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Izotope iDum - Virtual Drum Machine

iDrum turns any Mac or PC computer into a slamming beatbox ready to lay down your grooves, your way. From ambient downtempo to bangin' hip hop to frenetic drum and bass, iDrum has got your back (beat).

Easy. Fun. Effing Dope.

That's how people from professional musicians to our parents (who definitely aren't pro musicians) are describing iDrum. And that's great, because we set out to make an easy, fun, effing dope drum machine.

Drum machine neophytes will get to 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 unwieldly drum sample libraries, get a phat beat going, and get it exported into the format you need. (And for less money than a replacement pad for your MPC 3000).

Seamless Integration

iDrum runs as both a standalone native OS X and Windows application and as a plug-in for Pro Tools, GarageBand, Logic, Ableton Live, SONAR, Cubase and more. This means you can use iDrum to create beats from right within your favorite music software environment, perfectly synced with your arrangement and always right where you left it when you return to your project after your next world tour.

Hundreds of Samples and Kits. Infinite possibilites.

iDrum comes with hundreds of dope drum samples arranged into hundreds of iDrum files, each with several preset patterns programmed by some of the best beatmeisters working today. But these beats are just the beginning -- since you can mix and match parts and samples between kits, and even load your own AIFF and WAV drum samples, the possibilities for beat creation are virtually endless.

Features

Play that Beat.

Don't feel like pushing buttons with your mouse? Prefer to bang on things instead? iDrum has you covered. Use record mode to tap out beats on an attached MIDI keyboard, or even using your Mac's computer keyboard!

Samples Reloaded.

If you ever run through all the drum sounds that come with iDrum (and it will take you a while, believe us), you can drag any AIFF or WAV file up to 2MB in size into iDrum's channel window.

Pattern-alooza

Store up to 99 patterns in a single iDrum file, along with all of the drum sounds you used to make your beat.

Parts

iDrum comes with dozens of part presets -- a unique feature that makes it incredibly easy to create amazingly cool beats by simply mixing and matching parts and samples -- even if you've never programmed a beat before. You can even add your own parts to iDrum's part preset library so you never, ever, ever have to program that syncopated disco hat figure again.

System Requirements

• Formats: Standalone, RTAS (Pro Tools 7+), Audio Unit, VST, MAS
• Sample Rates: up to 192 kHz
• Internal Precision: 32-bit
• Automatable: Yes (Pattern Number)
• Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later (Universal Binary)
  Windows XP*, Vista*

*PC version available by free download from Izotope.com until it is included in the box.

audioMIDI.com Review (Clay Chaplin)