223 Results for "Drums"

NAMM 2018: Slate Drums 5 is out with new interface and instruments

At NAMM 2018, Steven Slate brought out version 5 of its leading drum replacement and sampling software - Steven Slate Drums. The update has a redesigned user interface, 1000 new grooves and more.

NAMM 2018: Malekko 4 channels of wavetable “drums” module prototype

In a quick Instagrammed video I spotted a prototype of an as yet unnamed Malekko module featuring 4 channels of wavetable drum with multiple character controls and 8 steps of motion recording.

NAMM 2018: Casio CT-X Series keyboards – go anywhere, sound monstrous

Casio dash our hopes for a Phase Distortion synthesizer but instead give us a cool portable keyboard with 600 sounds, 195 rhythms, 6 track recording and a monstrous sound engine.

NAMM 2018: Is the KORG KR-55 rhythm machine the last word in virtual jamming partners?

The KR-55 Pro is quite possibly the pinnacle of rhythm machines for instrument players jamming with themselves. It has 24 drum styles, recording and playback functionality, runs on battery power, and has ...

Best free plug-ins for Xmas: Angle, Cloudrum & Combear

Santa has early Christmas gifts for audio maniacs: three high-quality free plug-ins released just before the celebration: a tilt eq, a steel drum sampling instrument and a parallel compressor. Ho, ho, ho!

Best free plug-ins this week: FB-3200 synth and Jamstix 4 free

This week has a humble selection of two great free tools for music producers - a simulation of a Korg synthesizer and a drum plug-in. You probably don't want to miss these, so be sure to give them a go!

MusineKit 2: A musical adventure playground

Developed by Sensomusic and La Muse En Circuit, MusineKit 2 brings a playful and creative musical box of modules to touch, control, manipulate and mess about with on Windows or MacOS. Pure joyfulness.

BOSS DR-01S drum machine delivers organic sounds for acoustic musicians

BOSS has introduced a simple, cute drum machine designed to accompaniment players of acoustic instruments with organic-sounding percussion and simple grooves to get your song moving, the DR-01S.

Treasure: TR-808 emulation for VCV Rack virtual modular software

The forthcoming VCV Rack virtual Eurorack gets an emulation of the Roland classic TR-808 Rhythm Composer called Treasure with loads of CV controllable features.

Circuit 1.6 brings panning, FX muting, pad dimming and micro steps

Novation grant more wishes with the Circuit 1.6 update including the long-awaited ability to pan, mute effects, put in some micro steps and dim the lights.

Recorded some badly tuned drums? Waves’ new Torque plug-in can help

So you've recorded some drums and noticed after the band left the studio that the tuning was off. Delete the project? Waves says its new Torque plug-in can help.

Audio Damage Axon 2 drum synth driven by Artificial Intelligence

In the Apocalypse to come, they'll say it started with a plug-in. Axon 2, gifted with intelligence to birth new patterns, learned exponentially and soon all rhythmic decisions were taken out of human hands.

Modal CRAFTrhythm DIY drum and percussion sampler

Modal Electronics announce the CRAFTrhythm, an 8-track drum and percussion sampler in the same DIY form as the CRAFTsynth. Good, cheap, fun.

Superior Drummer 3: More drums, 10 times the Gigabytes

Thought you had enough drums with the 20GB in Superior Drummer 2? Oh no, Superior Drummer 3 has 230GB of drums, just drums, over just 6 kits. It's the biggest drum source ever!

AliveInVR: Virtual Reality controller for Ableton Live

AliveInVR will place you in a virtual 3D space with a silver helmet and robot hands to trigger scenes and clips, drums and instruments in Ableton Live. Time for some serious arm ache.

Summer NAMM 2017: Boss DR-01S Rhythm Partner for unplugged grooves

Rock up with this DR-01S rhythm box of tastefully designed grooves and percussion for your acoustic set, busking or just jamming along to. It doesn't have to be complicated to be groovy and useful.

BeatStep Pro firmware 2.0 brings lots of new goodies

Polyrhythms, arpeggiation, rolls, pattern chaining and Volca compatibility are amongst some of the new features added to the Arturia BeatStep Pro in the bumper 2.0 update.

Groovebox: A beats and synths studio for iOS

Get your groove on with this cool new synth and drum Groovebox for iPad and iPhone from the same team of developers who made Launchpad and Blocs Wave. Groovy.

Circuit MIDI Editor – VST or standalone editor for Novation Circuit

This new Circuit MIDI Editor offers simple, immediate editing of the Novation Circuit within your DAW. Can it give Isotope's Circuit Pro Editor a run for its money?

The Future Redefined again: Roland to launch 14 new products

Roland "redefine the future" again with 14 new product releases spread out over the next 5 weeks. With 2 new synths and 6 new guitar products, what do you think they could be launching?

Smack up your drums with Waves’ new Smack Attack transient shaper

Calling Smack Attack a "secret weapon for mixing drums and all other percussive instruments", Waves' new tool lets you smack those drums around like Bonzo in his prime.

Superbooth 2017: Erica Synths Drum Sequencer Computer

Erica Synths reveal a computerised, old-school, keypad driven 16 channel Drum Sequencer that will trigger your whole world. Love that keypad - classic!

SEQ: Hardware polyphonic MIDI Step Sequencer from Polyend

Look at the pretty lights! The Polyend SEQ MIDI Step Sequencer is a wonderland of classy 8 track, 32 step sequencer - available now for preorder.

Sample Logic brings dynamic rhythmic sequencing to Kontakt with Rhythmology

Get your groove on with the dynamic sequencing of 4 loop engines, effects and mixing in Rhythmology. But is it more than a loop library?