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KAYA Black Friday pricing puts UJAM's Afrofusion drum machine plugin at $19, 61% off, until Jan 10, 2027.
KAYA is a drum plugin built for Afrofusion. The maker says it covers West African-origin rhythms, from afrobeat to amapiano drum patterns, with sounds and grooves that reflect the interlocking rhythms of those genres.
UJAM pitches it for afro house producers and for anyone who wants to add afrobeat texture to a broader project.
That gives you a lot of starting points before you touch a single note of your own programming.
The maker describes the sound set as a curated collection of drums that are authentic and ready to use. The range runs from smooth and laid-back to raw and energetic.
The built-in library of rhythmic patterns is there to get a groove going quickly. It can also act as a starting point for your own ideas, so you can drag a loop out as MIDI and rework it.
The 460 loops are organised as 20 Styles, which means each style gives you 23 related beats to audition and build from.
The 12 Mix Modes are the maker's way of kickstarting a project. Pick one and the kit is mixed for you from the first bar, which saves gain staging and balancing at the start of a session.
The Life control is the special knob in the plugin. UJAM lists it as a headline feature, so it is worth exploring early when you dial in a groove.
The plugin includes 17 ambience and reverb effects, so room and space are handled inside the instrument. You can shape the tail of the kit without adding a separate send to your chain.
With 75 Global Presets, you can load a full kit, style and effect setup in one move and then adjust from there.
UJAM calls KAYA a vibrant, versatile rhythm engine rather than just an electronic drum plugin. It is designed to deliver the drum patterns and energy of West African influences, and it sits under the Beatmaker name in the maker's text.
If you produce afro house, afrobeat or amapiano-flavoured tracks in the box, this is the kind of drum plugin the maker built for that work.
Yes. The KAYA Black Friday deal takes 61% off UJAM's Afrofusion drum machine plugin, bringing it to $19. The offer ends Jan 10, 2027.
KAYA includes 10 drum kits with 16 instruments each, 20 Styles with 23 beats each (460 MIDI loops), 12 Mix Modes, the Life control, 75 Global Presets and 17 ambience and reverb effects.
The maker designed KAYA for Afrofusion. It covers West African-origin rhythms from afrobeat to amapiano drum patterns, and UJAM pitches it for producing afro house or adding afrobeat rhythm texture to a broader project.
KAYA has 460 MIDI loops, made up of 20 Styles with 23 beats each. It also ships with 75 Global Presets and 12 Mix Modes, which the maker says help kickstart projects.
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