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NEON Black Friday pricing drops UJAM's nu disco Virtual Drummer to $39, which is 67% off until Dec 9, 2026.
It's a drum plugin built for nu disco, dance-pop, house and neighbouring styles. The target sound is tight, snappy and on top of the mix, with a driving forward feel.
UJAM says the rhythm engine takes its cue from 1970s disco acts like Chic and The Bee Gees, and delivers the organic liveliness of a human drummer.
NEON is a virtual session drummer that follows your direction. You pick a style, choose phrases, and it plays them in time with your DAW's tempo.
The maker says it suits pro producers and enthusiasts who want production-ready drums without programming every hit.
Owners of any UJAM product can buy a discounted crossgrade to NEON. UJAM also offers a free 7-day trial.
The kits are original vintage drums from makers like Ludwig and Rogers. They were recorded in a small booth with era-specific mics and outboard gear, including a Sennheiser MD 421 and a Neve 1073.
Each kit has seven drum instruments (kicks, snares, hats, toms and cymbals) plus overhead and room mics. You can mix drums from different kits to build your own.
Use the Real/Glam slider to choose how the kit sounds, from an organic, roomy feel at one end to a heavily treated, near-electronic character at the other. Pushing toward Glam gives the drums more size and a snappier, punchier attack.
The six mix presets are macro controls for a mixing console running inside the plugin. They take the kit from snappy and dry to crunchy and slammed.
UJAM also recorded hand claps live with a trio. They combine a direct mono signal with stereo room and overhead mics for a wide image, and are designed to blend with your snare.
Each style holds 23 phrases covering intros, verses, choruses, fills and more. Drag any of them into your DAW as a MIDI clip to edit.
Or trigger ready-made grooves from single MIDI keys. They're built from human performances and follow your DAW's tempo.
If you'd rather play it yourself, use a MIDI controller and route each drum sound to its own output to dial in your mix.
The recording was handled by Bernhard "Böni" Hahn, a producer and engineer working since 1991. He close-miked every drum, added overhead and room pairs, and tracked through Neve 1073 and 1081 preamps and a vintage Studer 962 console.
Yes. The NEON Black Friday deal takes 67% off UJAM's nu disco Virtual Drummer, bringing it to $39 until Dec 9, 2026. Owners of any UJAM product can also buy a discounted crossgrade.
NEON includes 5 acoustic 1970s vintage drum kits and 690 drum phrases across 30 nu disco styles. You also get 100 presets, 6 mix presets, a Real/Glam slider, live-recorded claps and optional separate outputs for close mics, overheads and room.
Pick one of 30 styles, then combine its 23 phrases for intros, verses, choruses and fills. Drag any phrase into your DAW as an editable MIDI clip, or trigger ready-made grooves from single MIDI keys in time with your DAW's tempo.
It shifts a kit's sound from natural and acoustic to processed and almost electronic. UJAM describes the Glam control as a way to push the drum tone toward a larger, punchier character as you turn it up. It sits alongside the 6 mix presets, such as Snap, Crunch and Glossy.
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