MusicLab has released DrumTools Performance Designer, the successor to their SlicyDrummer and Fill-in Drummer MIDI plugins.

DrumTools Performance Designer is a powerful VSTi, DXi and Standalone application allowing for instant creation of 1-8 measure drum performances including drum/percussion loops, fills, intros, endings, solo, and then simply trigger them by MIDI notes from your sequencer to easily turn separate performances into complete drum track perfectly matching your song.

Features:

• 8-measure drum sequencer.
• SlicyDrummer and Fill-in Drummer intelligent drum part generating MIDI plug-ins.
• Unique real-time drum performance customizing algorithms.
• Sub-hosting any third party soft synth and sampler for drum sounds.
• Full synchronization with host sequencer (tempo, start/stop).
• 12 Parts/pads triggered by MIDI notes from host sequencer.
• Total visualization of all performed material (beats/notes, position cursor, edits).
• Import third party MIDI files.
• MIDI file and Audio file Export, Drag'n'Drop and Copy/Paste.

DrumTools Performance Designer is available for Windows XP as VSTi and DXi plug-ins and as a standalone application. A Mac OS X version is coming soon. It costs US$149 and a demo version is available.