Most favorite kickdrums of all time;
madeon, Noisia, Knife Party.
They sound like they can knock you out at proper level lol

paid packs:

sunny lax kick packs
black octopus monster kicks
zenhiser trance drums 1/2

free packs (and also awesome):
hyperbits sample pack
bastian salbart free kick pack

i really love collecting kick samples, i could go on for days. these are at the top off the top of my head, though

as far as processing goes for my kicks i keep it very minimal, generally finding the right kick + shaping the sample ADSR + balancing the kick & rest of the mix in volume with maybe a bit of EQ is all i do. otherwise, if i have to do more i can almost always find a better kick to work into the track in the first place.

honestly these days i mostly finish a track then go back and swap the kick out til i find one that fits just right with the bassline/groove and then adjust as necessary

Though the kit might be overused, I've found the lex luger samples sit so well it my mix and need hardly any tweaking. Pretty much just a bit of EQ and saturation.

Drums from steve miller band, black sabbath and rolling stones (muscle schoals studio)
Rock'n Me
War Pigs
Jumping Jack Flash

I know it's old stuff, but to me those drum sounds are just fantastic.

That being said, i think 808's layered with accoustic samples are a great way to get a kick sample.

For trance and progressive house I like the Freshly Squeezed Samples ones. I have their "trance kick essentials" and the Sean Tyas pack and those work for 90% of my tracks.

lots of great packs out there. The new Jerome isma-ae sample pack has some pretty good kicks in It.
really all depends what genre you are making I guess. Remember that sampling peoples kicks doesn't necessarily mean you are going to achieve the same output. I mean yes you can sample nice kicks but they are powerful because of the mixdown around the kick.

I remember some of the Thomas penton packs had nice kicks in,

more often than not now I use 'KICK' from sonic academy.

its awesome - the fact you can easily adjust the tonality and the length of your kicks is a winner to me. Makes it super easy to tune your kicks and also adjust the lengths for your basslines to fit which is massively important! you can also add in the 'click' to the top end to help it cut through the mix. Cant stress enough how good that plugin is.

Quote from: Monoverse on January 13, 2016, 07:49:27 am

paid packs:

black octopus monster kicks

Thanks for compliments!  It's very rewarding to see Monster Kicks getting mentioned so much in favorite kick pack threads.  I'm working hard on Leviathan 2 at the moment which will feature many kicks of the same style so if you have any requests for certain types of kicks for that pack please let me know!

I'm curious man, how do you go about creating your sample packs?