Drumatic 4 VST Drum Synthesizer for Windows (32/64bit)
Introduction
Drumatic 4 is a 10 voice drum synthesizer. It uses subtractive, FM and granular synthesis to get the best possible results.
From the oscillators, envelopes and filters to the intuitive user interface, every aspect of Drumatic is specially designed for creating powerfull and punchy drumsounds.
Installation
- First, download the latest version from www.drumatic.info
- Extract the ZIP file to your HD.
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Copy 'Drumatic 4.dll' to your VST Plugin folder. Use 'Drumatic 4.dll' for 32bit hosts or 'Drumatic 4 (x64).dll' for 64bit hosts.
The location of your VST plugin folder depends on the host you are using.
For example, the default location for Cubase is: C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Vstplugins
- Restart your host
Registration
The demo version of Drumatic 4 is fully functional but will output a short demo noise every 30 seconds. To remove the noise, please register Drumatic 4.
Go to http://www.drumatic.info/ and click the 'buy now' button. And follow the steps.
- Your registration key will be generated based on your e-mail address.
- You will receive your registration key directly after your payment is received.
- Your registration key will be send to your PAYPAL email address.
- Put the registration key in the same folder as the plugin.
- Please check your SPAM folder if you did not receive it before contacting info@e-phonic.com
The registration e-mail contains a link to your registration key. Downoad an copy 'Drumatic 4 Registration.txt' to the same folder as the Drumatic 4 plug-in.
Overview
- Sound tabs
- Oscillator section
- Noise 1 section
- Noise 2 section
- Keyboard
- Mixer / Velocity section
- Parameter readout
- Keyboard mode selector
Controls
All of knobs and sliders on the interface have 3 editing modes:
- Normal: drag the control with the mouse.
- Fine: hold the SHIFT key while dragging the mouse.
- Mousewheel
Automation is enabled for all controls.
Sound tabs
On top of the interface (1) you can select one of the sounds for editing. They are displayed like tabs, the active sound is highlighted and the controls of only this sound are displayed.
- Double click the name of a sound to rename it.
- Right click the name of the sound to display the context menu. You can copy/paste/save/randomize sounds here.
- Use the quick controls on the tabs to quickly change volume or mute/solo the sound.
Each of the 10 sounds of drumatic have an identical architecture and
Oscillator section
The oscillator section (2) consists of 2 oscillators with each 7 types:
- Sine
- 808 style sine
- 909 style triangle
- Triangle
- Square
- Saw
- Resonant Noise
Select the note icon above the oscillators to snap the frequency to the nearest midi note.
Use the FM knob to send the output of oscillator 2 to the pitch of oscillator 2.
Hit section
The hit section controls the attack pulse wich can be used to control the attack of a sound.
Use the 'LP' (Low-pass filter) knob to make it sound softer or harder and the 'vol' knob to control the volume.
The hit types range from 808/909 style to accoustic, metallic or wood.
In addition to this, there's a 'Hit generator' mode available from the pulldown menu. This mode gives you even more control over timbre of the 'hit'.
Filters
Each of the 3 sections of the sound feature the same filter with the following types:
6dB filters (no resonance)
- Low pass, High pass, Low shelf, High shelf
12dB filters
- Low pass, Band pass, High pass, Low shelf, Peak, High shelf and Band reject
Low Pass 12dB Analog
Use the 'key' button to enable key tracking for the filter.
You can use the filter envelope to modulate the cutoff frequency.
Envelopes
Each sound has a total of 7 graphical envelopes.
The oscillator section has an envelope to control the volume, pitch and filter cutoff.
Both noise sections have envelopes to control the volume and filter.
The envelopes can be selected for editing by using the('vol'/'mod'/'filt') tabs top of each envelope.
To select your attack and release curves use the right mouse button in the attack and release area's.
Use the envelope mode button to change the behaviour of the envelope. There are 3 modes:
- Trigger: The envelope will play the attack and release curve in one go.
- Hold: The envelope will hold the last attack value for as long as you hold down the key. The attack curves marked with 'LFO' will be looped when 'hold' is selected.
- Hihat: The envelope's duration will increase when midi notes are higher. This can be used to create an open and closed hihat from one sound.
You can either control the envelopes with the a/r/l (attack, release, level) sliders or just drag the lines in the graphical envelope.
Keyboard
Each of the 10 sounds can be set to a specific key range on the keyboard (5).
By default the sounds are set to the default General Midi Drum Mapping. (just one key per sound)
To change the range, use the right mouse button to drag the first or last note of the range to the desired notes.
Yo can enable the 'user' button make your own keyrange that will be locked while switching presets.
You can disable the 'user' button again to switch back to the original keyrange as stored in the patch.
Noise 1 & 2 sections
There are 2 identical noise sections (3 & 4) available per sound with over 30 types of noise to choose from.
Use the 'pitch' knob to adjust the pitch of the noise.
Use the 'stereo' knob to add a wider stereo image to the sound.
Enable 'key' to make the pitch of the noise respond to midi keys.
Enable 'trig' (retrigger) to let the noise restart at gate. This will cause the sound to be identical every gate.
The cymbal generator has slightly different controls as there is an additional 'color' knob to tune the 6 oscillators that generate the sound.
The key and restart buttons are disabled in this mode.
Mixer / Velocity
The mixer / velocity panel is on the right hand of the screen (6).
On top of the panel there are 2 tabs to switch between the 'Mixer' and 'Velocity' view.
Mixer
In the mixer tab, the oscillator, noise 1 and noise 2 parts are mixed together. You can mute each part of the sound individually by clicking the 'speaker' icon next to the volume knob of the part.
There's a simple effect section available with a Bitcrusher, Distortion and Compressor effect.
On the bottom of the panel you can set the global volume and pan of the sound.
To set the sound to one of 6 stereo output channels, select the desired number at the 'chnl' menu.
To make your sound choke one of the other sounds select the desired sound at the 'choke' menu. For example, you make the closed hihat choke the open hihat.
Velocity
In the velocity tab you can set the velocity response for a number of parameters of the sound.
You can set:
- Oscillator
- Volume
- Modulation envelope
- Filter cutoff
- Noise 1
- Noise 2
- Hit