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Product	SR-202
Developer	Computer Music
Primary Type	Drum Sampler
Price (MSRP)	Free with CM

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Operating System	Latest Version	Download	Is it Available?
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Copy Protection	None
Supported Sample Formats include	AIFF, WAV
Banks & Patches	Download Banks
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Programmed by Muon Software for CM
SR-202 is available on the cover CD of Computer Music from issue 40
Loads up to 16 WAV or AIFF format samples (one for each pad), directly from the front panel
Export a file of its complete state to disk via the VST bank load/save mechanism. Files are exchangeable between PC and Mac versions, and contain all the samples needed
64 voice channels with dynamic assignment
4 choke groups
Pads assignable to either the stereo output or one of the four mono outputs
Each pad has three attack/decay envelopes for filter, amplifier and pitch
Low pass/High pass switchable filter
2 effects pre-filter - Distortion and BitCrusher
Switchable Note off option
Global functions - filter/amp/FX can be set to single pads or Global operation
The parameters per pad are:
- Level (0 to 100%)
- Pan (-100% to +100%)
- Choke Group (off,1-4)
- Mono/Poly switch (mono/poly)
- Note Off Mode (cut/ignore)
- Output (stereo, 1-4)
- Distortion (off to 100%)
- BitCrusher (off, 16 bits to 1 bit)
- Transpose (-24 to +24 semitones)
- Detune (-100 to +100 cents)
- Pitch EG mod depth (-100% to +100%)
- Pitch EG attack time (1 to 500 ms)
- Pitch EG release time (1 to 2000 ms)
- Pitch EG velocity mod depth (0 to 100%)
- Filter cutoff (0 to 100%)
- Filter resonance (0 to 100%)
- Filter EG mod depth (-100% to +100%)
- Filter EG attack time (1 to 500 ms)
- Filter EG release time (1 to 2000 ms)
- Filter EG velocity mod depth (0 to 100%)
- Amp EG attack time (1 to 500 ms)
- Amp EG release time (1 to 2000 ms)
- Amp velocity mod depth (0 to 100%)
MIDI CC automation - each MIDI channel (1-16) relates to each pad, controllers 75 onwards can be used to tweak each pad via a hardware controller
Comes with at least 15 full drum kits, ranging from standard kits to wild effects, analogue kits, and useful percussive kits

All KVR Audio news items relating to SR-202.

New Banks Uploaded	2nd December 2004
ToTc Productions releases The CM Studio Collection	10th September 2004
CM-505 announced and CM Studio OS X updates	13th May 2003
Muon/CM SR-202 v1.1 and DS-404 v1.1 released	13th February 2003
CM/Muon SR-202 v1.01D released	31st October 2002
CM/Muon SR-202 v1.01c released	9th March 2002
Muon/CM SR-202 bugfix update	26th January 2002

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By dreibel
On 30th September 2003
Version: 1.x

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it took awhile for this VSTi to become stable enough for me to use it, but the current version of SR-202 has quickly become my drum sample playback device of choice. It's simply one of the most intuitive to use, with a great GUI and the ability to quickly load samples and then save all of them in a single kit file. The filters and distortion are great to manipulate and sculpt the samples, and the ability to tune the samples have made it a snap to tweeze the kit to the song so the drums are audible without having to crank the volume on the kit.

The kits that come with it are OK if a bit on the wacky side - I tend to be a guy who cut my teeth on more realistic sounding kits from the 1970s. But at least I have that option to find more old-school samples and build my own kits, or substitute some of my samples in an otherwise good kit.
It is cool that CM got Robert Miles to design one of their kits using his own sample collection.

There still needs to be some improvements on this - like, make it so you can load stereo samples instead of having to convert them to mono first. And I'd love to see at least another eight pads added to load more samples in, and more control over velocity. But for now, this VSTi does good for me in getting a kit down quickly. Muon did a great job building this, and CM made it cheap enough for me to afford.

By warbug
On 9th June 2003
Version: 1.1

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i just picked up the may issue of CM that had all the instruments that they have released. when i had first seen the 202 i wanted to try it out when ever it was first released, now i got my chance!

i have been using battery for all my drum needs as of lately but i was still anxious to try 202.

my first thought was that man this thing is easy to use. it is layed out very nicely. i love the filter (battery needs that!!!)

the only problem that i have with vst is that it wont read some wav files..as where battery would load just about anything.

By crimsonwarlock
On 2nd June 2002
Version: 1.x

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Excerpt from the orion-central review.

The user interface is rather big, but then again, there are a lot of knobs on it. The interface is made up of two major sections. The top section that has the master controls and all the sound settings that act on the current selected pad. The lower part consists of sixteen pads that can contain one drum sample each. There are also volume and panning controls on each pad and a big button that you can use to audition the sounds. The buttons even move when you play back your drum pattern so you can see which sound plays when. The knobs are moved by a vertical movement of the mouse (my preferred way). They also have the little pop-up function that shows an exact value when you move a control. All very familiar when you have seen a Muon synth, but also very useful.

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By DuX
On 5th March 2002
Version: 1.0

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Well what can I say? How about "This is one of the easiest to use plug-ins I have ever come across."

The interface is plain, with simple navigation and controls. Drumsets can be loaded and saved, and effects applied to the whole drumset or individual instruments!

Don't like the presets? Simply click one button and the program lets you browse for any wave file, which can then be used in your midi part just like any other drum. Easy as that.

When you have a drumset you like (or even a collection of sounds) simply save them as a kit and use them in any tune you happen to be creating!

When coupled with other plug-ins such as Halion etc., the sr202 plug-in has the capability to be one of the most powerful drum sequencers about.

Last edited by Benjo on 5th March 2002

By paul minot
On 13th February 2002
Version: 1

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Let me start by saying the concept of this plugin is great. Like a previous reviewer said, this is a beatbox, not a full-blown percussion plugin like dr008 or Battery. It's easy to use, and has a lot of great editing features--especially FILTERS, and very good ones. So it's very good for taking samples and warping them into the electronic style, and applying global filter settings onto a full percussion track. However, I have had persistent problems with stability (I have an ATI video card), with frequent crashes when I try to load into the pads one too many times, and when I close the edit window during playback. Yet I did manage to make a terrific track on it while I was discovering these problems, and for now I just leave it alone and it does OK. I would like to have the option of applying a Global filter to individual drum tunings, rather than accepting a Global tuning value for all my samples--but hey it was free. Also, though the GUI looks great, the virtual shadows on some of the knobs makes lower values difficult to see. All in all, I will still fully love using this plugin for certain songs as long as they get rid of the bugs. (By the way, I downloaded the Windows patch and it only helped somewhat.)

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