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hCHOP STICKS

A drum channel strip for every part of the kit.

  • 81 racks
  • 10 bands
  • 8× Oversampled colour stage
  • 9 Source types
$79One-time price · free updates within the major version
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Store opens 27 November 2026.

Included in The Whole Studio: all 35 products at launch for $199 until 31 January 2027.

AU · VST3macOS 10.13+Latency 104 samples at 48 kHzTech specs
hCHOP STICKS editor with the drum kit, strike field and ten-band EQ

What is hCHOP STICKS?

hCHOP STICKS is a drum channel strip plug-in for macOS, in AU and VST3. From kick to room mic to the drum bus: one chain built for drums, with reinforcement synthesised from each hit rather than triggered from samples.

By the numbers

81racksIn 8 genre families
10bandsEQ
8×Oversampled colour stage
9Source types

What it does

01

One chain, in order

Detector gate → 3-band transient shaping → parallel crush → 10-band EQ → 8× colour → gated reverb.

02

Reinforcement without samples

Synthesised hit reinforcement, scaled to each hit's strength.

03

Every source

Kick, snare, toms, hats, cymbals, overheads, room, bus and percussion.

04

81 racks

Starting points in 8 genre families.

Tech specs

Formats & system

  • TypeDrum channel strip plug-in
  • FormatsAU · VST3 · no AAX
  • NeedsA host that loads AU or VST3 plug-ins
  • macOS10.13 or later; built for Intel and Apple Silicon (Apple Silicon testing in progress)
  • WindowsComing December 2026
  • Latency104 samples at 48 kHz
  • ActivationOnline once, then offline

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The Whole Studio · launch price

$1,715 of audio products. $199.

All 35 products available at launch, plus SIMLAF 2 when it ships in December 2026. KAMILI and KARAKANA join when each is released. $199 until 31 January 2027, then $399.

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