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Drum Machine

Drum Kit Designer

Apple

Where to get itIncluded with Logic Pro. It is part of that DAW, not a separate download.apple.com

Drum Kit Designer is a drum machine plugin that lets you build custom drum kits by selecting from a wide range of drum and percussion sounds. It provides intuitive controls to adjust pitch, sustain, and volume of each kit piece, with support for multi-channel kits that offer microphone and room emulation options. Integrated with Step Sequencer, it makes beat-making fast and intuitive.

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Key Features

013D drum kit interface with clickable pieces for preview and editing
02Tune, Dampen, and Gain controls for each kit piece
03Exchange functionality for kick, snare, toms, cymbals, and hi-hat (multi-channel kits)
04Multi-channel kit support with Leak, Overheads, and Room switches
05Input Mapping modes: GM, GM + ModWheel controls HiHat opening level, and V-Drum
06Extended parameters with Shaker, Tambourine, Claps, Cowbell, and Sticks gain sliders
07Brush snare special features including left/right hand detection and continuous circle playback

Things to Try

  • 01Use GM + ModWheel mapping mode to control hi-hat opening and closing with your keyboard modulation wheel during live performance
  • 02Enable the Leak switch on multi-channel kits to add microphone bleed, where kit piece sounds are picked up by other kit piece microphones
  • 03Turn on the Overheads switch to include overhead microphone sound in individual kit pieces
  • 04Choose between Room A and B emulation to experiment with different room mic setups for your drum sounds
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