uptempo piep kick one shot, high-pitched laser punch, heavily clipped square wave tail, extreme digital distortion

About this sample

This 0.48-second mono kick opens with a brief high-frequency noise click over a sine body, then dives from about 1,315 Hz toward 175 Hz as its pitch components decay. A square-wave layer grows in as the sine fades, leaving a rough, pitched tail. Hard clipping with drive 5 and 6-bit bitcrushing at half-rate give the sound its strongly distorted, aliased edge. A 3.5 kHz high-pass shapes the click, while the finished signal is high-passed at 35 Hz and faded out over 15 ms.

Use it for uptempo, hard dance or industrial patterns where a high, laser-like kick can carry some melodic character; no exact BPM is specified. Layer it with a cleaner low kick if you need more fundamental weight, or tune the pattern around its descending pitch. Its clipping and bright attack can compete with leads and snares, so check the upper mids and keep an eye on low-end buildup.