KIK Converter

Extract text from KICK 2 presets / EKAP files (KIK)


Drop or upload your .KIK file
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How to extract text from your KIK file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your KIK file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert KIK to another file type

To convert KIK files to another format, you need Sonic Academy KICK 2 or other Plugin software.

Convert a file to KIK

To convert other file formats to the "Synthesizer Drum Preset" file type, you need software like Sonic Academy KICK 2 or a similar tool.


About KIK files

A .KIK file most commonly serves as a synthesizer preset designed for Sonic Academy KICK 2, a dedicated drum synthesizer plugin. These files function as the "recipe" for a specific drum sound, containing parameter data - such as pitch envelopes, click samples, and EQ settings - rather than actual audio data. Because they are instruction sets rather than audio containers, users often face the frustration of being unable to preview or play .KIK files in standard media players like VLC or Windows Media Player. To use these files outside of the plugin, the audio must be rendered or converted to universally compatible formats like WAV or MP3 for use in samplers or audio tracks. Alternatively, in the context of Turkish administrative work, a .KIK file may be an XML-based tender notification generated by the Kamu İhale Kurumu (EKAP). While efficient for machine processing, these text-heavy XML structures are difficult for humans to read. For documentation and archiving, these are best converted to PDF for readability or XLSX for data analysis.

Convert.Guru analyzes your KIK file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted SF2, GIG and HR1 files.


FAQ

If you want to convert KIK file to , you can use Sonic Academy KICK 2 or similar software from the "Synthesizer Preset Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to KIK, try Sonic Academy KICK 2 or another comparable tool in the "Synthesizer Preset Storage" category.



The KIK Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our KIK converter.