Modular Wild presents SOUNDS-Tiptop 808 drums
Exploring a Basic drum beat with TipTop Audio’s BD808, SD808, and HATS808 modules for that old school feel. Sound and Video by Raul Pena.© 2012 Raul Pena
Elektron Analog Four + Machinedrum Dirty Techno
“Slow-paced techno with lots of dirt and grit, thanks to the overdriven analog filter through which the drums are routed. Camera stopped recording beyond 10mins, but went on jamming anyway.”
Advance Mobile Drummer – new drum machine app for the iPad
Beats ‘n’ Bobs has introduced Advance Mobile Drummer – a drum machine app for the iPad.
Here’s what they have to say about it:
If you are a guitarist or vocalist who needs a backing rhythm or perhaps your drummer has been abducted by aliens or blown up and you need a replacement-this could be just what you need!
Features:
- Acoustic and electronic sounds.
- Real-time record or step record. Create up to 32 patterns and 8 songs using 5 tracks.
- Adjust pitch, level and decay on each drum pad or drum step and control these settings over time as part of your pattern. You are not limited to just one sound per track as each step can have its own sound.
- You can also adjust levels of swing from 0 to 7 (extreme).
- Auto track assigns each pad to a track automatically.
- Store 4 drum kit programs for the drum pads independently from patterns.
- 5 Drum pads for live play, overdubbing or recording
- Real-time triggering of patterns.
MIDI support appears to be missing in action.
Checking out the Audioid app for Android
Just testing out the Audioid app for Android – includes a TB-303 and TR-808 emulation and effects.
AUDIOID is an advanced mobile electronic music rhythm composer for Android, combining the mythical TR-808 drum machine and the TB-303 bassline/groovebox with real-time filters, effects, randomness and a live approach.
FUTURE FEATURES
– Tap pad
– Bpm detector
– More effects (reverb, delay, chorus, etc…)
– More drum kits (909, 606, etc…)
– File save/load/export/import
– Equalizer presets
– A second TB-303 bassline/groovebox
– Better UI and better performance
FEATURES
– Sound quality 16-bit PCM at 44KHz or 22Khz
– Minimal latency supported by the device
– Linear and logarithmic knobs and bars
– Visual pitches synced with the tempo
– TR-808 drum machine style and sounds
– TB-303 bassline / groovebox
– Independent mixer levels for the drum machine, the bassline and fxs
– Independent levels, mutes, solos and fxs for each drums
– Memory of 4 banks of 8 patterns with 16 instruments containing 16 steps maximum each
– Memory of 4 banks of 8 patterns with 39 notes containing 16 steps maximum each
– Pattern edition (Copy, Clear, Cut, Paste, Randomize)
– Real-time effects (Flanger, Phaser, Distortion and Bitcrusher) with various parameters
– Audio FFT visualizer (waveform and frequency bands)
– Multitouch equalizer from -10dB to +10dB for each supported frequency band
– Low pass frequency filters from 1 Hz to 22kHz
– Fine and terribly efficient bass boost
– Presets can be saved and restored at any time
– Anti-clipping
MR-808 – mechanic drum robot
Moritz Simon Geist created the MR-808 – described as ‘the first drum robot that reproduces the drum sounds of the 80′s. The installation is a version of the famous Roland TR-808 – but with robots playing the drum sounds!
Let’s get physical: MR-808 is the first drum robot that reproduces the drum sounds of the 80s – in the real world.
The robot installation MR-808 is a replica of the famous 1980s electronic drum machine TR-808 – with robots playing the drum sounds! I (Moritz Simon Geist) have been playing electronic music for several years now, and at some place I was bored of the electronic music production process. With binary logic, everything is possible.
So I decided to go back to the roots of sound generation – the physical sound generation – but combine it with the electronic music structure we like so much.
I liked the idea so much, that I couldn’t stop building my own drum robots, and ended up replacing all the electronic sounds of a whole drum computer, placed in a 3,3 x 1,7m² case. I am very proud to present the “MR-808” – a mechanic replica of the famous 1980s electronic drum machine TR-808!
Read on: sonicrobots.com/mr808-eng/
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MR-808 – mechanic sound robot (all drums, miced)
A mechanic relay controlled via arduino (bass sound)
Gameboy – Arduinoboy hardware (8 bit chiptune sound)
Everything was programmed in Ableton, only equing and compression has been applied.
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Filmography: David Campesino
Music: Moritz Simon Geist
Roland MC-505 / MC-303 Promo Video revitalized
Here is a video Jordan Passmore created using segments of a Roland promo video they released sometime in the late 90’s.
An all in one techno music production studio, this machine has it all. A massive collection of professional and coveted electronic synth and drum sounds, effects, built-in real-time VCF and envelope knobs for tweaking, a sequencer/arranger, and many other great additions. This is the successor to the MC-303 and is now much more advanced. Its sounds will be familiar to any techno-head.
The LFO and resonant filters allow quick and easy sound manipulation. The new D-Beam allows you to randomly tweak your sounds by passing your hand over an infrared beam! It has a great sequencer for building your songs (with groove quantizing and part level faders for mixing) as well as many idea catchers like the phrase sampler and arpeggiator.
This is an all-in-one music machine that’s great for DJ’s or anybody else who wants to create slamming dance tracks. Designed as a stand alone machine, they do not work quite as well when incorporated into a multi-synth keyboard rig. It’s perfect for beginners and advanced users, but offers the most possibility to those who will use it exclusively. By the way, in comparison to the MC-303, this is far better especially in the quality and quantity of sounds!
DM1 The Drum Machine, Version 3.0
DM1 The Drum Machine V3.0 – a new version to this popular app is out, details below:
We are happy to bring you lots of new and shiny features to DM1, that – we know – many of you requested for some time : drum import, FX automation, FX per track, time signatures to name a few. Not to forget 22 new drum kits.
Download DM1 on the App Store:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dm1-the-drum-machine/id431573951?mt=8&uo=4
Download DM1 V3.0.pdf User guide on www.fingerlab.net/DM1
What’s new DM1 V3.0
Drum kits
– Samples import: Import and edit samples from the iTunes music library, the microphone, your Dropbox, AudioPaste or your iTunes sharing folder
– Create custum user kits.
– 22 new Drum Kits
FX
– Select which track (kick, snare, etc) goes through an FX (FX per track).
– Record and playback any FX parameters in real time (FX Automation).
– Assign an FX per pattern.
– Record and playback the Pitch ribbon.
Time signature
– 4/4, 3/4, 6/8, 2/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 8/4.
– Custom time signature per pattern.
Mixer
– New fader track with Master volume control
Export
– Drop Box export
– Export separated tracks
– Export to (uncompressed) wav or (compressed) aac formats
Fixes
– Fixed timing issue in the sequencer
– Fixed export issue
– Battery issue fixed
What’s next ?
– A proper MIDI implementation
– iCloud (iPad/iPhone files stream)
Stay tuned.
The Fingerlab team
Elecktroid – Electronic Machine Funk Instrument
Audio Spillage has released Elecktroid which they describe as an ‘Electronic Machine Funk Instrument’. It’s a fusion of drum synth and and drum sampler with a custom designed rhythm sequencer. Here’s what they have to say about it:
Elecktroid effortlessly blends synthesis and sample playback in a single integrated package. Combine the depth and power of drum synthesis with your existing sample collections and sync both to a brand new rhythm oriented step sequencer with more than a few tricks up its digital sleeves.
Synthetic Heart
Pulsing away deep inside Elecktroid you’ll find 4 of our exclusive drum synthesis models: BassDrum, WoodDrum, HiHat and Snare. The drum synths are 100% algorithmic and utilise high quality DSP code for a deep, powerful and punchy sound. The synthesis algorithms can be used as the basis of an entire rhythm track on their own or layered with samples to add weight, depth and character to your existing sound sets and rhythms.
Sampler Spine
The backbone of Elecktroid is a high quality low CPU sample playback engine. Load up your favourite samples via the simple drag and drop interface. Refresh and re-animate your existing collection with the pitch envelope, modulation, distortion, filter and graphic loop editing capabilities. Elecktroid can velocity cross-fade between 2 samples per pad and accepts WAV, AIFF and CAF format files.
Sequencer Brain
The new rhythm oriented step sequencer brings Elecktroid to life right inside your DAW. Forget about stale lifeless rhythms. Elecktroid features custom track lengths and step trigger probability controls opening the door to a world of non-repetitive poly-rhythmic beats. Inject groove and humanoid feel to suit. Elecktroid’s sequencer is a resolution-independent design so patterns play at the correct tempo regardless of step length (16th, 32nd etc). Elecktroid also features graphic velocity and parameter control graph editing.
Pricing and Availability:
$55 (20% off intro offer)
More information:
Elecktroid drum machine – Fusion of drum synth and and drum sampler
Audio Spillage has released Elecktroid, a new drum machine for Mac that’s described as ‘a fusion of drum synth and and drum sampler with a custom designed rhythm sequencer.’ Elecktroid blends synthesis and sample playback in a single integrated package.
Here’s what they have to say about Elecktroid:
Pulsing away deep inside Elecktroid you’ll find 4 of our exclusive drum synthesis models: BassDrum, WoodDrum, HiHat and Snare. The drum synths are 100% algorithmic and utilise high quality DSP code for a deep, powerful and punchy sound. The synthesis algorithms can be used as the basis of an entire rhythm track on their own or layered with samples to add weight, depth and character to your existing sound sets and rhythms.
The backbone of Elecktroid is a high quality low CPU sample playback engine. Load up your favourite samples via the simple drag and drop interface. Refresh and re-animate your existing collection with the pitch envelope, modulation, distortion, filter and graphic loop editing capabilities. Elecktroid can velocity cross-fade between 2 samples per pad and accepts WAV, AIFF and CAF format files.
The new rhythm oriented step sequencer brings Elecktroid to life right inside your DAW. Forget about stale lifeless rhythms. Elecktroid features custom track lengths and step trigger probability controls opening the door to a world of non-repetitive poly-rhythmic beats. Inject groove and humanoid feel to suit. Elecktroid’s sequencer is a resolution-independent design so patterns play at the correct tempo regardless of step length (16th, 32nd etc). Elecktroid also features graphic velocity and parameter control graph editing.
Elecktroid is available now for $55. A demo version is available.
Funkbox for iPad – new version
The quite nice iPad drum machine, Funbox has after a long time got a well needed update. Funkbox contains all your favorite vintage drum machine sounds in one funky quirky little app! FunkBox has been used by Gorillaz on their album “The Fall”, Joan Osborne (“What If God Was One Of Us”) and Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze) live in concert, Africa Hi-Tech (Warp Records), and by many other musicians both live and in the studio. It was also featured in Computer Music Magazine’s “Amazing Music Apps” special issue and Electronic Musician magazine’s “Attack of the Killer Apps” best music tools for the iPad.
“We designed the FunkBox drum machine to look, feel, and sound like a classic beatbox from the 70s and 80s. It uses audio samples recorded by us directly from our own personal collection of vintage drum machines. It also features advanced MIDI and audio features that allow you to use it in a music studio alongside your “real” gear. Or just keep it in your pocket to sketch out some dope beats in your spare time.”
Here’s what’s new:
- iOS 6 compatible
- Retina graphics support for iPad and iPhone 5
- Five new classic vintage drum machines: DX, Drumulator, TOM, KR55, and RX11
- New pattern presets, including a bonus bank inspired by classic drum machine presets
- Support for 3/4 time signature
- New box and pattern storage menus
- New improved custom drum box and sample management menu
- Improved Audio/MIDI settings menu
- Easily share your custom patterns and boxes through email
- Edit pattern names
- Closed hat chokes open hat
- MIDI bass line sequencer
- MIDI CC control of volume, pan, mute
- MIDI start/stop control
- OMAC fast switch support, to quickly switch between apps
- PDF manual included with app for offline reading
- Misc improvements and bug fixes
Really good to see Funk Box get update after what seems like a long time. If you don’t know the app then do take a look as it’ll make a worthy addition to your collection of drum and percussion apps.
DATAMASKIN
