ASTER Drum Lab
The deal
$9.99 at KVR Marketplace (down from $20.00), a 50% discount. No coupon needed - the price is already reduced at checkout. The sale runs through August 31, 2026.
What it is
ASTER Drum Lab is a 48-pad drum sampler plugin for macOS and Windows, built for loading your own one-shot samples and building custom kits from scratch. Each pad supports up to eight stacked sample layers with velocity switching, plus direct waveform editing for trimming starts, ends, and fades. Built-in EQ, filter, drive, transient shaper, and compressor let you shape each hit without leaving the plugin.
Who it's for
Producers who sample their own drums or curate one-shot libraries and want a dedicated home for arranging, layering, and processing them rather than dragging files into a generic sampler. Especially useful for hip-hop, trap, and electronic producers building signature kits from field recordings or chopped breaks.
Key features
- 48 pads spread across three banks of 16 with custom names, colors, and MIDI note assignments
- Up to eight velocity-switched sample layers per pad for realistic dynamics
- Flexible routing with stereo, 16-output, 32-output, and 48-output modes for full mixing control
- Save and load complete kits, including selective component loading, and run it as VST3, AU, or AAX on Apple Silicon, Intel, or Windows 10/11
