Percussion

It includes access to MeldaProductions’ vast multi-sample drum libraries and costs only €29 right now.

DIY device features Arcade-style buttons, recyclable outer.

A great way to create less machine-type beats in your DAW. Lots of options and very easy to use, for a wide variety of styles.

The drummer has worked with Ellie Goulding, Clean Bandit, Mumford & Sons and more.

Free beats, whatever your genre, from machine to human.

Branching out of the world of synthesis, the incorporation of drum machines alongside sequencers and synths has served as a fundamental staple of many performers’ live setups, as well as a studio fixture even in the digital age. We look back at the history and evolution of the humble drum machine, and learn how it became such a fixture.

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