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Drumming
Drum samplers/synths (standalone)
These apps mimic “drum machines”. If described as a “sampler”, this means the sounds are sampled waveforms of real drums. If described as a “synth”, this means the sounds are synthesized via oscillators (like the analog Roland TR-808), or physical modeling.
If described as “MIDI-controlled”, this means the sounds are playable in real-time via a MIDI controller such as drum pads or a keyboard (or another MIDI app if the ALSA Sequencer interface is supported). If “Pattern-controlled”, then the app requires you to program “beat patterns”, and the app plays these patterns at whatever tempo you set.
Recommended: Hydrogen
| Page | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Beatfish Pattern-controlled drum sampler. Uses JACK for audio. Enlightenment for its GUI. drumming jack softsynths_and_samplers unmaintained | Drumming, JACK, Soft Synths/Samplers, Unmaintained projects | |
| Beats By Design an “artificially intelligent drum machine”, requires jMusic and of course Java drumming java softsynths_and_samplers | Drumming, JAVA software, Soft Synths/Samplers | |
| Drumpiler Write or generate drum and tone patterns in a simple programming language. Mix it using the sample assembler (asampler). Renders to files or plays re… | Drumming, Soft Synths/Samplers | |
| Fultron 2002 Old Pattern-controlled drum sampler. Uses SDL. drumming softsynths_and_samplers unmaintained | Drumming, Soft Synths/Samplers, Unmaintained projects | |
| Gneutronica GTK2-based drum machine drumming jack alsa_seq softsynths_and_samplers | Drumming, JACK, ALSA sequencer, Soft Synths/Samplers | |
| Groovit Old command-line Pattern-controlled drum synth. Uses OSS drumming softsynths_and_samplers unmaintained | Drumming, Soft Synths/Samplers, Unmaintained projects | |
| Hydrogen Pattern-controlled drum sampler. Uses JACK or ALSA for audio, and ALSA sequencer for MIDI. ladspa jack_transport lash alsa_seq drumming jack ladish_l… | LADSPA Host, JACK Transport, LASH, ALSA sequencer, Drumming, JACK, ladish L1, Soft Synths/Samplers | |
| Jackbeat Pattern-controlled drum sampler. Uses JACK or PulseAudio. drumming jack softsynths_and_samplers | Drumming, JACK, Soft Synths/Samplers | |
| orDrumbox orDrumbox is a free drum machine software (written in Java), designed to be as creative as possible with unusual features : auto-composition, polyryt… | Drumming, JAVA software, ALSA sequencer, Soft Synths/Samplers | |
| PSIndustrializer Physical modeling synth for generating percussion sounds. It also can produce chimes, bubbles, gongs, hammer hits on different materials and s… | Soft Synths/Samplers, Drumming | |
| pyTrommler GTK Pattern-controlled drum sampler written in Python drumming unmaintained softsynths_and_samplers | Drumming, Unmaintained projects, Soft Synths/Samplers | |
| Slag Pattern-controlled drum synth. Uses JACK drumming jack softsynths_and_samplers | Drumming, JACK, Soft Synths/Samplers | |
| Smack MIDI-controlled drum synth. Uses JACK drumming softsynths_and_samplers | Drumming, Soft Synths/Samplers | |
| TK-707 emulation of the Roland TR-707 drum machine drumming softsynths_and_samplers | Drumming, Soft Synths/Samplers | |
| Virtual Drum Machine Old command-line Pattern-controlled drum sampler. Uses OSS. drumming softsynths_and_samplers unmaintained | Drumming, Soft Synths/Samplers, Unmaintained projects | |
| Xdrum drumming unmaintained softsynths_and_samplers | Drumming, Unmaintained projects, Soft Synths/Samplers |
Drum samplers/synths (plug-ins)
The following software are plug-ins, designed to be used with apps that load plug-ins.
| Page | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| DrMr LV2-plugin, drum-kit sampleplayer An LV2 plugin that plays Hydrogen drumkits. Its main reason to exist is to give a way for lv2 hosts to have a built in d… | Drumming, LV2 Plugins, Soft Synths/Samplers | |
| Drumgizmo An open source, multichannel, multilayered, cross-platform drum plugin and stand-alone application. It enables you to compose drums in midi and mix t… | Drumming, LV2 Plugins, Soft Synths/Samplers | |
| drumkv1 drumkv1 is an old-school all-digital drum-kit sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. Features: * pure stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session and… | JACK, JACK Session, JACK MIDI, ALSA sequencer, LV2 Plugins, Soft Synths/Samplers, Drumming, Non Session Management | |
| edrummer eDrummer is a software program that, when used in conjunction with electronic drum pads, effectively turns your computer into an “electronic drum kit”… | Soft Synths/Samplers, LV2 Plugins, Drumming | |
| Fabla * <http://openavproductions.com/fabla> * <http://github.com/harryhaaren/openAV-Fabla> Fabla is an open-source LV2 drum sampler plugin instrument. It… | Soft Synths/Samplers, LV2 Plugins, Drumming |
Other
| Page | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| DrumPatterns Web-based tool for learning drum rudiments and other patterns. Produces a MIDI file you download drumming ear_training | Drumming, Ear Training | |
| Rhythm Lab nice utility for realizing and testing polyrhythms, from Aaron Lav drumming unmaintained ear_training | Drumming, Unmaintained projects, Ear Training |
See also:
Loops and MIDI files