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MDrummer
by MeldaProduction
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Product MDrummer
Developer MeldaProduction
Primary Type Drum Kits / Loops
Price (MSRP) Free / €149
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MDrummer is a percussive instrument engine. Advanced users can use the rich set of capabilities to enjoy the power of sound and rhythm systems of the virtual drummer. Beginners can use MDrummer simply to create great drum-tracks in almost no time.

MDrummer offers VST plugin and standalone versions. MDrummer Small is a free MDrummer edition which contains everything you need - standalone application and VST plugin.

Features / Specs / Info:

  • Large library included:
    • 4.5GB in 500+ multisamples (Gretsch Birch and Sonor S-Class drumsets played with sticks, mallets, floppy, brushes and hands).
    • 150+ drumsets.
    • 750+ drumset components to generate your own unique drumsets.
    • 200+ rhythms.
    • 100+ base-rhythms useful to generate your own unique rhythms.
    • 12,000+ loops (most of them recorded) useful to generate your own unique rhythms.
    • Sub-sample libraries, samples, effect configurations, layers and more.
  • Universal Sound System lets you tweak the sound providing advanced tools - plugin based sound generators (several samplers and synthesizers) and effects (compressor, equalizers, phaser, vibrato, tremolo, etc.), unlimited number of drums, velocity layers and effects.
  • Drumset Generator and Merger can be used to generate almost unlimited number of original drumsets in a few clicks.
  • Rhythm System (MRS) gives you power to create rhythm tracks in minutes without limiting your creativity. Any style, any signature, any percussion instrument, strictly general MIDI compatible.
  • Plays groove, automatically puts fills and just works like a real drummer. And now you can jam with him. Give him order to play and he will know what to do. You can practice or jam with him, build rhythm tracks for your songs or even use him instead of a real drummer. Connect your MIDI device, enable jamming mode and just play and MDrummer will try his best to play with you.
  • Rhythm Generator creates the entire rhythm containing groove (alterations with different complexity levels) and hundreds of fills, intros and outros from just one groove base loop. This way you can always create a perfect rhythm for your song. You create a groove base loop, which defines character of your rhythm track. Then you select some predefined settings and click a process button.
  • Simple user interface. All controls are made so that you can configure everything as smoothly and quickly as possible. No confusing knobs and complicated layouts. You always see the exact value you are editing, you can always ask for help by pressing F1 or clicking one of the "?" buttons.
  • Save your own resources and organize them in folders for quick access in any project.

Updates and packages are free for life - MDrummer downloads and installs updates and additional resources (samples, subsample libraries, rhythms, grooves, etc.) for free.

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By gckilla
On 8th December 2008
Version: L

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I found Mdrummer to be pretty convenient and its development shows a lot of promise.

Note: I haven't taken advantage of the jamming mode.

First the positives:

Concept is great. I like constructing my own beats and saving them for re-use later, but organizing midi and managing samples is not my bag. Mdrummer allows me to organize my beats and drum samples and acts as my sole application to create beats.

On top of that creating a drumtrack is fantastic. Using a preassigned note on the keyboard to trigger a beat, makes it easy to lay down the drum track. Each octave of the keyboard is responsible for a different type of beat. For each beat you can define how many bars it is going to be, so you have a lot of flexibility.

Gui is easy on the eyes, but it can sometimes be a lot to take in one glance.

Another favorite feature of mine is that you can apply included effects directly to each drum part (kick, snare, hat etc...). From what I read on KVR, people have been happy with the free fx plugins that MeldaProductions have output, and I certainly have no complaints.

Lot of tools aside from the effects, although I can't provide an comment on the synthesizer, since I haven't used it much. I rather mangle my drum sounds with the effects.

Good tools for loop/beat editor.

Once setup, it works as advertised.

Software hasn't crashed on me.

Areas in need of improvement (my opinion):

The online documentation is pretty helpful but there is still room for improvement. The video's provide a good overview, but the manual is pretty slim on details. The documentation issue is somewhat resolved by the effect that every button has help information by place the cursor over the button and pressing F1. It's helped me get through it, but as someone who just likes manuals and doesn't like contacting tech support, I can't let it pass. Manuals are important to me.

With all the complexity this software has to offer, some more structured tutorials would be useful to explain all the details. For instance, for the way I use the software, I had to disable some of the options that fall under additional settings under Quick Setup. The video all discussed that button briefly, but it was more trial and error to get the software to do. Not that I'm interested, but when experimenting with the jamming modes, or trying to figure out all the intro/break/chorus etc... buttons I was confused. I don't use it, but I sure would like to know how it all fits together.

Mdrummer file structure is not immediately clear. Through tech support I found out that you have to add your samples to Mdrummers Sample directory. It ould be convenient to be able to store your samples in a common directory so your other sample based vsti's could use the content.

Drum samples didn't sound as good as the samples you get in other similiar software, but if bothers you, it can be fixed that is easily by adding your own drum samples.

Facts of Life:
A powerful tool that requires the necessary time in to get to know the nuances and to derive maximum benefit out of it. But once you have the hang of it, your patience is rewarded.

MeldaProductions have been extremely courteous and genuinely seems happy to help out. Responses to questions have been quick.

I've tried jamstix demo and guru demo, and while they were all excellent products, this one suits the way I work.
 
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By ro1000
On 7th December 2008
Version: 2

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Mdrummer, without doubt, is the best VSTi drum machine available at the moment. The sounds for Mdrummer are incredible; you can barely tell the difference between it and a real drummer, if at all. There are multiple samples for each different tom, bass, snare, etc, depending on what is was hit by. There is also a included synthesizer for techo/dance beats, or for scratching noises.

Also, Mdrummer allows you to customize one of the many drumsets that comes with it, or even make your own. You can add as many toms, bass, or snares you want, the only restriction being how powerful your computer is. You can change the indivisual volume, pan, pitch, envelope, etc, of each different part of the drumset.

Also, Mdrummer comes a sequencer that allows you to write a whole beat to without ever leaving Mdrummer. It comes with many presets for different styles of music, allowing you to simply choose a drumset, then a style, and have a beat for a whole song. And this is no simple beats; you can do standard loops, or make Mdrummer variate a little. You can even make Mdrummer a small amount off-beat, adding a human feel to your beat.

On my computer, a 2 Ghz 2 GB RAM Compaq laptop, it runs incredibly fast without no noticable latency. I highly reccomend this VSTi. Try the demo!
 
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By nicolas777
On 22nd November 2008
Version: 2

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Well, I was looking for the real drum device. The result should be serious in all forms. I checked a lot of machines: I tested them for how they cozy and their sound quality.

The final choise became MDrummer.

It's an easy to understand machine. I put a little while to explore it and am flying within very fast. Just a lazy man won't find a logic there.

Sound is good and very flexible for each item. This flexibility is what i'm lovin MDrummer for.

The developers are still making a magic over it and all the sharp corners (which are a few: I would like to see more samples in future) will disappear soon.

May be anyone except an "enjoy" button on it - to push and get a result.
I think I can achieve some cool results with this machine. And already it is in use and worth it's price, and I will add an examples later to confirm my words.

Resume: wonderful product. Best wishes to it's developers. These devices help to realize ideas!

I will even advice MDrummer to those who asking me to solve their dilemma of what drum machine to get.
 
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By robojam
On 30th March 2008
Version: 1.0

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Thought I'd review this in light of the developer trying to push it in the KVR forums using sock puppets, just to see what it's like.

The interface isn't too bad, but it's not the most intuitive, so it takes a few attempts at working out what is going on. Essentially you're selecting drum kits and styles, but it could all be much easier. Not too many features here - just creates drum patterns, and can add breaks, but the breaks are not that good - they sound too stiff and machine generated, not human at all.

The documentation is OK, but no easier to follow than the interface. At least it's in depth.

No presets as such, but you do have drum kits and styles. They're not well named - you get things like Techno1, Techno2, etc. Really not descriptive of what you get and it's all trial and error in the end.

Had no need to contact customer support, but if the underhand marketing techniques are anything to go by, I can't imagine that they have anything but selling the product foremost in their minds.

Value for money? I would not shell out the amounts listed for the pro version. This is maybe a $100 drum sampler/looper at most. Very overpriced for what it does.

It seemed stable in Ableton Live, and I had no issues for the half hour or so that I used it. However, there is a HUGE processor hit from this. With about 4 VSTs already loaded I had about 15% processor usage. Loading this took it to 97%!!!
 
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