SugarBytes DrumComputer deal

[huggermugger]

DrumComputer, a brilliant drum synth with intelligent randomization features and a killer sequencer. IMHO, the best drum synthesizer available. On sale at Audio Plugin Deals for fifty bucks.

https://audioplugin.deals/product/drumc ... gar-bytes/

[Arpeg]

I've been wanting this for a while.. Thanks for the notification

[dvdrtldg]

DrumComputer, a brilliant drum synth with intelligent randomization features and a killer sequencer. IMHO, the best drum synthesizer available.

Better than Microtonic? I've been thinking of getting a VST drum synth, how would you compare the two?

[Jackjackdaw]

The sequencer in Drum computer is probably better. I like Microtonic better but it’s a matter of taste. Try the demo. I tried it out a couple of times thinking it would be what I need but it didn’t hit the spot for me.

[huggermugger]

Better than Microtonic? I've been thinking of getting a VST drum synth, how would you compare the two?

Microtonic has a basic synth engine - noise plus an oscillator with a few tasty modulation options. The sounds are clean, punchy, and synthetic sounding. The sequencer is like an enhanced version of ReDrum. Microtonic also has the online pattern/kit resource Patternarium, which is a wealth of new ideas.

DrumComputer has a more sophisticated engine - resonator, wavetables, samples (incl user samples), resynthesis, FM, deep modulation, lots of smart (very smart) randomizing, The sequencer is like DrumSequencer on steroids. If Reason ever figures out MIDI out from a VST, the sequencer alone would be a reason to own DrumComputer.

Both have multi output option. Both have MIDI drag and drop into Reason.

I like both and I use both a lot. For punch, pointy, bleepy drums, Microtonic. For more complex, sometimes even 'natural' sounding drums, DrumComputer.

[Goriila Texas]

Drum computer is buggy asf in standalone with ASIO not working with my RME I only get the left channel to play. It wants you to use WASAPI but it has way more latency than ASIO, so I will only use it as a vsti. Still playing with it before I call it trash.

My first impression is that this is not an drum machine you can use without reading the manual as will not know that each sound has 3 engines. I'm still trying to grasp the mapping/zones for each sound. The drum synth has numbers instead of showing key notes so you'll have to be ear trained. From the manual C is number 24.

Better than Microtonic? I've been thinking of getting a VST drum synth, how would you compare the two?

Microtonic has a basic synth engine - noise plus an oscillator with a few tasty modulation options. The sounds are clean, punchy, and synthetic sounding. The sequencer is like an enhanced version of ReDrum. Microtonic also has the online pattern/kit resource Patternarium, which is a wealth of new ideas.

DrumComputer has a more sophisticated engine - resonator, wavetables, samples (incl user samples), resynthesis, FM, deep modulation, lots of smart (very smart) randomizing, The sequencer is like DrumSequencer on steroids. If Reason ever figures out MIDI out from a VST, the sequencer alone would be a reason to own DrumComputer.

Both have multi output option. Both have MIDI drag and drop into Reason.

I like both and I use both a lot. For punch, pointy, bleepy drums, Microtonic. For more complex, sometimes even 'natural' sounding drums, DrumComputer.

[huggermugger]

Drum computer is buggy asf in standalone with ASIO not working with my RME I only get the left channel to play. It wants you to use WASAPI but it has way more latency than ASIO, so I will only use it as a vsti. Still playing with it before I call it trash.

My first impression is that this is not an drum machine you can use without reading the manual as will not know that each sound has 3 engines. I'm still trying to grasp the mapping/zones for each sound. The drum synth has numbers instead of showing key notes so you'll have to be ear trained. From the manual C is number 24.

I've only used it as a VST in Logic and Reason, and it's been bug-free for a year.

You can create your own mappings, such as a standard one semitone per drum, starting at C1, just like UMPF drums. And the mapping is separate from a preset, so you can load different presets without having to remap. DrumComputer identifies the note name when you press a key, but by default it displays standard MIDI note numbers (#60 is Middle C, C3).

There are several excellent videos by Tom Cosm that explain DrumComputer in detail. You'll find links to all of them at the SugarBytes website DrumComputer page. Here's a link to the video on Mapping. It might be helpful.

[Goriila Texas]

I actually just watched that video lol.

Drum computer is buggy asf in standalone with ASIO not working with my RME I only get the left channel to play. It wants you to use WASAPI but it has way more latency than ASIO, so I will only use it as a vsti. Still playing with it before I call it trash.

My first impression is that this is not an drum machine you can use without reading the manual as will not know that each sound has 3 engines. I'm still trying to grasp the mapping/zones for each sound. The drum synth has numbers instead of showing key notes so you'll have to be ear trained. From the manual C is number 24.

I've only used it as a VST in Logic and Reason, and it's been bug-free for a year.

You can create your own mappings, such as a standard one semitone per drum, starting at C1, just like UMPF drums. And the mapping is separate from a preset, so you can load different presets without having to remap. DrumComputer identifies the note name when you press a key, but by default it displays standard MIDI note numbers (#60 is Middle C, C3).

There are several excellent videos by Tom Cosm that explain DrumComputer in detail. You'll find links to all of them at the SugarBytes website DrumComputer page. Here's a link to the video on Mapping. It might be helpful.