Nov 23, 20213 min read

REVIEW: BOOM Library - Enforcer

Company: Boom Library

Product: Enforcer

Price: $119

Our Rating: 4.8/5

Enforcer is a bass plugin from industry leading sound effects company Boom Library. Enforcer lets you sculpt your low-end with frightening precision, and is the Swiss Army Knife for punch, low-end, sub power etc. Enforcer also functions as a kick-drum synth, allowing you to exchange kick drum tails and tune them easily. Enforcer can be triggered by your midi keyboard, making it playable like any other virtual instrument. This plugin works wonders on kicks, sub hits and impacts, but it also fantastic for beefing up sfx, and will help your sounds punch through on mobile devices.

Low end theory

Whether in music production or film/game audio, having a focused and punchy low end is crucial to achieving a great sounding mix. Enforcer allows you to quickly beef up your bottom end, adding power and intensity without compromising on detail. It comes with range of tools to shape the dynamics, tone and colour of your sounds. There are also built in pitch and oscillator functions that can be played around with to enhance your sounds even further. All of this functionality is packed into a user friendly GUI that makes the process tactile and fun.

Enforcer is a very versatile tool, and would be beneficial to music and audio professionals across the board. After putting it through its paces with a range of sound sources, we found Enforcer to be especially brilliant for adding punch to sfx hits such as gunshots or punches. With a few clicks, Enforcer takes your sfx to a new level, giving them that modern cinematic quality to make your audience feel every hit. Enforcer is also a great tool for composers, spicing up the low-mid range that can often be lacking in energy in some virtual instrument libraries.

The preset banks are broken down into music and SFX. On the whole, the presets provide a great starting point, and will instantly add punch to your sounds. We found the SFX presets to be loads of fun, and it was really cool cycling through them and seeing how our sounds were transformed. What was also interesting is the subtlty of a lot of the presets, as for a plugin focused on making things bigger, it is surprisingly subtle. It never feels like too much even when taken to its most bombastic and extreme.

Overall there are very few downsides to this product. Everything works well and is extremely responsive.

We would use this plugin in a variety of circumstances, but mainly for sound design purposes like processing SFX hits, and for mixing low-end when creating electronic music.

Enforcer will also be extremely handy for enhancing percussing and bass elements when composing music.

The Bottom Line

The preset banks are broken down into music and SFX. On the whole, the presets provide a great starting point, and will instantly add punch to your sounds. We found the SFX presets to be loads of fun, and it was really cool cycling through them and seeing how our sounds were transformed. What was also interesting is the subtlety of a lot of the presets, as for a plugin focused on making things bigger, it is surprisingly subtle. It never feels like too much even when taken to its most bombastic and extreme.