iDrum US27000 Virtual Drum Machine for Mac OS X Garage Band, Live, Logic and Stand Alone Use

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Product Features

• Fully programmable virtual drum machine designed for Mac OS X 10.2
• Includes hundreds of preprogrammed drum samples with preset sounds and patterns
• Easy drum machine interface with wide array of filters, amp envelopes, and more
• Integrates seamlessly with GarageBand, Live 4, Logic, and other AudioUnit hosts
• Exports patterns and songs as AIFF or MIDI files; 1-year warranty

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0007D8R3W
• Item model number: 9910-42274-00
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,489 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Add the missing ingredient to your Mac-based home recording studio with iDrum--a fully programmable drum machine. iDrum turns any Macintosh computer running Mac OS X 10.2 or later into a slamming beatbox ready to lay down your grooves, your way. From ambient down tempo to bangin' hip-hop to frenetic drum and bass, iDrum has your back (beat). It's as easy to use as the hardware drum machines of yesteryear, but with all the flexibility of a software-based virtual instrument. iDrum integrates seamlessly with GarageBand, Logic, Digital Performer, and other applications that support AudioUnit plug-ins, or you can run it as a standalone application. This means you can use iDrum to create beats from within your favorite music software environment--perfectly synced with your arrangement and always right where you left off when you return to the project.

iDrum comes with hundreds of tight drum samples arranged in nearly 200 iDrum files, each with several preset patterns programmed by some of the best beatmeisters working today. But these beats are just the beginning. iDrum also features a wide array of sound-shaping DSP functions, such as filters, amp envelopes, and even crunchy old-school drum machine bit reduction. You can also load any AIFF or WAV sound file up to 2 MB in size as a drum sample. iDrum's sonic palette is limited only by your imagination. iDrum will also export your patterns and songs as AIFF audio, MIDI, or GarageBand-compatible AIFF for further editing.

Drum machine neophytes will experience the same magical "instant gratification" fun that hooked an entire generation of musicians on the hardware drum machines of yesteryear. Pros will find that there's simply no faster, easier way to access and manage large, unwieldy drum sample libraries, get a smooth beat going, and export it into the format you need (all for less money than a replacement pad for your MPC 3000).

What's in the Box
iDrum virtual drum machine software, user's manual.

Product Description

Drum adds the missing ingredient to your Mac-based home recording studio--a fully programmable drum machine. It's just as easy to use as the hardware drum machines of yesteryear, but with all the flexibility of a software-based virtual instrument. iDrum integrates seamlessly with GarageBand, Logic, Digital Performer and other applications that support AudioUnit plug-ins--or you can run it as a standalone application. Create drum patterns in iDrum right alongside your existing tracks, perfectly in time, all the time. Or use iDrum as the backbeat when you're laying down new tracks. Use the hundreds of included pre-programmed patterns and rhythms or roll your own.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars sman, February 8, 2006

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S. Scotti "S man" (Thousand Oaks, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iDrum US27000 Virtual Drum Machine for Mac OS X Garage Band, Live, Logic and Stand Alone Use (Electronics)

The drum sounds are good, but this is just a toy. It dosen't work with garage band without crashing and it can only be programed to simple meters.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy this product, June 3, 2006

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Sam "Sam" (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iDrum US27000 Virtual Drum Machine for Mac OS X Garage Band, Live, Logic and Stand Alone Use (Electronics)

This piece of software doesn't function properly at all.
It doesn't work with Apple Logic, contrary to what is advertised.
It was written by an amateur programmer, and crashes very often - about 1 out of 2 kits that you open will quit unexpectedly.
For a software drum machine to contain mostly live and acoustic drum samples doesn't make much sense since software is mostly used for electronic music. No trance, or electronic samples at all.
All that for over 50 dollars makes idrum way overpriced.
Also the graphics were stolen from Garageband.
A program like that should be freeware, or at the very most shareware.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not totally useless, but close enough, November 30, 2006

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Webley Webster (Hillsborough, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iDrum US27000 Virtual Drum Machine for Mac OS X Garage Band, Live, Logic and Stand Alone Use (Electronics)

First, this thing can only be programmed in 4/4. And you can't quantize; you're stuck with 16, 32, or 64 beats per measure. Forget about a genuine swing beat. Also, I'm sure there are tom-tom drums somewhere among the drum menus but I can't find them. There are about a million snare samples and countless squeaks, blips, honks, etc. If you're doing club stuff this is probably a useful bit of software but if you're looking for something that resembles a drum machine you'd use for rock/pop/roots demos, forget about it. My ancient Yamaha RX17 is much more useful.