Sonic Academy

Sonic Academy is a UK-based online electronic music production school and plugin developer. Founded as a music production training academy, the company launched its online platform at sonicacademy.com in 2008, offering a library of video tutorials covering DAWs such as Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, FL Studio, and Reason. Courses span genres including house, techno, trance, and dubstep, and a...

4 Products · Used by 85 Artists

Sonic Academy ANA Software Synth Synth Plugins

4.5 (131)

29 artists using

Sonic Academy Nicky Romero KICK Drum Synthesiser Plugin Generator Plugins

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28 artists using

Sonic Academy Kick 2 Generator Plugins

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Sonic Academy ANA 2 Software Synth 2.0 Synth Plugins

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Beyond education, Sonic Academy develops its own line of VST/AU/AAX plugins for music production. Their flagship products include ANA 2, a six-voice software synthesizer with wavetable oscillators, analog-modeled filters, a 64-step polyphonic arpeggiator, and 26 built-in effects modules; KICK 2 and KICK 3, dedicated kick drum synthesizers that generate kicks from pure sine waves with precise pitch and tonal control; NODE, a wavetable synthesis plugin; and VELA, an algorithmic reverb plugin featuring a node-based graph editor for shaping early and late reflections, decay, and damping characteristics. The company also sells sample packs and preset packs for various synthesizers and DAWs.

Sonic Academy has 4 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Synth Plugins and Generator Plugins. Their gear is featured by 85 artists, with the strongest followings in Electronic, Pop, and Rock. Notable users include Deadmau5, Virtual Riot, and Merk & Kremont.