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Sequel 2 Black Friday: you get a vintage-style drum sampler and sequencer with 70% off, so the plugin costs $29 until Nov 25, 2026.
The maker says Sequel 2 brings back the quick workflow of the old drum machines. It ships with a library of famous machines and patterns, and you can load your own samples too.
Sequel 2 brings a fresh engine for adjusting pitch live, along with extra sequencing options on each track. A global compressor, EQ and reverb are also new, aimed at an 80s record vibe.
Sequel 2's bundled drum kit library offers three ways to browse: kits arranged by classic drum machine, treated kits, and individual hits sorted into categories such as kick, snare and hats. The maker presents it as a way to get famous vintage drum machines in one package without paying the steep prices that originals demand. Each kit comes with factory patterns.
There are 8 sample pads. To swap a sound, drag a file onto a pad or use the file browser built into the plugin.
Every pad has volume, pan, pitch and release controls, plus a low-pass and a high-pass filter. Each pad also has sample start and end points for trimming and a reverse switch.
You can load WAV, Aiff, FLAC or MP3 files. Sample length is capped at 5000 ms.
Each pad can be routed to its own output into your DAW channels, so you can run your own plugin chain on it.
Any pad can be assigned to any MIDI note on a keyboard or controller. Every control is MIDI mappable with a right-click, and the pads come pre-assigned for the Akai MPC Mini.
The sequencer shows the 8 tracks down the left side and a grid of 32 steps. A moving marker follows playback, whether you sync to the DAW or run it internally.
Click a step to toggle a trigger, or click and drag along a row to place or erase several at once. Each row has clear, mute and solo buttons.
Expand a row and you can program per-step values:
Drag up on a step to set its value, or hold the button and draw a shape across the steps for movement in the pattern.
Time division per step runs from 1 BAR down to 1/64. Each kit holds 5 pattern slots, and you can save your own patterns along with the kit settings.
The MIDI Drop button lets you drag the current pattern into a MIDI or instrument track in your DAW. Switch the internal sequencer off and the pattern plays from the DAW, which suits arranging a song from several patterns.
You can keep the content on any internal or external drive. Point the plugin at the library once through the settings icon, and re-connect it any time you move the files.
Yes. The Sequel 2 Black Friday deal takes 70% off the BeatSkillz drum sampler/sequencer plugin, bringing it to $29. The offer ends Nov 25, 2026.
Sequel 2 includes a drum kit library organized by vintage machine, processed kits and single hits by category, plus factory patterns for each kit. It also has an 8-pad sampler, a 32-step sequencer, and a global compressor, EQ and reverb.
Yes. Drag a sample file onto any of the 8 pads or use the built-in file browser. WAV, Aiff, FLAC and MP3 files load, with sample length limited to 5000 ms.
The sequencer grid has 32 steps across 8 tracks, with time divisions from 1 BAR to 1/64. Each kit holds 5 pattern slots, and the MIDI Drop button sends the current pattern to a track in your DAW.
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