DRUM MACHINE

Controls

• PatternOff / User / House / Techno / Boom Bap / Electro / Breakbeat / Trap / Disco / Synth Pop / Dembow / Bossa / Rock / Funk / UK Garage / Jungle / Afrobeat / Reggae / Footwork / Industrial — The pattern the sequencer plays while the host plays: Off (MIDI only), User (the one you draw in the GFX version, saved with the project) or one of 18 factory patterns from House, Techno and Boom Bap to Bossa, Jungle, Afrobeat and Footwork.
• Swing50 to 75% — Swing of the off-beat sixteenths (50% = straight, up to 75%).
• Accent0 to 100% — How much louder the accented steps are than the normal ones (0 to 100%).
• Drive0 to 100% — Soft clipping of the whole kit (0 to 100%), for weight and glue.
• Grit0 to 100% — Lo-fi grit for the whole kit: a lower sample rate (48 kHz down to 8 kHz) and fewer bits (15 down to 4).
• Volume−24 to +12 dB — The output level (-24 to +12 dB).
• Kick Level−40 to +6 dB — Level of the kick (-40 to +6 dB).
• Kick Tune−12 to +12 st — Tuning of the kick in semitones (-12 to +12).
• Kick Decay0 to 100% — How long the kick rings (0 to 100%, 50% is its natural length).
• Kick Tone0 to 100% — Tone of the kick: from a round, soft thump to a punchy kick with a click and a fast pitch sweep (0 to 100%).
• Kick Pan−100 to +100% — Stereo position of the kick (L100 to R100).
• Snare Level−40 to +6 dB — Level of the snare (-40 to +6 dB).
• Snare Tune−12 to +12 st — Tuning of the snare in semitones (-12 to +12).
• Snare Decay0 to 100% — How long the snare rings (0 to 100%, 50% is its natural length).
• Snare Tone0 to 100% — Tone of the snare: how much bright snare noise sits over the two drum tones (0 to 100%).
• Snare Pan−100 to +100% — Stereo position of the snare (L100 to R100).
• Clap Level−40 to +6 dB — Level of the clap (-40 to +6 dB).
• Clap Tune−12 to +12 st — Tuning of the clap in semitones (-12 to +12).
• Clap Decay0 to 100% — How long the clap rings (0 to 100%, 50% is its natural length).
• Clap Tone0 to 100% — Tone of the clap: from a dark to a bright, crisp clap (0 to 100%).
• Clap Pan−100 to +100% — Stereo position of the clap (L100 to R100).
• Rim Level−40 to +6 dB — Level of the rim shot (-40 to +6 dB).
• Rim Tune−12 to +12 st — Tuning of the rim shot in semitones (-12 to +12).
• Rim Decay0 to 100% — How long the rim shot rings (0 to 100%, 50% is its natural length).
• Rim Tone0 to 100% — Tone of the rim shot: 0% is a rim shot, 100% a wooden clave (0 to 100%).
• Rim Pan−100 to +100% — Stereo position of the rim shot (L100 to R100).
• Closed Hat Level−40 to +6 dB — Level of the closed hi-hat (-40 to +6 dB).
• Closed Hat Tune−12 to +12 st — Tuning of the closed hi-hat in semitones (-12 to +12).
• Closed Hat Decay0 to 100% — How long the closed hi-hat rings (0 to 100%, 50% is its natural length).
• Closed Hat Tone0 to 100% — Tone of the closed hi-hat: from a dark, dull to a bright, sizzling hat (0 to 100%).
• Closed Hat Pan−100 to +100% — Stereo position of the closed hi-hat (L100 to R100).
• Open Hat Level−40 to +6 dB — Level of the open hi-hat (-40 to +6 dB).
• Open Hat Tune−12 to +12 st — Tuning of the open hi-hat in semitones (-12 to +12).
• Open Hat Decay0 to 100% — How long the open hi-hat rings (0 to 100%, 50% is its natural length).
• Open Hat Tone0 to 100% — Tone of the open hi-hat: from a dark, dull to a bright, sizzling hat (0 to 100%).
• Open Hat Pan−100 to +100% — Stereo position of the open hi-hat (L100 to R100).
• Low Tom Level−40 to +6 dB — Level of the low tom (-40 to +6 dB).
• Low Tom Tune−12 to +12 st — Tuning of the low tom in semitones (-12 to +12).
• Low Tom Decay0 to 100% — How long the low tom rings (0 to 100%, 50% is its natural length).
• Low Tom Tone0 to 100% — Tone of the low tom: how far the pitch sweeps down after the hit, from a plain tom to an electronic one (0 to 100%).
• Low Tom Pan−100 to +100% — Stereo position of the low tom (L100 to R100).
• High Tom Level−40 to +6 dB — Level of the high tom (-40 to +6 dB).
• High Tom Tune−12 to +12 st — Tuning of the high tom in semitones (-12 to +12).
• High Tom Decay0 to 100% — How long the high tom rings (0 to 100%, 50% is its natural length).
• High Tom Tone0 to 100% — Tone of the high tom: how far the pitch sweeps down after the hit, from a plain tom to an electronic one (0 to 100%).
• High Tom Pan−100 to +100% — Stereo position of the high tom (L100 to R100).
• Cowbell Level−40 to +6 dB — Level of the cowbell (-40 to +6 dB).
• Cowbell Tune−12 to +12 st — Tuning of the cowbell in semitones (-12 to +12).
• Cowbell Decay0 to 100% — How long the cowbell rings (0 to 100%, 50% is its natural length).
• Cowbell Tone0 to 100% — Tone of the cowbell: from a dark to a bright, clanging cowbell (0 to 100%).
• Cowbell Pan−100 to +100% — Stereo position of the cowbell (L100 to R100).
• Cymbal Level−40 to +6 dB — Level of the cymbal (-40 to +6 dB).
• Cymbal Tune−12 to +12 st — Tuning of the cymbal in semitones (-12 to +12).
• Cymbal Decay0 to 100% — How long the cymbal rings (0 to 100%, 50% is its natural length).
• Cymbal Tone0 to 100% — Tone of the cymbal: from a dark wash to a bright, splashy cymbal (0 to 100%).
• Cymbal Pan−100 to +100% — Stereo position of the cymbal (L100 to R100).
• Probability0 to 100% — The chance that an unaccented step plays (accented steps always play): 100% plays every step, lower values thin the pattern out for variation.
• Seed1 to 999 — The random sequence behind Probability and Generate (1 to 999): the same Seed always gives the same result.
• GenerateOff / On — On plays a pattern generated from Seed, Density and Style instead of the selected one.
• Density0 to 100% — How busy the generated pattern is (0 to 100%).
• StyleFour Floor / Breakbeat / Half Time / Electro / Latin / Random — The kind of pattern Generate makes: Four Floor, Breakbeat, Half Time, Electro, Latin or Random.
• KitManual / Deep Boom / Punch Box / Vintage / Pop Studio / Lo-Fi Dust / Industrial / Minimal / Big Room — A kit moves every voice's Level, Tune, Decay and Tone by a set of offsets: Manual (none), Deep Boom, Punch Box, Vintage, Pop Studio, Lo-Fi Dust, Industrial, Minimal or Big Room.
• OutputsMain / Groups — Main mixes the whole kit on outputs 1/2; Groups puts the kick on 1/2, snare, clap and rim on 3/4, the hats and cymbal on 5/6, the toms and cowbell on 7/8 for separate processing.

Best uses

• Program a beat for a sketch or a full track without any samples
• Classic 808 and 909 style grooves that follow the song's tempo
• Generate fresh patterns from a seed and keep the ones you like
• Play the kit from MIDI pads or a drum track (General MIDI notes)
• Send kick, snare, hats and percussion to their own tracks with Groups

Properties

An instrument: MIDI in, stereo out (or four stereo pairs with Outputs Groups), no samples. Ten synthesized voices after the classic drum machines: a sine kick with click and pitch sweep, a two-tone snare with noise, a three-burst clap, rim/clave, closed and open hats and a cymbal from six detuned squares (the closed hat chokes the open one), two toms with pitch sweep and a two-square cowbell. A 16-step sequencer locked to the host's beat while it plays: steps are hit, accent, flam or roll, each track has its own length (1 to 16 steps), with swing up to 75%. Probability and Generate draw from an exact Park-Miller sequence from Seed, so a pattern always comes back the same. General MIDI drum notes (36 kick, 38 snare, 39 clap, 37 rim, 42 closed hat, 46 open hat, toms, 56 cowbell, 49 cymbal) play the voices at any time, with velocity. Drive is a soft clipper and Grit a sample-and-hold with bit reduction on the whole kit. Sample-accurate and the same in the JSFX, the GFX version and the VST3/CLAP.

Formats

• JSFXJSFX for REAPER, with REAPER's own sliders
• GFXJSFX GFX for REAPER, with its own interface
• VST3VST3 for any DAW
• CLAPCLAP for any DAW

Factory presets

808 Classic · 909 Punch · House Groove · Minimal Techno · Boom Bap Dusty · Generated Breaks · Garage Shuffle · Breaks · Trap 808 · Disco Night · Pop Studio · Industrial Steel · Dembow · Bossa Clave · MIDI Kit