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D16’s Drumazon drum machine emulator

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00:00Hello, it's Adam here from Music Radar. Today I am looking at Drumazon 2 from D16 Software.

00:06So Drumazon 2 is a long-awaited update to the original Drumazon, which was one of the first

00:11and best Roland 909 simulators in software. And that one came out a long time ago and this new

00:17update which is finally out adds in a lot of new features, adds in a new look, adds in some new

00:23effects and things like that, a completely new way of synthesising each drum sound individually.

00:28And it sounds really great and it's really fun to use. So if you're making any 999 heavy music,

00:34techno and things like that, this is a really great option to have a look at.

00:37Let's start with a little overview of some of the features. Here you've got the main page which

00:42you'll land on. Let's start right at the top. So you've got scenes up here. So those load up

00:48patterns as well as all the effects and things like that and all the tweaks on there. So that's

00:52a good place to get some inspiration. You'll see as you click on these stuff changes completely on

00:58there. Let's go back to the init for now. And then you've got separate precepts just for the drum

01:02kits themselves. And there's a load in here to start you off. At the top of the plugin here,

01:08you've got these controls for the 11 different sounds that are included in the 909 and in the

01:12Drumazon 2. So you've got the usual stuff that you get on the original hardware, attack and decay,

01:18tune and things like that. And those that go across the board there. You can get into more detail

01:23by clicking this button here. This switches between four different views in the plugins.

01:27So if you go into strips, you can go really granular with it there. So you can choose which

01:31thing you want to focus on. For example, the bass drum, you've got the controls there,

01:35and then you've got all these different EQs, compressions and routing stuff. So you can really

01:41get in and fine tune each element of the 909. In the middle here, this strip along the center is your

01:48two effects buses, which come with a load of different effects, really nicely tuned for 909

01:54sounds. You've got a couple of different EQs, delays, reverbs, chorus, bit crusher, and then

02:00these separate dynamic ones, and then a filter on the end. And the all-important distortion, of course,

02:05over here. So we all love those classic 909 sounds, but they do require a fair bit of processing,

02:12especially to fit into modern music. And that's all built into the Drumazon 2 here, which is really nice.

02:17The third view here is master. So this is your master effects section. You've got a kind of fully

02:23featured multiband compressor and a limiter. So that's going to be definitely important for fitting

02:28that into your mix. Obviously, you can add in whatever plugins you want after the chain,

02:32but it's really nice to have these built into the Drumazon and they're specifically tailored for it

02:35as well, which is great. The fourth view is a MIDI triggers. So you can set that up however you want

02:41across your keyboard and then some trigger outs, which you can send to various places.

02:46So lots of detail, lots of control over pretty much any aspect you could want.

02:53The final part of the plugin is this pattern sequencer built in down the bottom. This is

02:57really fully featured. It comes with a load of presets for patterns. So you've got presets for

03:02the scenes, presets for the drum kits and presets for patterns themselves. Let's just load in one of

03:07those. Now you see that pops in down the bottom. So you've got full control over everything here.

03:13In draw mode, you can add in notes wherever you like, depending on the grid. You've also got a tap

03:19mode, so you can play things in live and that will record those straight into there. And then a randomize

03:23button, which is going to add a bit of a chance and random to your beat as well, which is nice.

03:28You can choose different types of steps. So you've got a kind of normal and then an accented step

03:34and you've got control over articulation, like flam and things like that. And then you can even

03:37fine tweak those down the bottom to be, to set the velocity level for what a normal and accent

03:42and what flam actually is and things like that. So yeah, loads and loads of detail in there.

03:48And you've got these nice chunky buttons over here to switch between patterns.

03:51So it's really taking everything that was so great about Drumazon and just adding a load more

03:57things into it. So the sounds themselves are fully synthesized now, and then you've got all these

04:01extra details to play with. What I'm going to do now is load up a couple of different presets,

04:06I've loaded up a couple of different scenes, and we'll have a listen to how it sounds, which is all

04:10important, obviously.

04:40This is how it shops, which is video-rooted direct, so that you'll keep it for fun.

04:42You've got a couple of different presets.

04:44I've loaded up a couple of different different presets worldwide and you'll see.

04:54There's a couple of different parts here, so I can do it in my own country.

04:55So after that, you know, I'm done it with a couple of different stuff that's...?

04:57I'm doing it with a couple of different textures.

05:00I'm doing it with a couple of different presets.

05:02I'm doing it with a couple of different options.

05:07I'm doing it with a couple of things.

07:17Another feature I really like with this sequencer down the bottom is this little export button

07:21here.

07:22So that allows you to drag out a MIDI file or a pattern and drop that straight in your

07:25DAW.

07:26So it might be easier for you to work like that.

07:28You kind of build up your pattern in the sequencer here and then drop it into your DAW and have

07:32that running as MIDI alongside it.

07:34So yeah, I think Drummond 2 is a really great plugin.

07:37It sounds absolutely fantastic.

07:38It sounds huge and there's just so much control over each individual tiny piece of the sound.

07:43But it also does come with a load of good presets for every section so you can jump straight

07:48in there and get some massive sound straight away.

07:50Anyway, it's out now on the D16 website.

07:53Currently, as I recall this, it's on sale for €89, normal price €119.

07:57There's a demo available as well, so give that a try.

08:00It's definitely one of the nicest sounding and most feature-rich 909 plugins out there,

08:05if that's what you're looking for.

08:06But there are obviously lots of other options around as well.

08:08But yeah, check out the demo and I'll be back for some more video soon.

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