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Alesis announced today that they are now shipping the Trigger I/O, USB/MIDI, pad trigger interface.
The Trigger I/O uses electronic triggers placed on traditional acoustic percussion sources (such as drum heads or cymbals) or electronic drum pad triggers, and converts them into MIDI note messages. With MIDI and USB 1.1 Plug and Play connectivity and ten […]

AudioRealism has announced a new virtual drum machine, AudioRealism Drum Machine (ADM), that promises to capture the best of the sounds of drum machines of the early 80’s.
Features

Three realtime switchable drum machine models
Internal 32 step sequencer with global accent per step, four prescale selections per pattern, flam and shuffle, 128 patterns per instance
Pattern transformation […]

 

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PowerFX has introduced VDM-1, a collection of vintage drum machines for Reason. The VDM-1 ReFill has over 50 Reason Redrum and NN-XT presets containing over 675 samples with Combinator graphics that emulate the original machine’s look. The ReFill also includes “Multi-out” presets for Rewire master hosts like Pro Tools, Cubase and others and includes “All […]

SoundJump has announced the immediate availability of their first product, the VDM-1 Vintage Drum Machines Refill for Propellerhead Reason.
This collection of 12 of the most famous drum machines ever created is for the drum machine “purist” who requires the most authentic recreations for their collection and or production studio client’s needs. It is offered exclusively […]

Every year at NAMM, some of the sexiest gear and software that is shown is stuff that isn’t available. Typically, about time for the summer NAMM show, companies announce that they are finally shipping the product.
In addition to the products that actually ship, though, there are items announced that you never hear about again. We’re […]

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Submersible Music previewed the new 2.5 version of DrumCore software at the NAMM Winter Show Show in Anaheim, CA (January 18-21st).
DrumCore 2.5 adds new features that increase DrumCore’s capabilities as a MIDI instrument and make workflow easier when writing songs.
New Features:

MIDI Standalone Mode - Now DrumCore can act as a standalone […]

NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Zoom introduced the SB-246 Street Box, in collaboration with the hot Nashville-based producers Beat Kangz. A dedicated Hip Hop rhythm machine, the SB-246 features a slim, compact design, 529 Hip Hop sounds, studio quality effects, and a built-in sequencer with loop capability.
The SB-246 comes with an array of percussion and rhythm […]

NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Alesis introduced the DM5 Electronic Drum Kit.
The DM5 Electronic Drum Kit includes the DM5 sound module that contains a variety of pre-programmed sounds and drum kits, along with five pads (snare, kick, two toms, and a hi-hat controller) plus two special cymbal pads. Shipped with an included kick pedal, support stand, […]

NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Akai announced Version 2.0 software revision for MPC1000 Music Production Center. The update, which coincides with a cosmetic change (from blue to black) for new units, is available free of charge from the company’s website and includes a number of significant enhancements that facilitates greater versatility from this popular […]

Start the new year off right with a visit to ZProd, the home of electronic artist Paul Granjon. Granjon creates unique machines, some of which are part robot, part musical instrument, and part performance art.
Techno Inferno is a miniature electro-mechanical drum machine that produces a 3-minute long techno track. A streaming film demonstrates how the […]