Drum Machine VST Plugins

Discover the boundless world of rhythm with Beat Scholar, a groundbreaking tool that transforms traditional beat making into an immersive journey of creativity and experimentation.

Our unique visualization method represents each beat as a circle (Or Pizza…) allowing you to slice it into up to 42 slices. This innovative approach not only unveils new dimensions of rhythmic possibilities but also breaks traditional paradigms by letting you place any drum on any slice.

You have the freedom to experiment and decide how your rhythm unfolds. with Beat Scholar, you’re not just making beats, you’re exploring and manipulating rhythm in ways never before possible, pushing the limits of your musical imagination.

​Main Features:

• Innovative beat making platform with features never before seen in drum machines and rhythmic composers.
• Divide beats into up to 42 slices and combine multiple drums on the same beat.
• Over 250 carefully curated samples, from classic drum machines & acoustic samples to synthesized drums hand-crafted especially for Beat Scholar
• Load your own samples with an easy drag n’ drop.
• Built-in FX section to get you started quickly.
• Easy midi file export – drag directly from the plugin’s interface to your DAW.
• Use Beat Scholar to output midi to any instrument or even to hardware drum machines.

Beat Scholar is a Modern Beat-Making Powerhouse

It presents an entirely new way to compose rhythm in the digital domain, Beat Scholar is the ultimate rhythmic playground that will make sure your beats sound like non other.

Hey, Look! A Sampler.

Beat Scholar comes equipped with a high quality, robust sampler and everything you need to get started quickly.​

• ​Over 250 carefully curated factory samples, from classic drum machine sounds to hand-made synthesized drums & acoustic samples.
• Load your own samples with a simple drag n’ drop interface.
• A wide variety of samples for each pad, control the attack, length & pitch to shape them to perfection.
• Built-In effects – minimum hassle, get your samples nice and stylish just by turning a couple o’ knobs.

Master Time & Space

Change measures & subdivisions in a heartbeat. Play with time and phrasing like you never could before.

’80s Drums for the 21st Century – Nostalgia Arcade

Maximum retro-futurism for digital drums: Everyone knows and loves the vibe of science fiction and horror movies from the 1980s. VICE delivers the perfect drum tracks for music that captures the sci-fi atmosphere. But it’s not only a flash from the past! It’s the aesthetics of a golden era, revived with today’s top-notch sound quality. The 1980s are back in mainstream music, particularly Synthwave – bigger and better than before! Take the fast lane to top chart positions with Beatmaker VICE.

What’s In There?

• Drum kits built from the most legendary analogue drum machines.
• MIDI Drag and Drop to DAW.
• Multiple Audio Outputs.
• 30 Styles.
• Proprietary Time Machine algorithm.
• Legit 1980s vibes.
• Pristine 21st century sound.

Retro? Future? Both!

Which sounds pop into your head when you think of the 1980s? Cheesy pop music with big synths, punchy digital drums and lots of gated reverb? Recently those sounds have been re-invigorated by 2010s producers and turned into genres like Synthwave, Retrowave, or Futuresynth. These EDM genres are influenced by 1980s film soundtracks and video games. Inspired by composers like Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, and Trevor Horn, they contain 1980s clichéd elements such as electronic drums, gated reverb, and analog and early-digital synthesizer sounds. VICE delivers exactly these drum parts you need to create anything from authentic ‘80s to Synthwave.

Stranger Things Might Happen

VICE turns your drum programming into an ultra-modern adventure with a retro touch. Inspired by some of the most legendary classic drum machines from companies like Linn, Roland, Simmons or Korg, VICE feels a bit like a time machine.

Frustration-Free Design

This virtual drum machine is suitable for 80s veterans and aspiring Insta-producers alike. VICE’s transparent interface turns your tracks into cheesy pop music in a glimpse. Easy macro controls and no hidden menus; everything is clearly laid out for you!

MAIN FEATURES AT A GLANCE

With 10 separate kits, 12 smart-mix presets and a built-in FX to make punchy digital drums with lots of reverb, VICE is the perfect tool to glue together your refined 21st century sound integrity with legit 80s vibes.

Special Control: Time Machine

Let your drum tracks travel in time: from the sound of 80s tape recording and early sampling artefacts to a full and heavily pumping future of the imaginary year 2080.

Micro Timing

Lets you control the speed and timing of your beats. Dial-in the tempo of your host from half to normal to double speed.

MIDI Drag and Drop

Export patterns to your DAW. Simply drag them from the on-screen-keyboard and drop them into your track.

Individual Instrument Controls

Edit and control the volume, decay, pitch and filter of individual instruments per drum kit.

Addictive Drums 2: Soul and R&B Collection

Classic soul to Nu-Soul and beats for the streets

Included Products:

• Modern Soul and R&B (ADpak)
• Vintage Dry (ADpak)
• Modern Soul And R&B Beats (MIDIpak)
• Dry Beats & Songs (MIDIpak)

(Also includes the Addictive Drums 2 Engine)

A Whole Lot of Soul

XLN Audio has bundled up their Modern Soul and R&B ADpak with the thick and deliciously authentic ’70s studio sound of Vintage Dry to give you a whole load of ways to slide sweet soulful drum tracks into your productions.

Whether you’re looking for that fat old school Otis Redding backbeat, Nu-Soul sweetness a la Erykah Badu, or ’70s revival breaks along the lines of Daft Punk, Khruangbin or Michael Kiwanuka, from Timberlake to Timbaland to Tim Maia (look him up, you can thank us later), we’ve got you covered.

Addictive Drums 2

It’s All About the Sound

Tweak any of the professionally designed presets or build up a custom kit from scratch, it’s your choice. Addictive Drums 2 is packed with mixing and sound-shaping features that let you transform the raw sounds in amazing ways. Whether you need your drums to sound open and crystal-clear or produced and radio-ready, or grungy and heavily distorted, AD2 has studio-grade tools to get the job done.

Lightning Fast Workflow

The best sounds and features are useless if you can’t find and use them quickly when inspiration strikes. Addictive Drums 2 really excels in this area. Every detail – from drag-and-drop audio and MIDI to rapid linking and layering, to near-instant kit piece swapping–is designed to keep you in the creative zone. The clean layout and lighting-fast workflow include hundreds of individual features that make AD2 fast and familiar – even for first-time users.

Every drum kit is recorded in world-class studios by industry professionals and amazing drummers to give you professional sonic options and creative control.

Where Do You Start?

To get the most out of Addictive Drums 2 you always start with XPN Audio’s Collections.

A Collection is a bundle of ADpaks (drum kits), MIDIpaks (beats) and Kitpiece Paks (single drums) put together to give you the best possible drum production experience.

Modern Soul and R&B (ADpak)

Fat, warm, organic drums for Modern Soul and R&B

Riksmixningsverket – Stockholm

XLN Audio wanted to be able to capture the sounds of this classic kit in beautiful isolation. Situated on a small island in the centre of Stockholm, Riksmixningsverket is one of the best sounding old naval warehouses in the industry. And at its centre is a classic analogue heart through which to capture some sweet sonic love, the Neve 8068 console. Old desks like these do something magical to music, they give their own character, enforce the punchiness and thickness of the sounds. It’s hard to put into words, but your ears can definitely tell.

Classic Kit – Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple kit

An absolute classic. Clean and crisp and smooth like butter. This Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple kit is made of sheets of Maple ply wrapped around a single layer of African Wenge hardwood, delivering a finely tuned tone that plays rich and clear across the full dynamic range. However you want to hear them, slamming out the breaks, or simmering in the back, they have the perfectly balanced sound to sit super comfortably in the mix.

For snares, XLN Audio felt they needed two. A deep Longo Solid Ply Cherry for big, fat hits and thick side sticks and a shallower, high tuned 1968 Ludwig Acrolite for tighter, snappier hits. To top it off, we hand-picked smooth Meinl cymbals to glue the whole kit together, wrapped in warmth and balanced highs.

Kit Details:

Kick:

• Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple 22×16″

Snares:

• Longo Solid Ply Cherry 14×6″
• Ludwig Acrolite 14×5″

Toms:

• Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple 10×8″
• Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple 12×8″
• Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple 14×13″
• Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple 16×15″

Hi-Hats & Cymbals:

• Meinl Byzance Dual 15″
• Meinl Byzance Extra Dry Thin 18″
• Meinl Byzance Extra Dry Thin 20″
• Meinl Byzance Vintage 22″
• Meinl Byzance Transition 21″

Extra:

• Body Percussion

Features

• Big kick, fat snares, crisp toms and smooth cymbals.
• A clean sounding kit that sits perfectly in the mix.
• Recorded through a Neve 8068 desk… on a tiny island.

Vintage Dry (ADpak)

Authentic 1970s Studio Drums

INGRID – Stockholm

Walking into Ingrid Studios is like walking into a time capsule. The place was built in 1969, and while stacks of hits have been recorded within its wooden walls, including ABBAs first album, almost nothing about the studio has physically changed in all that time. The place still oozes seventies flavour out of every surface, and sounds like nowhere else XLN Audio has ever been, capable of capturing both the dry, light, tight drum sound of the early ’70s and the thicker, fatter beats that disco brought towards the end of the decade.

To ensure Ingrid’s impeccable ’70s character is not polluted, no gear made since the ’80s is allowed to pass through the doors, making the drum sounds XLN captured for this ADpak as close as you can get to the ’70s without a modified DeLorean and 1.21 gigawatts of electricity.

Vintage Drum Kit – 1968 Ludwig Silver Sparkle Kit

It doesn’t get much more ’70s than this. The 1968 Ludwig Silver Sparkle is like the drum kit equivalent of a glitter ball, and it’ll make you feel just as groovy. But to get the sort of authentic ’70s drum sound that’s been brought back into vogue by artists like Daft Punk and Justice, XLN pulled out all the retro tricks. They started by tuning and dampening the individual drums using authentic ’70s methods: The kick was stuffed with a pillow and a large sheet of felt. Newspaper was taped to the snare heads and more felt sheets were pinned to the toms. Then, to ensure audio authenticity, XLN Audio recorded it using only microphones from the 1960-70s (Coles, Neumann, Sennheiser and Bang & Olufsen) sent through the studio’s vintage API console.

Kit Details:

Kicks:

• Ludwig Silver Sparkle 20×16″
• Sonor Phonic 22×16″

Snares:

• Sonor Phonic 14×7″
• Ludwig Supraphonic 400 14×5″

Toms:

• Ludwig Silver Sparkle 12×8″
• Ludwig Silver Sparkle 13×9″
• Ludwig Silver Sparkle High 16×16″
• Ludwig Silver Sparkle Low 16×16″

Hi-Hats & Cymbals:

• Zildjian K 15″
• Sabian HH Extra Thin 22″
• Zildjian K Dark Medium Thin 19″
• Zildjian Thin 18″
• Sabian Signature Hot Ride 21″

Extras:

• Clap, Snap, Lap

Features

• Beautiful retro kit, modified using traditional ’70s methods.
• Recorded using only period mics.
• Authentic time-capsule studio.

Modern Soul And R&B Beats (MIDIpak)

Brilliant beats and grooves for Modern Soul and R&B

These potent, soulful beats will bring your Modern Soul and R&B productions to life.

Modern Soul and R&B Beats is the perfect companion to our Modern Soul And R&B ADpak. It has over 200 smooth grooves that will breathe life into any Modern R&B or Soul production. All of these organic beats are created by top session musicians, include side stick variations and are clearly categorized to make arrangement easy. Just drag-and-drop the loops straight to your host’s timeline or use Addictive Drums 2’s powerful Beat Transformer feature to tailor each loop to fit your needs.

Features

• Played and programmed by top session musicians.
• The perfect companion to Modern Soul and R&B ADpak.
• 200+ authentic performances.

Dry Beats & Songs (MIDIpak)

Inspired 70s Drumming

If you own the Vintage Dry kit, you owe it to yourself to check out Dry Beats & Songs. It’s the perfect companion and has tons of precise and authentic drumming from the 1970s.

Dry Beats & Songs cover a wide variety of styles from the 1970s. You can find everything from the softer, slower folk-rock of the early 70s to the harder disco grooves from the late 70s. This pak includes many variations giving you nearly endless beat making possibilities.

Features

• Over 200 tight, precise grooves.
• Played by professional drummers.
• Perfect match for fat, dry kits.

Unlock The True Potential Of Your Mix

The Drum Vault TrigPak expands Addictive Trigger with fantastic new sounds that you’re sure to love. It includes a carefully selected set of kit pieces from the vast XLN Audio library and unlocks the true potential of your mix.

Drum Vault is an essential expansion for Addictive Trigger and features 18 carefully selected kit pieces from our vast library of recordings. These kit pieces (including two previously unreleased gems) come with custom crafted presets that add punch and extra dimension to your drum sounds. They will help unlock the true potential of your mix.

Featuring versatile kicks, punchy snares and two complete tom kits with custom crafted presets, Drum Vault will add the punch and extra dimension that your mixes crave. With two additional linkable extras (body percussion and tambourine), you’ll have an easy time layering your drums for unmatched sonic impact.

This TrigPak gives you instant access to the fantastic drum sounds common in professional music production today!

Expand Your Palette Today

Drum Vault – an essential expansion for Addictive Trigger – features 18 carefully selected kit pieces from our vast library of recordings: kicks, snares (including two previously unreleased gems) and tom kits, that will add punch and extra dimension to your mixes. Whether you go for the included custom crafted presets or tweak the sound to your taste, you’ll have an easy time layering your drums for unmatched sonic impact.

Features

• Outstanding drum sounds
• Carefully selected from our library of recordings
• Two previously unreleased kit pieces

Drum Vault includes:

Snares:

• 14×3.5″ Gretsch Modded Tom
• 14×5″ Ludwig Acrolite 1968
• 14×5.5″ Yamaha Steve Gadd Signature
• 14×6.5″ Pork Pie Bell Brass

Kicks:

• 18×14″ Premier Gen-X
• 22×16″ Yamaha Absolute Hybrid                                                                      
• 22×18″ Tama Starclassic
• 24×18″ Pork Pie USA Custom

Toms:

• 10×8″ Pork Pie USA Custom
• 13×10″ Pork Pie USA Custom
• 16×14″ Pork Pie USA Custom
• 18×16″ Pork Pie USA Custom
• 10×7.5″ Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Tom
• 12×8″ Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Tom
• 14×13″ Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Tom
• 16×15″ Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Tom

Extras:

• Meinl Single Brass Tambourine
• Body Percussion

Stripped to stomp

Enter the studio of the ‘70s icons who innovated the dry drum sound. This punchy drummer cuts through mixes with a warm, retro feel. Customize LEGEND for varnished beats and raw jams alike.

Break ground

• 690 playable MIDI phrases in various styles
• MIDI Drag-and-Drop and direct MIDI out for custom tweaking
• 5 Drum Kits with 6 Mix Preset aesthetics to fine-tune your sound
• Special ‘Dust’ and ‘Color’ FX controls to alter miking technique

The spirit of radio

Nostalgia runs the show when it comes to standing out in the music scene. Whether you’re an indie rockstar or a lo-fi mastermind, LEGEND’s naturalistic impact is touching.

Timeless production approach

Engineers of the past sought to refine their rhythm section with close mics on deadened drum heads and other dampening techniques. We’ve emulated these classic tactical strategies in LEGEND.

Go your own way

Clean, tight drums are the gold standard for experimental production. Call it a day with LEGEND’s up front, direct recorded sounds – all primed to absorb additional processing to make them your own.

Features at a glance

• LEGEND offers a collection of 5 unique Drum Kits, 6 Mix Presets and 30 Styles, each with 23 pre-designed MIDI patterns totalling 690 playable phrases.
• Bite the dust: Use the special Dust slider to control mic proximity and find that sweet spot between historic miking techniques and proximities.
• Styles & Phrases: LEGEND brings you a wide spread of 70s-inspired drum grooves that are ready for out-of-the-box use and custom tweaking. Access each of the 690 MIDI phrases via Drag-and-Drop or direct MIDI out for further control.
• Drum Kits: Play through the five drum kits: GRAND, TIGHT, WILD, THICK and LOOSE for a range of ‘70s flavor.
• Dust Control: Step through this fader to hear the changes between the different miking techniques of the ages. Higher values will add a sense of wear-and-tear to your kit.
• Instrument Channels: Each instrument in Virtual Drummer has its own individual channel mixer where you can control the sound and its parameters.
• Mix Presets: This section is designed to provide you with maximum control over the sound with the minimum number of parameters. Under the hood, you’re actually programming a fully-featured mixing console with channel strips, busses and insert processors.
• Leave it to the master: The Master section gives you more detailed control over the global mix. It allows you to select and adjust the Reverb, while also offering you a Color control and a Maximizer to further beef up your drums.

Pound for pound, the classic 606 sound

For the first time since its release in the 80s, you can explore what the 606 would have truly been capable of! The 606 was designed as a companion of the 303 silver box; it may look deceptively simple, but it’s a very versatile unit. It’s found its place in a whole variety of music genres, ranging from the 80s pop, through to modern EDM and experimental.

Big factory content to kickstart your work

Don’t want to dive into the technicalities of Nithonat’s signal flow just yet? Then we have you covered thanks to factory presets full of scenes, drum kits and patterns. You can get straight into making your music.

A full set of mix-cutting, harsh and sizzling sounds

Its synthesis is special – even when compared to Nepheton’s. It has the characteristic hi-hats and cym- bals you’d expect, due to precise software emulation of the original hardware circuits; the bass drum has unparalleled attack character and strong punch; the snare sounds sandy. These unique attributes guarantee our 606 is not a sub-standard 808, but instead it’s a great instrument in its own right. . . with a unique timbre that brings an old school feel to your tracks.

Two bus-effect chains with lots of different algorithms

Get the exact sound; add grit with a bitcrusher or distortion, control space with reverb or delay, and fatten your sound with chorus; mix everything together nicely using dynamics and EQ algorithms. All these can also be used creatively with the addition of a filter – the possibilities are endless.

MIDI export via drag and drop

Once you have a pattern in Nithonat, the drag and drop MIDI export function lets you quickly finish work on your pattern in your DAW.

Your perfect beat is just a few clicks away

A super easy-to-use and inspiring sequencer is at your fingertips, along with a tap function, randomizer, and more. Still looking for inspiration? Just browse the hundreds of factory patterns we’ve included.

Prefer recording your beats live? Nothing could be simpler

With the tap function, you can seamlessly record your ideas into patterns, then edit them like any other pattern. Use your screen or MIDI pad controller – whichever workflow you prefer.

Bored? Let’s randomize, baby!

With just the hit of a button, you can fill up your sequencer with unexpected ideas, get inspired and revitalize your workflow. Randomizer can fill a pattern however you specify, providing useful randomized drum lines you can edit or save seamlessly.

Full control over dynamics

Quickly adjust velocity for accented and non-accented steps, and add extra flair with the optional global accent boost.

Articulations for greater expression

Enrich your musical dictionary with per-step flam or several variants of substep with editable properties; get ever more elaborate rhythms.

A variety of trigger modes

Use a pattern trigger mode that suits you: MIDI notes, MIDI CC or GUI.

A dedicated channel strip for every drum sound

With EQ and compression per instrument, you can quickly tweak sounds to your needs. The 606 is very flexible in that department.

The building blocks of a great-sounding kit

To give you a head start, we’ve included factory presets for every individual instrument to quickly put together a great-sounding kit without the fuss.

A musical filter section

High cut and low cut filters with common resonance + 2 band parametric EQ for trimming and boosting what’s necessary to mix the instrument nicely with the rest of the Drum Kit.

In-chain Dynamics

This is a must-have in any proper channel strip, especially with drums. Here’s a little tip: with a bit of look- ahead enabled, and both attack and decay set to zero, you can also use the dynamics as a saturation unit.

Blend in perfectly

Route / send the instrument to one of the two FX buses or directly to the master bus. The only limit is imagination. Wait! While sending the sound to the FX buses, you can even choose what precise slot in the bus to send it to. Use buses creatively.

Final touches are so crucial

A capable master section glues everything together nicely.

Master bus presets

Ready-to-use master presets can get you the desired results, fast. Also, use this feature to store your own settings and speed things up for grooves to come.

Multi-band compressor

A 3-band compressor integrates your soundscape so it works nicely as a whole. Its extremely responsive character will add some ’air’ to your beats.

Limiter with soft-clip option

Use the limiter to control and add power to the output. It’s not just a transparent, brick-wall limiter, it has its own distinctive punchy ’tone’ to enhance your sound.

MIDI map and trigger outs

You’ll find an easily manageable MIDI map and classically-inspired trigger outs; they’re the cherry on top.

MIDI map editor

You can quickly rearrange mapping to match your MIDI controller, DAW or instrument. . . Nithonat’s MIDI configuration puts the power in your hands.

Audible trigger outputs

Some 606 mods had analog trigger outputs to control external gear using the internal sequencer. Producers often used this output musically, adding a trademark short pulse sound that became a hallmark of electro music; it’s a feature we’ve included for that authentic feel.

Addictive Drums 2: Studio Collection

For great-sounding drums, whatever the genre

Included Products:

• Studio Pop (ADpak)
• Studio Rock (ADpak)
• Rock Songs (MIDIpak)
• Writer’s Blocks (MIDIpak)

(Also includes the Addictive Drums 2 Engine)

If you have one Collection, this is the one to get!

This is the perfect starter collection. If you need great-sounding drums, look no further. The Studio Collection can cover most styles, is tweakable to sound exactly how you want it to, and sounds just right in pretty much any mix.

Whether you’re a singer-songwriter looking for a rock-solid beat behind you, a rock or pop producer, or a beat-maker looking to inject something warm and organic into your tracks, this collection has what you need to make your track sound polished and professional. Classic, uncomplicated, goes with everything, makes your productions sound great…what’s not to love?

Addictive Drums 2

It’s All About the Sound

Tweak any of the professionally designed presets or build up a custom kit from scratch, it’s your choice. Addictive Drums 2 is packed with mixing and sound-shaping features that let you transform the raw sounds in amazing ways. Whether you need your drums to sound open and crystal-clear or produced and radio-ready, or grungy and heavily distorted, AD2 has studio-grade tools to get the job done.

Lightning Fast Workflow

The best sounds and features are useless if you can’t find and use them quickly when inspiration strikes. Addictive Drums 2 really excels in this area. Every detail – from drag-and-drop audio and MIDI to rapid linking and layering, to near-instant kit piece swapping–is designed to keep you in the creative zone. The clean layout and lighting-fast workflow include hundreds of individual features that make AD2 fast and familiar – even for first-time users.

Every drum kit is recorded in world-class studios by industry professionals and amazing drummers to give you professional sonic options and creative control.

Where Do You Start?

To get the most out of Addictive Drums 2 you always start with XPN Audio’s Collections.

A Collection is a bundle of ADpaks (drum kits), MIDIpaks (beats) and Kitpiece Paks (single drums) put together to give you the best possible drum production experience.

Studio Pop (ADpak)

Instant Pop Rock Drums

Decibel Studios – Stockholm

XLN Audio wanted to make sure that with just a few clicks, our users could add world-class drums to their productions, and have full control over them, almost as if they’d been at the recording session themselves. To begin with, they carefully hand-selected each kit, piece by piece, to get just the right sound. Then XLN Audio found just the right space to record each kit. A studio with the right mix of acoustics, gear, drummer and engineers to coax the best out of it, make it sing, and capture its essence.

Every kit was meticulously recorded with a variety of strokes sampled for each piece. Snares were recorded from above, and below. Kicks from the front, and from the rear near the beater. The sound coming back from the live room was recorded separately on stereo mics. All these signals are combined in the software to give you amazingly real live-sounding drums. If you want to hear these drums at their very best, the ADpak comes with a host of presets configured for specific drum sounds, or you can take full control and control every aspect of the individual drums. Dial-up the room noise for some stadium rock epicness. Tune the toms to vibe with your keys. Turn up the overheads, add distortion, or reverb, change the attack…the possibilities are literally endless.

Custom Kit – Sonor Designer

For a modern sound, we’ve gone all counterintuitive and used the oldest drum company we could find. Sonor knows a thing or two about drum kits, after all, they‘ve been making them since 1875. By the mid-1990s they’d perfected their art in the form of the tight, customizable, punchy sounding Designer Series kit featuring kick, snare, and no less than five toms for when you really want to get your Phil Collins on. We teamed it up with 14″ Sabian AAX Studio Hi-Hats, two rides, three splashes, a crash, and a cowbell. It’s like having a world-class drummer in your DAW, ready to bash out midi beats with pop perfection.

Kit Details:

Kick:

• Sonor Designer 24×18″

Snare:

• Sonor Designer 14×5″

Toms:

• Sonor Designer 10×9″
• Sonor Designer 12×10″
• Sonor Designer 13×11″
• Sonor Designer 14×16″
• Sonor Designer 16×16″

Hi-Hats & Cymbals:

• Sabian AAX Studio Hats 14″
• Sabian AAX Studio Crash 17″
• Sabian AAX Studio Crash 16″
• Sabian AAXplosion Crash 18″
• Sabian AAX Splash 10″
• Sabian HHX Groove Ride 21″
• Sabian HHX Manhattan Jazz Ride 20″

Extra:

• Latin Percussion Rock

Features

• Beautifully recorded drums that sit comfortably in any mix.
• Keep the beat in key with 5 tuneable toms.
• Production-ready presets, ultimate customizability.

Studio Rock (ADpak)

Instant Modern Rock Drums

Decibel Studios – Stockholm

XLN Audio wanted to make sure that with just a few clicks, users could add world-class drums to their productions, and have full control over them, almost as if they’d been at the recording session themselves. To begin with, XLN carefully hand-selected each kit, piece by piece, to get just the right sound. Then they found just the right space to record each kit. A studio with the right mix of acoustics, gear, drummer and engineers to coax the best out of it, make it sing, and capture its essence.

Every kit was meticulously recorded with a variety of strokes sampled for each piece. Snares were recorded from above, and below. Kicks from the front, and from the rear near the beater. The sound coming back from the live room was recorded separately on stereo mics. All these signals are combined in the software to give you amazingly real live-sounding drums. If you want to hear these drums at their very best, the ADpak comes with a host of presets configured for specific drum sounds, or you can take full control and control every aspect of the individual drums. Dial-up the room noise for some stadium rock epicness. Tune the toms to vibe with your keys. Turn up the overheads, add distortion, or reverb, change the attack…the possibilities are literally endless.

Custom Kit – Tama Starclassic

To put it simply, this kit rocks! The Studio Rock ADpak is based around a Japan-made Tama Starclassic kit, a world-class set of drums that can lend itself to pretty much any style of music. XLN added the extra option of a slightly shallower Pearl kick as well as a Pearl Signature Ferrone Snare in addition to the 14″ Starclassic one.

XLN Audio tested a load of cymbals, and eventually ended up including three different Sabian Crashes (17, 18 &19″), a 22″ Paiste 3000 Ride, a little 10″ Sabian HHX Legacy Splash, an 18″ Sabian AAX China Cymbal for bright, crisp, explosive trashy hits, and a set of 14″ Paiste Dark Crisp Hi-Hats. Oh, and an LP Rock Ridge Rider Cowbell, for when you need more Cowbell.

Kit Details:

Kicks:

• Tama Starclassic 22×18″
• Pearl Masterworks 22×16″

Snares:

• Tama Starclassic 14×6″
• Pearl Signature Ferrone 14×7″

Toms:

• Tama Starclassic 10×8″
• Tama Starclassic 12×9″
• Tama Starclassic 16×16″

Hi-Hats & Cymbals:

• Paiste Dark Crisp 14″
• Sabian HHX Studio Crash 19″
• Sabian Vault 17″
• Sabian HH Thin Crash 18″
• Sabian HHX Legacy Splash 10″
• Sabian AAX Chinese 18″
• Paiste 3000 Ride 22″

Extras:

• Latin Percussion Rock Ridge Rider

Features

• If you just get one rock kit, this is it.
• Versatile drum sounds for all styles of rock.
• Production-ready presets, ultimate customizability.

Rock Songs (MIDIpak)

Great Rock Beats by Great Live Drummers

All of these beats and grooves are played by a real drummer for a great live feel.

This MIDIpak contains 30 complete songs (over 200 individual parts). That’s over 1400 bars of inspiring beats and grooves you can freely arrange in your productions. All expertly played by a real drummer for that ultimate live feel.

Features

• 30 Complete Songs.
• Over 1400 bars of inspiration.
• Great live drummer feel.

Writer’s Blocks (MIDIpak)

Smash Your Creative Block

You’ve got the perfect drum rhythm for the verse and the most amazing chorus, but you just can’t figure out a great way to connect the two. Writer’s Blocks is here to help.

Let’s say you have a verse and a chorus but you’re not sure how to transition from one to the other. You have writer’s block. That’s why we created the Writer’s Blocks MIDI Pak. Over 200 inspirational intros, fills and transitions in 4/4 time signature, all played by professional drummers. Everything you need to get from point A to point B, right past your creative block.

Features

• Easy to use drag-and-drop blocks.
• Over 200 proven transitions.
• Played by professional drummers.

Trap? Pop? Both!

BIG Beats for Fame and Glory

Current Mood: #ATL

GLORY is the virtual beat maker for all kinds of trap and modern hip-hop. Where heavy, tuned 808-kick drums meet frantic hi-hats at the top of the billboard charts. Create beats that bounce and roll with GLORY!

What’s in it for me?

• 20 styles, 60 presets
• 10 drum kits, 460 patterns
• MIDI Drag and Drop
• Special control: Bass Tune
• Ice Cold Sound

It’s all about that beat. For many tracks in these genres, the beat is so essential that they do away with most other elements, if not all. Start with a beat, maybe layer some melodic loop on top, and leave plenty of space for the vocals. Done.

Tough, Yet Shiny

The drum sounds of GLORY are gritty and heavy. They can cut through a mix and provide plenty of bass. However, they’re carefully sound designed to give you that production-value-feel right out of the box.

Always on Time

GLORY is part of UJAM’s Beatmaker series, which makes producing outstanding beats for your music fast and easy. It instantly syncs to your DAW’s tempo, and you can play a near-infinite variety of beats.

GLORY features 10 kits with 16 drum instruments each. There are 20 Styles with 23 ready-made patterns each, for a total of 460 patterns.

Plus: Easy access to all the effects you need to make punchy contemporary beats that will – quite literally – leave an impression.

Bass Tune

Tune the bass drum to match your song’s key or melody. Much easier than with an actual 808. 

Mix Presets

Create your music without overthinking! Select and adjust one out of 12 custom mix templates. Each is a complete multi-bus mixing desk under the hood with multiple effect chains per channel.

Join the Gucci gang – Get Beatmaker GLORY for the fame.

Analog drum machine dreams – For instant retro-vibes

Back to basics: If you love the sound of classic drum machines but are short on vintage gear, CIRCUITS brings the analog warmth and classic grooves you need to let the good vibes through.

What’s inside?

• 20 Styles
• 50 Presets
• 10 Drum Kits
• 460 Patterns
• MIDI Drag & Drop, Resizable User Interface
• Special Control: Sweetener

Rough around the edges: There are times when you need OG electronic drums to get the job done — with CIRCUITS, you’ll instantly pull listeners back to the 70s with beautiful imperfections you can’t get with digital alone.

Genre-fluid: Any genre can step up its game with some classic electronic drums, and you can prove it in seconds with CIRCUITS — toss these sounds and grooves into any song for some punch, character and retro action.

Mix it up: Use the mix control for thumping lows, smooth stereo widening, slap delay, EQ carving and many other processing methods rolled into 12 Mix presets, allowing you to transform the sound of your beats in moments.

Old-school ear candy: Need a layer for your drums with some punch and sparkle, without taking up essential space in the mix? The vintage samples in CIRCUITS offer the perfect accent while keeping your percussion tight and crisp.

Analog masterpieces: Hear how CIRCUITS creates the perfect back-to-future drum groove!

Features at a Glance: CIRCUITS features 10 kits with 16 drum instruments each. There are 20 Styles with 23 ready-made patterns, for a total of 460 patterns. Plus: Pair with USynth 2080 for a retro electronic vibe or dial in the perfect analog sound with Finisher RETRO.

Special control – Sweetener: Carve out the mids, crank the sub and add shimmer to the highs all once, straight into a slammed compressor for maximum impact. You can also set the control negative for a tight mid-range knock!

Intensity: Use the Beat Intensity control to make quick changes — e.g. to adjust energy levels between your verse and chorus.

Addictive Drums 2: Metal Collection

Unleash the sound and fury!

Included Products:

• Metal (ADpak)
• Studio Prog (ADpak)
• Diabolic (MIDIpak)
• Metal Songs (MIDIpak)

(Also includes the Addictive Drums 2 Engine)

Addictive Drums 2

It’s All About the Sound

Tweak any of the professionally designed presets or build up a custom kit from scratch, it’s your choice. Addictive Drums 2 is packed with mixing and sound-shaping features that let you transform the raw sounds in amazing ways. Whether you need your drums to sound open and crystal-clear or produced and radio-ready, or grungy and heavily distorted, AD2 has studio-grade tools to get the job done.

Lightning Fast Workflow

The best sounds and features are useless if you can’t find and use them quickly when inspiration strikes. Addictive Drums 2 really excels in this area. Every detail – from drag-and-drop audio and MIDI to rapid linking and layering, to near-instant kit piece swapping–is designed to keep you in the creative zone. The clean layout and lighting-fast workflow include hundreds of individual features that make AD2 fast and familiar – even for first-time users.

Every drum kit is recorded in world-class studios by industry professionals and amazing drummers to give you professional sonic options and creative control.

Where Do You Start?

To get the most out of Addictive Drums 2 you always start with XPN Audio’s Collections.

A Collection is a bundle of ADpaks (drum kits), MIDIpaks (beats) and Kitpiece Paks (single drums) put together to give you the best possible drum production experience.

Metal (ADpak)

Hard-as-nails. Produced by Ross Robinson.

Ross Robinson Studios – Los Angeles

When you think of a metal studio you might not think of sunny Venice Beach California but that’s where Ross Robinson creates his raw in-to-the-bone sound. Known as The Godfather of Nu Metal, Robinson is world-renowned for his production skills, having presided over seminal albums for bands like Sepultura and Limp Bizkit as well as discovering bands like Korn, Slipknot, and Limp Bizkit. His place in the pantheon of metal is unquestioned.

As a producer, Ross always pushes a band (sometimes physically) all the way to their limits to get to the core of the realest and rawest performances. He often records the whole band gathered tight around the drums, feeling their energy as the heartbeat of the song, and to make sure everyone feels the raw power of the drummer, he built “The Grotto”, a small room whose walls and floor are covered in actual ROCK! The punch and rawness Ross gets out of this man-made drum cave is elemental magic.

Custom Kit – Ludwig Classic Maple

This 18 piece kit delivers the goods in any style of Metal. It comprises thunderous maple toms, and a heavy kick from Ludwig, vicious Zildjian cymbals and a sharp balanced snare from Gretsch, made of HAMMERED METAL, just in case you needed convincing! Seeing as this ADpak is designed to allow you to go all in, we’ve added a special feature that’s a must for the modern Metal producer; “Trig” samples (recorded with extra attack and shorter decay) for putting in the Xtra slot and beefing out the kick and snare.

Oh, and it was all hand-picked and tuned by metal legend Ross Robinson for the recording sessions. No biggie!

Kit Details:

Kick:

• Ludwig 22×18″

Snare:

• Gretsch Hammered 14×5″

Toms: 

• Ludwig Classic Maple 10×8″
• Ludwig Classic Maple 12×8″
• Ludwig Classic Maple 13×9″
• Ludwig Classic Maple 16×16″
• Ludwig Classic Maple 18×16″

Hi-Hats & Cymbals: 

• Zildjian New Beat 15″
• Zildjian A Custom Rezo 20″
• Zildjian K Crash Ride 20″
• Zildjian K Dark 19″
• Zildjian K Custom Hybrid 9″
• Sabian AAX Ozone 10″
• Zildjian K Custom Hybrid 19″
• Zildjian A Custom 18″
• Zildjian A Medium 24″

Extra:

• XLN Audio Trig Kicks & Snares

Features

• 18 piece kit hand-picked by Metal legend Ross Robinson.
• Recorded in the Grotto, Ross Robinson’s STONE walled drum room.
• Xtra slot “Trig” samples to double up kicks and snares.

Studio Prog (ADpak)

Instant Progressive Rock Drums

Decibel Studios – Stockholm

XLN Audio wanted to make sure that with just a few clicks, users could add world-class drums to their productions, and have full control over them, almost as if they’d been at the recording session themselves. To begin with, XLN carefully hand-selected each kit, piece by piece, to get just the right sound. Then they found just the right space to record each kit. A studio with the right mix of acoustics, gear, drummer and engineers to coax the best out of it, make it sing, and capture its essence.

Every kit was meticulously recorded with a variety of strokes sampled for each piece. Snares were recorded from above, and below. Kicks from the front, and from the rear near the beater. The sound coming back from the live room was recorded separately on stereo mics. All these signals are combined in the software to give you amazingly real live-sounding drums. If you want to hear these drums at their very best, the ADpak comes with a host of presets configured for specific drum sounds, or you can take full control and control every aspect of the individual drums. Dial-up the room noise for some stadium rock epicness. Tune the toms to vibe with your keys. Turn up the overheads, add distortion, or reverb, change the attack…the possibilities are literally endless.

Custom Kit – DW Collector’s Series

When you’re working on progressive rock, or experimental music with complex rhythms, and intricate playing, you need a high-end kit capable of capturing both subtle nuance and powerful punchiness. XLN went to the flagship line from DW, the Collector’s Series. It’s like the Rolls Royce of drum kits. The shells are cold-pressed for extra stiffness and extra resonance, and intense attention is paid to every detail in the construction process. Each shell is tapped in the factory to test its natural frequency, which is then stamped on the inside, so it can be tuned up to the precise note it was born to sing.

A high-end sound that’s raw but controlled, rich but gritty, everything in perfect balance. A kit that can deliver the goods, no matter how hard you push it.

Kit Details:

Kick:

• Drum Workshop Collector’s Series 20×16″

Snares:

• Drum Workshop Craviotto 14×6″
• Drum Workshop Collector’s Copper 14×5″

Toms:

• Drum Workshop Collector’s Series 8×7″
• Drum Workshop Collector’s Series 10×8″
• Drum Workshop Collector’s Series 12×8″
• Drum Workshop Collector’s Series 14×11″
• Drum Workshop Collector’s Series 16×14″

Hi-Hats & Cymbals:

• Sabian HH Hihat 15″
• Sabian HHX Splash 12″7
• Paiste Signature Dark Energy Crash 17″
• Sabian HHXtreme Crash 20″
• Paiste Signature Fast Crash 16″
• Paiste Soundcreation Dark China 22″
• Sabian AAX Stage Ride 21″

Extra:

• Latin Percussion Black Beauty

Features

• DW Collector’s series – The Rolls Royce of drum kits.
• Balanced detailed sound for intricate playing.
• Production-ready presets, ultimate customizability.

Diabolic (MIDIpak)

Diabolical Beats for Legit Metalheads

Metal drumming requires power, stamina and precision. This pak delivers all of those things at extreme levels.

Over 300 inspiring beats from the diabolical mind of metal drummer Daniel Erlandsson (Arch Enemy, In Flames, Eucharist). Contains shorter grooves, longer sections and plenty of variations, making it easy to arrange your next metal masterpiece. Works with any Addictive Drums kit, but is particularly well suited for the Metal Kit.

Features

• Played by Daniel Erlandsson.
• Includes songs, grooves, and fills.
• Over 300 inspiring performances.

Metal Songs (MIDIpak)

Fast, Dark, Sinister Grooves

Dust off your battle hammer and put on your leather pants. This is the dark and sinister Metal Songs MIDI Pak!

Bring out the darkness in you and your music with these fast, dark, and sinister grooves. Included are 20 Metal Songs and a large number of blasting fills totalling 200 hard-hitting performances.

Features

• Fast, dark and sinister grooves.
• Tons of grooves, fill, and variations.
• 200 live-recorded performances.

The Primal Force – Drums and percussion from Hans Zimmer’s forgery

DRUMS, delivers Hans Zimmer’s personal collection of percussive samples and phrases. Tried and tested in Hollywood, this rhythmic companion to STRIIINGS makes cinematic drums accessible for anyone. Invoke the natural forces of rhythm with DRUMS!

What’s in it for me?

• An extensive collection of world-class drum samples and sequences
• Ready to rumble: creative performance and sound design engine
• 53 playing Styles, 300 sound designer presets
• Recorded at Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Studios, produced by Boris Salchow

Million-dollar sound

UJAM is happy to count Hans Zimmer—one of the world’s great film composers—as one of its co-founders. Hans generously gave us access to his legendary recordings, amassed over decades, for use in DRUMS.

Ready to rumble

Programming realistic percussion tracks can be daunting. That’s why the UJAM performance engine provides ready-made sequences and creative controls. Arranging, recording or even programming this type of drumming is usually very costly and time consuming. With DRUMS it’s fast and easy; instantly synced to your DAW’s tempo. DRUMS takes care of the details, so you can focus on your music!

Enrich your palette

Get your hands on Hans Zimmer’s epic collection of cinematic orchestral instruments. Many of them are hard to come by, even harder to set up and their playing techniques only mastered by a few. Add character and vibe to your production, no matter if film score or pop music.

• Surdos
• Orchestral Bass Drums
• Orchestral Toms
• Taikos
• Doumbeks
• Field Drums
• Snares

Features at a Glance

DRUMS features 53 Styles with 23 ready-made phrases each, for a total of 1219 phrases. On top of that, every Style comes with 5 one-shot Hits and Metals, for a total of 265 one-shots.

Finisher FX

The custom-made Finisher effect section is a one-knob sound design delight. Transform the character of your DRUMS track to match any genre or mood.

Crossfade

Perform your drum tracks with the crossfader. DRUMS is made up from two independent low and high sections. Seamlessly blend between them, or add subtle variations by automating.

Unleash the primal force!

Add Hans Zimmer’s drums to your sonic palette. Try DRUMS 30 days for free before buying.

DP-09

Introducing the Deputi Sounds DP-09 Kontakt instrument! This instrument was created by sampling a vintage 909 in the highest quality possible. The DP09 gives you freedom to use one of the most legendary drum machines in music history in your DAW!

We think you’ll be blown away by the unique and expressive ways this machine can generate fresh and unlimited new ideas by using DP-09’s DISRUPT™ feature. By hitting Disrupt™, the DP09’s parameters will shift and generate something completely new and musically interesting!

Disrupt

If you’re skeptical about randomization, we totally get it! Unlike other randomization features haphazardly added to music gear in times past, we programed DISRUPT™ to stay within a musically contextual and useful range- (no more unusable and non-musical results!) With Disrupt™, your sound sources, pitches, envelopes, FX sends, FX presets & parameters all morph into a new soundscape… yielding sound design discoveries that would have historically taken hours to create! As always, your pattern, volume level settings, and master controls will stay where you set them, ensuring you never lose the groove!

Sequencer

The DP09 has a 32 step sequencer that allows you to input note, velocity and pitch information per step. The sequencer defaults at 16 steps but can be switched to 32. It also includes controls for latch, clear, number of bars, grid type as well as copy & paste functions.

Parameters

The master section allows for parameter changes of the sound selection, level, tuning and envelope for each drum sound. All of these parameters can be controlled by host automation, or disrupt buttons.

FX Section

The extensive effects section has over 60 high quality reverb impulse responses as well as 5 delay modeling engines. Each drum sound has it’s own reverb and delay send knob.

Keyswitches

The DP-09 Has an extensive keyswitch sections

Powerful Beat-Making Software

Liquid Rhythm lets you create intricate, interesting beats with unprecedented speed and precision. It’s the first sequencer that lets you make beats using note clusters and patterns instead of individual notes.

And it completely streamlines your workflow. Get started using the built-in sample library, trigger your virtual instruments, and experiment with new rhythmic patterns. Whether you use a Mac or PC, Ableton Live or other DAWs, Liquid Rhythm will help you realize your music’s full potential.

• Visualize your beats with WaveDNA’s intuitive Music Molecule technology
• Make complex, unique beats instantly using a collection of rhythmic building blocks
• Tweak and customize beats in real-time with powerful editing tools
• Use Liquid Rhythm standalone, with your DAW, or fully integrated with Ableton Live Suite via the Max for Live bridge
• PLEASE NOTE: NOT COMPATIBLE WITH BIG SUR
• VST / AU / Max for Live

MAIN FEATURES

A Revolutionary Pattern-Based Workflow
Liquid Rhythm uses an intuitive pattern-based musical language to transform your workflow and let you visualize beats in a whole new way. It’s the first and only sequencer that lets you create fresh, unique beats with note clusters and patterns instead of individual notes.

Build Any Beat Imaginable
Liquid Rhythm offers a collection of rhythmic building blocks that allow you to create up to 10 quadrillion unique rhythm patterns. Craft complex, intricate beats and experiment with rhythmic hooks in seconds by dragging-and-dropping bar-long and beat-long patterns into the arranger.

The software gives you a musically informed palette of patterns that automatically updates based on the type of beat you’re creating. With so many rhythms to choose from, you’ll never run out of new directions to take your music in.

Deep Integration with Ableton Live Via Max For Live
Liquid Rhythm and Ableton Live Suite combine to create the ultimate solution for MIDI-based beat creation. Liquid Rhythm’s powerful MIDI sequencing and editing tools integrate seamlessly with Ableton Live’s production and performance workflow to make it quicker and easier to experiment with new rhythmic ideas and craft complex, memorable beats.

Thanks to the Max for Live bridge, you can build, explore, and manage tracks in real-time while your MIDI data constantly updates between the two programs.

As an added bonus, Push users benefit from our custom user script designed to specifically enhance the speed of workflow. Your Push controller will even light up with Liquid Rhythm’s distinctive colours.

The End of Piano Roll Editing
Editing drum tracks on a piano roll can be time-consuming, or even tedious, depending on your disposition. Liquid Rhythm lets you create unique, elaborate beats using note patterns and clusters—entire bars at a time. It’s the fastest way to experiment with new sounds and grooves. Assemble rhythm patterns for any instrument four notes at a time. Convert a straight-ahead hi-hat track into triplets, instantly.

Easy to Use Operation
Based on years of cognitive response research, Liquid Rhythm works the way musicians think. The intuitive pattern-based workflow and seamless operation make it easier than ever to create unique and complex beats—quickly.

Plugin Mode & Standalone Mode
Ready to see what your DAW can really do? Use Liquid Rhythm as an external sequencer and breathe new life into your virtual instruments and sample libraries.

Program new, unique drum parts for tracks, experiment with new rhythmic patterns to discover new grooves, or enhance existing parts to make them more interesting and fresh. Whether you’re using Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro, Cubase, Pro Tools, Studio One, Cakewalk, or Garageband, Liquid Rhythm has you covered.

Sometimes you’re in the mood for a lightning-quick writing session. Use Liquid Rhythm in standalone mode and access the same powerful beat creation tools in seconds, without any additional software.

Powered by WaveDNA Technology
Years of research and development went into creating a modern musical language that synthesizes MIDI and traditional notation—we call it the Music Molecule. It’s a showcase of shapes and colours that helps you visualize the rhythmic structures of music. These structures provide a way to group notes together into little note clusters that you can play with—they can be sequenced, edited and painted. 

The Music Molecule allows you to group notes together and create beats entire bars at a time, without requiring any theoretical understanding of music or the piano. It’s a fresh intuitive way of visualizing music that lets creativity take centre stage, and it’s the lifeblood of Liquid Rhythm.

POWERFUL EDITING TOOLS AND EFFECTS
Liquid Rhythm gives you unprecedented control over your drum patterns. You can fine-tune your beats with a suite of razor-precise editing tools and powerful MIDI effects.

BeatForm Tumbler

The BeatForm Tumbler lets you isolate any region of your beat and turn up the complexity with a simple turn of a knob. Looking to simplify a beat? It’s just as easy.

Simply click on the region you would like to change and turn the knob to cycle through an array of note clusters to find the one that best suits the music.

BeatWeaver

The BeatWeaver is a rhythm design tool. Based on your choices, it generates rhythmic patterns you can play with. It’s made up of three parts: the BeatForm Circuits, the Step Sequencer, and the BeatWeave List. Select a series of BeatForms and drag them into the BeatForm Circuit. From there, the BeatForms are automatically sent through the BeatForm Step Sequencer and into the BeatWeave List—a table that shows every possible combination of your selected BeatForms.

Choose your favourite beat from the list and drag it into the Arranger, and you’re done. It’s an intuitive way to get the creative juices flowing again and discover new and unique beats you may have never thought of.

BeatSeeker
BeatSeeker is the perfect tool for exploring new instruments and navigating the infinite rhythm options in BeatWeaver. BeatSeeker automatically looks at every possible beat and highlights the most commonly occurring patterns for whatever instrument you’re working with.

Not sure what to do with the hi-hat? Click on a region in the hi-hat track and BeatSeeker will highlight the most frequently used patterns—the darker the highlight colour, the more frequently it’s used. BeatSeeker automatically runs intelligent algorithms to help you find just the right groove.

Maps
The BarForm and BeatForm maps display every combination of rhythmic patterns possible in a 4/4 bar in organized wheel charts.

Whether you’re looking for a simple four-on-the-floor kick drum beat or a complex frenzy of instruments, it’s all on the map wheels—simple beats are organized near the centre of the wheel, with the beats becoming more complex as you move out toward the edge. Once you find the beat that best suits the song, simply drag it into the Arranger and keep writing.

GrooveMover
The GrooveMover is a way for you to instantly remix your beat. It’s a MIDI effect that alters the arrangement of the notes in a bar. In the arranger, select the regions of the beat you want to remix and press the GrooveMover arrows up or down.

Based on the underlying colour patterns, the entire beat will transform into something somewhat closely related to what you originally had. Use it as a songwriting tool to discover variations of your favourite beats.

Randomizer
For all those brainstorming sessions at the beginning of a new project, there’s Randomizer. Quickly dial in what you’re looking for on the BarForm, BeatForm, Collaborate, and Velocity & Groove sliders to point the Randomizer in the right direction: Do you want a simple or complex beat? Should the notes have different accents? Then hit “Surprise Me!” and see what the Randomizer comes up with.

As with all Liquid Rhythm tools, playing around with the Randomizer may lead to some unimaginable beats, so have fun with it!

Loop Library
Built to accommodate any musician, the Loop Library contains an array of MIDI loops that are organized by genre. From Dubstep to Blues, Motown to Trap and beyond, the Loop Library brings intricate and unique beats to any project.

Drag and drop or double click on the beat to load it into the Arranger and start down the path of your new project.

Boom features a slick modern interface that pays homage to the most popular vintage drum machines of the past.

Boom is a Virtual Drum Machine.

Boom has been used on many famous projects since its launch, ranging from hit albums, feature films and radio projects.

Boom is now available on its own by popular demand, available to anyone who demands instant creativity in AU/VST formats.

Boom includes a diverse collection of 10 different classic electronic drum kits, offering variations on the classic 808 and 909 kits, more aggressive Dance and Urban-style kits and a powerful retro style kit modeled on the concept of a ‘CR78 merged with a 606’.

Each one has been created with great attention to detail and provides serious sonic impact.

Each kit contains 10 different drums, and you can adjust the panning, volume, tuning and decay of each drum within a kit.

Each drum channel also contains a special tuning screw that can be turned to make a sonic adjustment, specific to a particular drum. This tweaking ability provides for nearly limitless possibilities with a user-friendly interface.

You can mix and match drums from different kits to make your own custom kit, and the drum sounds can be triggered individually via standard MIDI pitch mappings.

For instant inspiration, over 50 presets are included cover contemporary, classic electronic/urban musical genres.

Boom also has an on-board sequencer that enables you to create and trigger your own patterns, which can be saved and recalled as presets.

You can select different patterns using the keys along the bottom of the interface, when you’re in Pattern Select mode, and these are conveniently color ‘coded to show you how they map to a MIDI keyboard from middle ‘C’ upwards for remote selection.

The Matrix display in the top left enables you to program a pattern, but if you prefer you can also use the keys along the bottom, this time with Pattern Edit mode selected.

You’ll find some nice touches, such as the ability to copy one pattern to another, and some simple controls for adjusting the way in which the pattern plays back within your host: normal, double, half or triplet time, and there’s even a swing control mirroring classic MPC’s and other vintage drum machines/samplers.

Addictive Drums 2: Classic Rock Collection

The sound that rocked the ’70s.

Included products:

• Addictive Drums 2 Engine
• Blue Oyster (ADpak)
• Retroplex (ADpak)
• Retro Songs (MIDIpak)
• Rock’n’Roll (MIDIpak)

Legendary Drums of the Rock Gods

Decades of recording ingenuity to perfect, a few seconds to drop into your DAW. For the timeless sound of British rock drums, look no further than the Classic Rock Collection. One thunderous late ’60s Blue Oyster kit just like the one Jon Bonham kicked the triplets out of with Led Zeppelin. One superbly recorded ’70s Retroplex kit like the one Keith Moon played on stage with a live goldfish in.

Complete with the Retro Songs and Rock’n’Roll MIDIpaks giving you beats from hard rock to Motown, controllable presets, dialable room tone, cowbell, more cowbell! It’s the drum sound that changed the music world forever, bundled up in a box for your music-making pleasure. Load them up in your DAW and throw the TV out of the window!

Addictive Drums 2

It’s All About the Sound

Tweak any of the professionally designed presets or build up a custom kit from scratch, it’s your choice. Addictive Drums 2 is packed with mixing and sound-shaping features that let you transform the raw sounds in amazing ways. Whether you need your drums to sound open and crystal-clear or produced and radio-ready, or grungy and heavily distorted, AD2 has studio-grade tools to get the job done.

Lightning Fast Workflow

The best sounds and features are useless if you can’t find and use them quickly when inspiration strikes. Addictive Drums 2 really excels in this area. Every detail – from drag-and-drop audio and MIDI to rapid linking and layering, to near-instant kit piece swapping–is designed to keep you in the creative zone. The clean layout and lighting-fast workflow include hundreds of individual features that make AD2 fast and familiar – even for first-time users.

Every drum kit is recorded in world-class studios by industry professionals and amazing drummers to give you professional sonic options and creative control.

Where Do You Start?

To get the most out of Addictive Drums 2 you always start with XPN Audio’s Collections.

A Collection is a bundle of ADpaks (drum kits), MIDIpaks (beats) and Kitpiece Paks (single drums) put together to give you the best possible drum production experience.

Blue Oyster (ADpak)

The Sound of Classic Rock

To get those glorious Led Zeppelin and John Bonham-inspired drum sounds, XLN Audio went straight to the source: The Ludwig Blue Oyster kit. Our Blue Oyster kit includes production-ready presets that provide instant access to vintage and modern production techniques.

Size does matter! This ADpak is inspired by the setup of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. The big sizes, coated heads, and characteristic tuning give you a clear and thunderous drum sound that is reminiscent of the late 60s.

The included presets provide instant access to inspiring sounds ranging from clean and pristine to distorted and heavily processed. Use presets as-is or easily tweak them to achieve a unique sound that’s exactly right for your music.

The Blue Oyster Kit Contains:

Kick: 

• 22×16″ Ludwig Blue Oyster Vintage
• 26×14″ Ludwig Blue Oyster Vintage 

Snare:

• 14×6.5″ Ludwig Supraphonic 402 

Toms:

• 13″ Ludwig Blue Oyster Vintage
• 14″ Ludwig Blue Oyster Vintage
• 16″ Ludwig Blue Oyster Vintage
• 18″ Ludwig Blue Oyster Vintage

Cymbals:

• 15″ Paiste 2002 Hihat
• 15″ Paiste 2002 Hihat with Ching-Ring
• 18″ Zildian K Dark Thin Crash
• 19″ Sabian HH Thin Crash
• 20″ Sabian Artisan Vault Crash
• 24″ Paiste 2002 Ride 

Extras:

• Meinl Single Brass Tambourine, Meinl Large Black Cowbell

Features

• Authentic late-60s drum kit
• Production-ready presets
• Classic and modern sounds

Retroplex (ADpak)

The Sound of Glam Rock

The Retroplex kit captures the bold, outrageous drum sounds of legendary glam rock artists like David Bowie and Lou Reed in painstaking detail. Production-ready presets provide instant access to both vintage and modern production techniques.

The acrylic see-through Vistalite drums became popular in the early 70s for their great looks, fast attack and clear sustain. Drumming legend Keith Moon (The Who) played live sets with an extra water-filled Vistalite floor tom used as a fishbowl!

The included presets provide instant access to inspiring sounds ranging from clean and pristine to distorted and heavily processed. Use presets as-is or easily tweak them to achieve a unique sound that’s exactly right for your music.

The Retroplex kit includes:

Kick:

• 22×16″ Ludwig Vistalite
• 24×16″ Ludwig Vistalite 

Snare:

• 14×5″ Ludwig Vistalite 

Toms:

• 12″ Ludwig Vistalite
• 13″ Ludwig Vistalite
• 14″ Ludwig Vistalite
• 16″ Ludwig Vistalite

Cymbals:

• 15″ Zildjian Vintage Hihat
• 17″ Zildjian A Custom Crash
• 18″ Zildjian A Thin Crash, 18″ Zildjian K Custom Dark Crash, 22″ Zildjian K Constantinople Medium Ride 

Extras:

• Meinl Double Steel Tambourine
• Meinl Steel Bell Large Cowbell

Features

• Authentic Ludwig “plexi” kit
• Production-ready presets
• Classic and modern sounds

Retro Songs (MIDIpak)

Classic Grooves from the 60s and 70s.

From early 60s Motown to thunderous heavy rock of the 70s, this MIDIpak gives you tons of inspiring grooves in different tempos and feels.

Bring back the good times with this MIDIpak full of great beats and grooves inspired by the 60s and 70s! This MIDIpak contains 35 complete songs (over 200 sections) all played by a real drummer. It is compatible with any Addictive Drums 2 ADpak, but really well suited for Black Oyster, Blue Oyster, and Retroplex.

Features

• 60s and 70s beats and grooves
• Spans hard rock to Motown
• 200+ live-recorded performances

Rock’n’Roll (MIDIpak)

MagicDrum 2 is a multisampled steel tongue drum compatible with both Windows and Mac systems.

This versatile instrument is crafted to provide immediate inspiration, offering over 70 presets that span a wide variety of Steel Tongue Drum scales and tones, reaching beyond the capabilities of a conventional steel tongue drum. The result is a remarkable collection of sounds fully playable on your MIDI keyboard.

With MagicDrum 2, you have access to 81 presets tailored for different genres, including Ambient, Chillout, Downtempo, Lo-Fi as well as Relaxing and Meditation Music. Its user-friendly interface features intuitive controls for the ADSR envelope, lowpass/highpass filter cutoff, LFO modulation, global volume, pan, and tune. Additionally, you can shape your sound using built-in effects such as reverb, chorus, delay, and distortion. MagicDrum 2 provides a simple yet powerful platform for musicians and producers to explore and create diverse musical expressions.

Features:

• For Windows & Mac (64-bit)
• 81 Steel Tongue Drum presets
• LFO modulation and filter controls
• Adjustable ADSR envelope settings
• Built-in effects: Chorus, Delay, Reverb and Distortion
• Carefully edited samples
• Simple and easy to use
• Royalty-free.

A Global Beat Collective

At the heart of Drummax lies the soul of Brazil, with more than 40 carefully ( 600+ drum sounds ) curated Brazilian drum kits and sounds. These kits are not just samples; they are a celebration of the rhythmic diversity and cultural richness of Brazil. From the thunderous surdos to the intricate pandeiros, each beat encapsulates the essence of Brazil’s musical heritage. But Drummax doesn’t stop there; it embraces a global perspective, catering to the creative needs of producers from every corner of the world. Whether you’re crafting samba-infused rhythms, driving hip-hop beats, or exploring the nuances of electronic music, Drummax empowers you to infuse your music with the infectious energy of diverse global beats.

Unleashing Creative Possibilities

Drummax isn’t merely a drum machine; it’s your creative collaborator, your rhythm maestro, and your beatmaking confidant. With an intuitive interface designed for seamless integration into your workflow, Drummax lets you effortlessly translate your musical ideas into mesmerizing beats. From punchy kicks to crisp snares, from subtle percussion to thundering toms, every sound in Drummax is meticulously crafted to perfection, ensuring that your productions stand out with unparalleled clarity and impact.

A Labor of Passion

Drummax is the result of countless hours of research, innovation, and sonic experimentation by the passionate team at BRSYNTH. We take immense pride in our Brazilian musical heritage, and this pride is woven into the very fabric of Drummax. Each drum kit, each sound, and every nuance has been lovingly crafted to reflect the authenticity and vibrancy of Brazil’s rhythmic traditions, and we’re delighted to share this passion with producers worldwide.

Join the Beat Revolution

Whether you’re a seasoned producer searching for fresh inspiration or a budding artist exploring the world of music production, Drummax invites you to join the beat revolution. Elevate your productions, infuse your music with the spirit of Brazil, and let your creativity soar to new heights with Drummax. As you dive into the rich tapestry of global rhythms, you’re not just making beats; you’re crafting experiences, telling stories, and leaving an indelible mark on the world of music.

Conclusion

Drummax is more than just a drum machine; it’s a cultural journey, a creative catalyst, and a testament to the power of rhythm. With Drummax, the world of music production is at your fingertips. Embrace the beats, feel the groove, and let the rhythm guide your musical endeavors. Welcome to a new era of sonic exploration – welcome to Drummax.

Late, but right on time

COZY’s grooves have that perfect lazy feel that comes from hitting the snare just a little late. Combined with drum sounds that have just the right amount of tape warmth and dusty vinyl crackle, this Beatmaker will have you vibing in an instant.

What’s inside?

• 20 Styles, 50 Presets
• 10 Drum Kits, 460 Patterns
• MIDI Drag & Drop, Resizable User Interface
• Special Control: Nostalgia

Low fidelity, high quality

We couldn’t bring ourselves to sacrifice even the tiniest bit of sound quality for this Beatmaker. We used the best drum samples out there and roughed up the fidelity afterward, to make sure COZY delivers beats that don’t skimp on integrity.

Relaaaaxing

Much like LoFi Girl, we’ve been studying to perfect the Beatmaker for years. Our frustration-free design is optimized to get you the best results as quickly and easily as possible.

Easy Listening

If you want to dial in some extra detail, you can control the decay, pitch and filter settings for each sound. You can also control the saturation, compression and ambience of the overall mix to make sure everything is gelling perfectly.

Maximum vibes

Whether it’s to get focused on your work, or to relax after a long day, COZY’s comforting sound will get you and your listeners in the right headspace in a matter of clicks.

Immediate gratification

Hear how COZY creates the chillest grooves!

Features at a Glance

COZY features 10 kits with 16 drum instruments each. There are 20 Styles with 23 ready-made patterns, for a total of 460 patterns. Plus: Pair with USynth Deluxe for jazzy warm colors or use Finisher RETRO to rough up the signal even more.

Special control: Nostalgia

Turn up the nostalgia with COZY’s special control. You can get even more vinyl crackle, smooth the transients, pull back the highs and lows, increase saturation and add the sound of a beautiful tube mic via convolution by simply moving a one dial.

Micro Timing

Lofi hip hop beats are all about the feel. Our micro-timing feature will let you set the swag level from higher to highest.

For Your Top Notch Studio Drum Tracks

Virtual Drummer SOLID is your personal gold-standard session drummer, the backline bandmate we all dream of having – dependable, reliable and comfortable playing all popular styles and moods with ease. Build your tracks on the strongest foundations with Virtual Drummer SOLID and fully realize and finish your rhythmical arrangements in record time. The versatile sound and intuitive & accessible controls mean that SOLID is truly suited to any level of music production skill.

Novices can get instant access to many popular musical styles and rhythmical phrases without a steep learning curve whilst more experienced musicians and producers will delight at being able to get such great sounding results so quickly.

It’s easy to quickly customize the sound of each of the five different drum kits by dialing in some extra punch with the slam control or by using one of our six tone-morphing character presets – here is where the sound of Virtual Drummer SOLID can quickly change from being smooth and retro to being smashed to pieces!

Finalize and finetune your drum mix by individually adjusting the volume of each component of the kit including separate controls for overhead & room mics before adding a touch of reverb. Virtual Drummer SOLID even lets you control the feel of the performance allowing for pushing or pulling of the beat and adjustment of a humanize control for added authenticity.

What’s New in Version 2?

• Drag-and-drop phrases to DAW
• Multiple Audio Outputs
• Enhanced Mixer Section
• 30 new styles and 150 presets

What’s in There?

• A virtual gold-standard drummer that follows your direction
• Build your own drum kits with kit editing options
• New Master Section with saturation and maximizer
• Fresh improved look – easy on eyes and brain
• 200 presets, 60 musical styles with 1380 different patterns

Everybody Comes to Hollywood

Virtual Drummer SOLID is your seasoned pro for sophisticated, grand productions. For all popular genres and moods, SOLID provides those untouchable gold-standard drumming styles and sounds that open record label executives’ doors, hearts, and wallets.

Gold-Plated Perfectionism

The key to SOLID’s benchmark drum sound is in the meticulous way it was recorded. It has 200 presets, 60 musical styles containing a total of 1380 different patterns. The creation of all patterns started with the highest quality ingredients, right at the source, with a fantastic drummer, in prime acoustical space sitting in front of a collection of ‘desert island’ drum hardware. Only then were we happy to hit record, capturing each hit and phrase with a combination of premium microphones and recording chains to ensure the end results were of the highest calibre.