI.

   DeveloperSteven Slate Audio
   Price$59
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7. 07
   8.3Great
   Drums

   D16 Group Drumazon 2

   D16 Group Drumazon 2 by D16 Group. TR-909 style drum machine synthesis with deep per-voice control—classic electronic drums you can redesign.

   DeveloperD16 Group
   Price€99
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8. 08
   8.2Great
   Drums

   UJAM Virtual Drummer

   UJAM Virtual Drummer is a collection of virtual instrument plug-ins for creating drum tracks, offering seven drummer personalities.

   DeveloperUJAM
   Price$119.00
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9. 09
   8.1Great
   Drums

   VRAC+

   VRAC+ by Beatsurfing is a drum instrument that auto-slices any audio and morphs it into kicks, snares, hats and claps across 16 pads with per-pad sound design.

   DeveloperBeatsurfing
   PricePaid — public list price not yet published; free VRAC available
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10. 10
    7.6Good
    Drums

    Steven Slate Drums 5

    A virtual drum instrument plugin with 148+ drum kits, 2,400+ MIDI grooves, and a Groove AI assistant that recommends grooves for your song.

    DeveloperSteven Slate Audio
    Price$59
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11. 11
    7.5Good
    Drums

    Rhyzor16

    Rhyzor16 is Force56 Audio's $39 drum instrument with both Alesis HR-16 and HR-16B ROM sets, 96 sounds, and 32-step per-pad tuning.

    DeveloperForce56 Audio Software
    Price$39
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12. 12
    7.4Good
    Drums

    MODO DRUM

    MODO DRUM is IK Multimedia's physical-modeling drum virtual instrument that combines modal synthesis with sampling to build customizable acoustic kits.

    DeveloperIK Multimedia
    Price$199.99
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13. 13
    N/A
    Drums

    AudioThing Orbita

    Orbita is an 8-track Euclidean sample drum machine with per-track circles, 36 banks, and per-sample filters. $39 intro, $69 regular.

    DeveloperAudioThing
    Price$39 intro / $69
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14. 14
    N/A
    Drums

    Emergence Audio Envoy

    Envoy is analog percussion for free Kontakt Player 8.1+, powered by the Cadence Engine. $149 intro, $199 regular, no user-sample import.

    DeveloperEmergence Audio
    Price$149 intro / $199
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15. 15
    N/A
    Drums

    UJAM Virtual Drummer NEON

    UJAM's $49 intro / $119 nu-disco virtual drummer with 5 vintage kits, 690 phrases across 30 styles, and a Real/Glam slider.

    DeveloperUJAM
    Price$49 intro / $119
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