DrumStar is a VST instrument designed to help create original drum patterns. It includes a sampler that's optimized for drums and a step sequencer. Here’s all the details in the company’s own words…
With DrumStar, you can:
Create realistic drum patterns

• Hit types such as: ordinary, rimshot, edge, center, etc.
• Round robin rotation for realistic drumrolls
• Crossfading to model high hat openness.
• Disk streaming for large sample libraries without large load times
• Random variations for patterns that sound real and not robotic.

Focus on the music

• Fast work flow with features such as:
  • sample grouping
  • one-button layer creation
  • multi-sample drag and drop
• Simple interface where everything is visible

DrumStar Features:
Drum Sampler

* 20 Instrument tracks with:
• Up to 12 Hit Types
• Up to 128 Velocity Layers
• Up to 128 Control Layers
• Up to 128 Crossfade layers
• Up to 128 Round Robin Layers
• High Quality Sinc Interpolation
• 32 Bit Floating Point
• 8 Choke Groups with adjustable release time
• Drag and Drop Sample Mapping
• Disk Streaming
• 4 Directory Presets

Step Sequencer

• 24 Patterns
• 20 Instrument tracks
• 192 Patterns per Arrangement
• 24 Groove Presets
• 1-8 beats per Pattern
• 1,2,3,4,6, or 8 steps per beat
• Random Pattern Variations
• Groove Editor

Effects

• Pitch Shifter
• 5 Band Equalizer Per Instrument
• AHDSR Envelope Per Instrument
• Saturation
• 4 Aux Outputs

Pricing and Availability:
EUR 68.03 / USD 89.00
An introductory sale offer of $20 off the above price ends Nov. 31
More information:

• www.drumstarhome.com
  
  
  

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