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Free Yamaha RX5 Vintage Drum Machine in Plug-In Format

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!

Type a Word, Make a Beat. It's That Easy with TypeDrummer.com

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.

Using Cubase 8 Groove Agent SE for Quick & Easy Drum Patterns

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.

Review: SONiVOX Tony Coleman Drums

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.

Get Overkill Drums from Real Drum Samples for $1!

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.

Creating Dub, Trap & Glitch Stutter Effects with Korg volca beats

Are you into creating dub, trap or long echoes in your beats, or are you after some glitchy effects for your drum patterns? G. W. Childs shows how in this Korg volca beats tutorial video.

Interview: Roni Size, Drum and Bass Pioneer on New Album, Production & Tech

Founder of Bristol UK collective, Reprazent. Pioneer of Drum and Bass. Producer, DJ & Mercury Prize winner, Roni Size sat down with us to chat about his career and share tips on production and tech.

Tony Coleman Drums Percussion Instrument Now Available From SONiVOX

From today you can get Tony Coleman, the Iconic drummer's, classic style captured in new software title from SONiVOX, and available for immediate download.

How to Create a REX Drum Kit in Propellerhead Reason

Using recycled loops to create new drum kits is what we've got on the menu for you here... and all you need is Propellerhead Reason to do it. G. W. Childs is your guide.

Here's How Your Environment Changes How Your Drums Sound

You've probably recorded your drum kit in you bedroom or a studio... but have you tried a car garage or an underpass? Wondered what the natural reverb would sound like? Watch this...

Review: Akai Professional Rhythm Wolf

Stories suggest Akai's analog drum machine, Rhythm Wolf, has divided user opinions to the extreme. Not one to shy away from controversy G.W. Childs reviews this drum machine from a neutral position.

Programming Drums: 8 Tips for Better Beats

Beats: we all create them'"some better than others'¦ Sound Designer, G. W. Childs is here to share 8 tips to help you create better beats for your tracks, whatever DAW you use.

Finger Drumming Contest: Jeremy Ellis on Maschine Vs Guy on ProdiKeys

It's not a fair contest by any stretch of the imagination, so file this under "fun". One guy rocks out a beat on a ProdiKeys and Jeremy Ellis shows how it's done on Maschine.

Creating Realistic Drum Sounds With Logic Pro's Drum Kit Designer

In five simple steps, Logic maestro, Matt Vanacoro, shows how to create a realistic sounding drum kit and pattern using Logic Pro X's Drum Kit Designer.

Arturia Announces Hardtek Essentials Expansion Pack for Spark and Spark LE

Arturia's latest expansion pack for their creative drum machine, SPARK and SparkLE controllers and SPARK 2 is a hard-hitting collection spanning heavy techno to hardtek and Drum n Bass.