iDrum 1.7

by eMedia

Product Features

• Make your own hip hop and dance beats or create drum backing tracks for practice or recording; create rhythms in different time signatures--3/4, 5/4, 6/8 and beyond
• Over 500 drum and percussion samples -- from classic beatbox kicks and snares to congas and shakers
• Over 200 iDrum files, each with several pre-programmed patterns by some of the best programmers in the business -- nearly 1,000 beats ready to go
• Use iDrum by itself or inside GarageBand, Cubase, Logic and other host programs; use iDrum 'skins to customize iDrum's appearance to your liking
• Dozens of part presets -- individual drum parts you can mix and match to create killer grooves, even if you've never touched a drum machine before

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001EQ0GVC
• Item model number: IZ10081
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,631 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #16 in Software > Video & Music > Software > Virtual Instruments

Product Description

Amazon.com

iDrum v1.7 adds the missing ingredient to your music creation: a powerful and easy to use drum machine for practicing, performing or recording. It's just as simple to use as the hardware drum machines of yesterday with all the flexibility and cost savings of a software-based virtual instrument!

A powerful and easy to use drum machine for practicing, performing or recording. Click to enlarge.

Over 500 drum and percussion samples--from classic beatbox kicks and snares to congas.

Customize iDrum's appearance to your liking with skins.

Use iDrum seamlessly with GarageBand (pictured) and other apps. Click to enlarge.

Make Your Own Beats.

• Create drum backing tracks for practice, performing or recording.
  
  
• Over 500 drum and percussion samples--from classic beatbox kicks and snares to congas.
  
  
• Over 200 iDrum files, each with several pre-programmed patterns by some of the best digital performers in the business--nearly 1,000 beats ready to go.
  
  
• Dozens of part presets--individual drum parts you can mix and match to create killer grooves, even if you've never touched a drum machine before!
  
  
• Use iDrum by itself or inside GarageBand and other host programs.
  
  
• Build custom beats for your iPhone and iPod Touch with iDrum for iPhone (sold separately).
  
  
• Several iDrum "skins"--customize iDrum's appearance to your liking.
  
  
• Create rhythms in different time signatures--3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/8 and beyond.

Powerful Beatmaking Tools
iDrum comes with hundreds of pre-programmed patterns, rhythms and drum sounds for you to mix and match. The new Song Editor mode makes it a snap to assemble your composition even if you have never sequenced before. Create drum patterns in iDrum right alongside your existing tracks, perfectly in time, or use iDrum to provide the backbeat when you're laying down new tracks.

Create Custom Drum Kits
iDrum will load sound files as drum samples, making iDrum's sound palette limited only by your sonic imagination. You can even download more kits quickly and easily with iDrum Sound Portal. iDrum also features an array of sound-shaping tools like filters, pitch control and envelopes, letting you create custom drum sounds at the click of your mouse.

Works Standalone or With Most Professional Host Applications
Use iDrum seamlessly with GarageBand, Logic, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, SONAR, Cubase, Digital Performer and other host programs. Supported plug-in formats include: RTAS, VST, Audio Units and MAS. Whether a beginner or a professional, iDrum is your new beatbox.

New in Version 1.7!

• Easy song editing--Build beats and backing tracks faster than ever before.
  
  
• Over 50 new kits including live acoustic drums, hip hop sounds and more.
  
  
• Create rhythms in different time signatures--3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8 and beyond.
  
  
• Get more iDrum kits at the click of a button with iDrum Sound Portal.
  
  
• Share sounds with iDrum Editions for iPhone and iPod touch--take your beats on the road! (iDrum Editions for iPhone and iPod touch are sold separately on the Apple App Store).

Product Description

Make Your Own Beats: Want to make your own hip hop and dance beats? iDrum adds the missing ingredient to your music creation: a powerful and easy to use drum machine. It's just as simple to use as the hardware drum machines of yesterday with all the flexibility and cost savings of a software-based virtual instrument. Powerful Beatmaking Tools: Drum comes with hundreds of pre-programmed patterns, rhythms and drum sounds for you to mix and match. The new Song Editor mode makes it a snap to assemble your composition even if you never sequenced before. Create drum patterns in iDrum right alongside your existing tracks, perfectly in time, or use iDrum to provide the backbeat when you’re laying down new tracks. Create Custom Drum Kits: iDrum will load sound files as drum samples, making iDrum’s sound palette limited only by your sonic imagination. You can even download more kits quickly and easily with iDrum Sound Portal. iDrum also features an array of sound-shaping tools like filters, pitch control and envelopes, letting you create custom drum sounds at the click of your mouse. iDrum works Standalone or with most professional host applications! Use iDrum seamlessly with GarageBand, Logic, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, SONAR, Cubase, Digital Performer and other host programs. Supported plug-in formats include: RTAS, VST, Audio Units and MAS. Whether a beginner or a professional, iDrum is your new beatbox.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's Good, April 18, 2010

By 

F. T. Zvovushe "frankz00" (Fairfield, CT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iDrum 1.7 (CD-ROM)

This is a good piece of drum software but not great. I like the way you can assemble drum kits from external wavs. Pattern editing is pretty easy and intuitive. But what I don't like is that they don't separate drumkits from patterns/songs. Which means your patterns are basically bound to the drumkit. If you want a separate set of patterns, then you have to save as to a new drumkit and create your patterns there. But what if you want to just change an instrument in your drumkit? Yep, you have to go to each saved drumkit and do them individually. If they were to separate the patterns from the drumkits, I'd rate it higher. But there aren't that many alternatives for simple drum machine software so I guess they have no motivation to improve.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great drum machine software, March 27, 2009

By 

Jimmy - See all my reviews

This review is from: iDrum 1.7 (CD-ROM)

I got iDrum to produce beats to use in Garage Band and it works very well. There are a number of preset kits but you can create your own from all the samples included. There are a good variety of types of drum sounds for different styles. You can either create drum only song arrangements in iDrum or use it as a plug-in in your recording program. What I love best about it is how intuitive to use it is. I fired it up and immediately figured it our without any help.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware~ Horrible Authorization/DRM System, October 3, 2010

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D. Boyer (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iDrum 1.7 (CD-ROM)

I've had IDrum for several days now and I have not been able to install it. The box contained only a disk. The "quick startup" PDF on the disk was next to useless as the unnecessarily arcane registration doesn't seem to work. I was asked to input a lot of personal data including my e-mail address and zip code, etc. And after re-entering this "required information" I variously get messages that say "This serial number is already in use" and "The serial number is invalid". There are strange references to authorization offline somehow using a USB memory card but it is unintelligible. No telephone number for customer service on the box. No reply to e-mail.

I had half a thought that the problem might be that I am using Windows 7 so I tried to install it on an XP machine. There the disk brings up a web site that connects you to a download of the program (what's the disk for then?). After installing this program on XP I got something called a "network error" saying there was an error connecting to their "authorization server" (and a suggestion I don't have an internet connection--although I just downloaded the install application!) This looks like a case of trying so hard to avoid piracy they end up cheating the paying customers. As it stands I have only the "demo" version of the software which I could have obtained for free. Its too bad because this might be a good piece of software. I'll wait a few more days to see if I get a reply from "customer service" but if not, this one's going back.