Aimed at the modern producer deep into sound design, Native Instruments' latest Maschine expansion set, Cavern Floor, adds drums, synths and Massive and PRISM presets to your sonic palette.
When you think of a drum sequencer you probably see a linear left to right grid? Patterning for iPad looks to shake up that metaphor. This is no conventional beat sequencer as Hollin Jones finds out.
Logic X Drummer helps songwriters/arrangers who want drum parts that sound like a real drummer's performance without needing to program patterns themselves. Here's 6 tips for a more flexible Drummer.
Elastic Drums for iOS has received plaudits since its release, so we were curious to find out if it really is as good as it sounds. Plus, 5 randomly selected comments will get a copy of Elastic Drums!
As the iPad continues to evolve, so do its apps. And this is a good thing for iPad producers and musicians in particular. Hollin Jones highlights 10 excellent apps for iPad designed for making beats.
Modwheel have a new release: THE BENDS, watery metallic percussion sample library for Kontakt. Check out the videos below to hear it in action.
Programming beats & drums need not be a chore. GW Childs shows how to get your beats grooving in no time (in Reason) in this excellent tutorial article.
Electronic Beats TV goes behind the scenes with Shigeto (Zach Saginaw) to look at how he sets up his unique drum based-tech music shows, his creative motivation, gear setup and his music philosophy.
Recorded at London's Sphere studios, FXpansion's BFD Sphere brings hard rock and metal drum sounds to BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2. Looking for hard drums? Check out the video below.
MODWHEEL's new release is THE HUMDRUM HUMDRUM '" the Calfskin Drum Set for Native Instruments' Kontakt bringing creative drumming to your music studio setup.
Single Cycle Audio have released Vintage Drum Elements, an AU'‹/'‹VST plugin based on the Yamaha RX5 vintage drum machine. It's available via Bandcamp as an album and can be downloaded for free!
We love innovative tools that help us make music / distract us from anything other than music making... so, we love typedrummer, a free online drum tool that turns ASCII into beats.
In this tutorial video, Cubase trainer Matt Loel T Hepworth shows how useful Groove Agent SE can be for quickly generating drum patterns with no fuss or programming needed.
If you're looking for an easy to use, high-quality sampled drum instrument, then SONiVOX's new Tony Coleman Drums begs for you attention. Matt Vanacoro puts it to the test to see if it's a hit.
How much would you shell out for a premium drum sample pack comprising 120 high-quality wav files? $25? Possibly. $1? Almost definitely! Check out this offer from Real Drum Samples below.