LDK-1

Try it here

Tap the pads.

These are the real Starter Kit sounds, the same ones you get for free. Hit play for a beat, or play along on your keyboard: 1–4, Q–R, A–F, Z–V.

Starter Kit · Bank A

Turn your sound on and tap a pad.

Made for how I actually make beats.

Packs

Every L.Dre kit
in one plugin.

LDK-1 plays my sounds: the free Starter Kit and L.Dre Drum Kits Vol. 1 to 8. Unzip a kit into your Music folder and it shows up on the shelf.

Shuffle + presets

Shuffle a pad,
or the whole kit.

Lock the pads you love and shuffle the rest. When the kit feels right, save it as a preset and open it in any session. Soft rounds off every hit, and Drive warms up the whole kit.

Outputs in your DAWMain + 32 pads

Stems

Every pad on
its own track.

Each pad has its own output, so you can mix your drums in Ableton, FL Studio or Logic like a drum rack.

32 pads, 2 banks

Kicks, snares and hats on A. Percs and foley on B. MIDI C1 to G3.

Choke

The closed hat cuts off the open hat, like on an MPC.

3 sizes

Small, Medium and Large. Sharp on Retina and on Windows scaling.

FROM THE MIND OFL.DRE

I've made lofi and boom bap drums for years. LDK-1 is the drum player I wanted for my own beats, so I made it free and put my kits inside it.

400K+YouTube subscribers

200M+Streams

20+Sample packs

Load more drums.

L.Dre Drum Kit Vol. 8

205 one-shots plus loops. My newest kit, with its own look in LDK-1.

Get Vol. 8

Complete L.Dre Drum Kit Bundle

L.Dre Drum Kits Vol. 1 to 8. Every look in LDK-1, for one price.

See the bundle

LDK-1 for iPhone

Free on the App Store.For now, the iPhone app plays L.Dre Drum Kit Vol. 8 only.

App Store

Questions

More in the LDK-1 Help page and the manual.

Is it really free?

Yes. The plugin and the 78-sound Starter Kit are free, with no account or trial. If you want more drums, my kits load right into it.

Can I load my own samples?

No. LDK-1 plays L.Dre sounds only: the free Starter Kit and L.Dre Drum Kits Vol. 1 to 8.

Which DAWs does it work in?

Any DAW that loads AU or VST3, like Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro and Studio One. There's no Pro Tools (AAX) version right now.

Windows says "Windows protected your PC."

Click More info, then Run anyway. The installer just isn't code-signed yet.

I already have your kits. Does LDK-1 find them?

Unzip them into your Music folder (or Music > Drum Kits) and they show up under PACKS. You can also use SOUND… > Find my packs… once.

I didn't get the email.

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Tap the pads.

Every kit gets its own look.