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The DrumX Black Friday deal takes 50% off EastWest's groove machine, which comes to $99 until Jan 17, 2027.
DrumX is a virtual drum machine built with hitmaker Jimmy Jam. It puts 10 classic drum machines and a set of custom samples Jimmy Jam made for it into one 16-pad instrument.
The maker says it is built around the groove, so you can start from patterns that already feel right and build your own ideas on top.
The 10 machines are the TR-808, TR-909, TR-606, LinnDrum, LM-1, DR-55, DR-110, DMX, DrumTraks and SP-12. EastWest says each one is sampled with several tape saturation options and room mic captures.
On top of that sit a step sequencer, sound design tools and a professional effects chain.
Every pad has its own controls, and the Pad Inspector holds the sound-shaping parameters. Most machines add parameters unique to that unit.
On the 808, the bass drum can be shaped with Tone and Decay, the snare responds to Tone and Snap, and the toms along with the congas are tuned through a single Pitch control. It is captured with up to 4 round-robin variations.
The 909 has 11 sounds, with Tone, Decay and Attack on the kick and Pitch, Snap and Decay on the snare. The LinnDrum has 23 sounds, including 7 snare variants with adjustable Pitch.
The LM-1 has 11 sounds with Pitch on all of them, plus Decay on the closed hat. The 606 has 7 sounds with up to 4 round-robin variations, and the DR-55 has 4 sounds with Tone controls.
The Tape Saturation knob adds harmonic distortion to taste, so you can push a kit harder without leaving the instrument.
Jimmy Jam is one half of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, a team with 42 Billboard #1 hits and more than 100 gold, platinum and diamond certifications. They have worked with Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Boyz II Men, Usher, Mary J. Blige and Mariah Carey, among others.
He created the drum programming that shaped their sound, and the maker says DrumX is the only place to get his signature rhythms in software.
Doug Rogers of EastWest and Blake Rogers produced, and engineer/producer Eden Nagar, whose credits include MF Doom, Young Thug and Kaytranada, handled the machine sounds. Blake Rogers helped curate hundreds of kits and presets.
Yes. The DrumX Black Friday deal takes 50% off EastWest's groove machine, bringing it to $99 until Jan 17, 2027.
DrumX includes 10 machines: TR-808, TR-909, TR-606, LinnDrum, LM-1, DR-55, DR-110, DMX, DrumTraks and SP-12. You also get custom samples Jimmy Jam created for the instrument.
DrumX Volume 1 includes hundreds of grooves created by Jimmy Jam. The maker says his experience with how these machines behave shaped how the sounds were created, tuned and organized.
DrumX has a 16-pad layout with per-pad controls, a step sequencer, a Pad Inspector for sound-shaping parameters, a Tape Saturation knob and a master effects chain of professional-grade processors.
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