MT Power Drum Kit 2

MT Power Drum Kit 2 was released in 2012 and has since gone completely freeware. It’s a free acoustic drum kit plugin with a built-in mixer and a groove collection you can use to build entire songs. I’ll be honest, MT Power Drum Kit 2 doesn’t sound as realistic as some of the other drum plugins on this list, but that’s not where its strengths lie. To my ear, it always sounds like those classic 80s over-compressed drums you hear in rock and pop songs of that era.

The kit comes pre-processed with EQ and compression, so it cuts through busy mixes without much additional work. And the main advantage is that it’s relatively lightweight and very easy to use. If you’re producing retro rock or synthwave with acoustic drums, you’ll love the sounds here. MT Power Drum Kit 2 also has a massive library of MIDI grooves, which might be worth the download alone. I’ve used it specifically for its groove library in projects where I needed quick drum arrangements.