I'd really like to start messing around with and learning how drum machines work. I can't afford a set of drums, so software seems like my only viable option. I had considered purchasing a real drum ...

Visco, the debut plugin from Berlin developer Forever89, launched in 2024 and over the past year has become one of our favourite sound design tools. At its core, Visco is based around a fairly ...

PianistEnvy developer Melonsoft has released BubbleDrum 1.0, a drum machine application for Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 that has been developed for kids, hobbyists and musicians alike. The BubbleDrum ...

We’ve all seen it: A DJ is up onstage “making beats,” but there’s no drum kit in sight. Instead, her nose is glued to a computer screen, her hands poking the occasional slider or knob. Electronic ...

I need some kind of drum machine. Anything where I can program a sequence of drum sounds and loop it. <P>Any ideas? Free would be nice.

The Roland TR-808 and TR-909 are iconic drum machines that powered a ton of the music from the '80s and '90s. While both hardware units were recently revived as the TR-08 and TR-09, they haven't been ...

If you’ve ever realized how much potential a box of dry pasta has as a shakeable instrument, you’ll immediately understand why Lorenzo Bravi’s Hit the Beat drum machine is so wonderful. Because ...

Glaresoft on Friday announced the release of its drum machine software iDrum in Digidesign’s Real Time Audio Suite (RTAS) format. The application features more than 150 factory kits covering a wide ...

If you were to give Oddball the high-concept elevator pitch, you would probably describe it as a throwable drum machine. Essentially, it’s a sensor-filled ball which uses pressure sensors and ...