StiX : MultiSynthesis Drum Machine (v1.6 Released + Flash sales)

[MillerSam]

Many thanks for sharing Lotuzia
It makes fun to experiment with this drum machine. Great work. BTW: the wired sequence 4:38 was made already in the beta time. I thin I must share this also

[Lotuzia]

StiX Version 1.01 has been released, and in case you'd think a whole powerfull and deep synth per drum sound wasn't enough, we added :

* Analog sounding Shelving EQ -HP & LP- ( per drumpad, + shared Q )
* Ability to save change Midi Drum Note (options/misc)
* Ability to save/load Midi Maps ( Midi CCs parameters assignations)
* Osc 3 sample assignation now kept in memory when switching to noise oscillator
* 9 new global presets, 4 new drumkits, around 50 new drumpads, and some new samples ***

*** New presets are derived from the StiX sound design contest.

Enjoy

Update is of course free for all StiX users, and you can still get StiX with 30% off intro price for a few days.

[ObsoleteAcc99]

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[Lotuzia]

so is stix good for both e drums AND acoustic? maybe it could be something to satiate me whilst i save for a hardware box.

Is ti good for edm bass drums, what's cpu usage like?

Theo, to be clear :

1/ StiX is good for acoustic drums in the sense it can emulates earlier digital drum machines like LinnDrums, EmuSP12, SCI Drumtracks, Roland TR-727 and the likes ( all these kits are included in StiX with Wave Alchemy samples btw). It goes even further than that, because besides the 12bits/8bits etc features, you can do much much more with StiX than you could with the original Drum machines. And it can of course load any samples you will throw in it. ( Like Congas, Bongoes, toms, acoustic snares etc)

2/ It CAN'T however reach the degree of realism provided by multisampled drum elements like BFD, NI Drummers etc. So if you need this kind of details, StiX is probably not the unit you should get.

3/ It can do all sorts of electronic analog, FM etc drums and percussions. And even more with Cross Synthesis. A full synthesizer for each drum sound, with macros controls, and deep synthesis options.

All in all, I'd suggest that you watch the videos and tutorials, and try the demo version. You'll know rather quickly if StiX is for you I think.

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Any chance of adding a choke function so that closed high hat can shut off open high hat (apologies if it's already there and I've missed it...)?

[zlatan]

so is stix good for both e drums AND acoustic? maybe it could be something to satiate me whilst i save for a hardware box.

Is ti good for edm bass drums, what's cpu usage like?

There are two new very usable Techno Kits in the latest update that I love.
Excellent starting points for anything underground to commercial big room.
I would love to see a lot more of these GENUINE sounding techno/minimal/house/electro synth kits ..two is just not enough.

Also ,it would be very handy to implement an easy VCO tuning w notes (like in Tremor for example) at least the option to switch between numbers and notes.

So far I'm pretty impressed and wouldn't ever think I would be.

[ObsoleteAcc99]

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[Lotuzia]

Any chance of adding a choke function so that closed high hat can shut off open high hat (apologies if it's already there and I've missed it...)?

We'll consider this.

Please remember that it's VERY easy to make closed AND open HH with a single drum sound in Stix, using the per step sequencer possibilities. This guaranties that your closed and open HH will match automatically ( who hasnt experienced the situation 'oh I have a good closed HH, I have browsed hundreds of open HH to match it, and I still can't find one that gels with my closed hh sound ...... )

But the choke feature could be interesting also to adress some particular cases.

[Lotuzia]

so is stix good for both e drums AND acoustic? maybe it could be something to satiate me whilst i save for a hardware box.

Is ti good for edm bass drums, what's cpu usage like?

There are two new very usable Techno Kits in the latest update that I love.
Excellent starting points for anything underground to commercial big room.
I would love to see a lot more of these GENUINE sounding techno/minimal/house/electro synth kits ..two is just not enough.

Also ,it would be very handy to implement an easy VCO tuning w notes (like in Tremor for example) at least the option to switch between numbers and notes.

So far I'm pretty impressed and wouldn't ever think I would be.

Thanks. Wich techno kits (names) ?

Do you mean showing values in notes/herz in the info mouseover toolkit ?

[CinningBao]

Any chance of adding a choke function so that closed high hat can shut off open high hat (apologies if it's already there and I've missed it...)?

We'll consider this.

Please remember that it's VERY easy to make closed AND open HH with a single drum sound in Stix, using the per step sequencer possibilities. This guaranties that your closed and open HH will match automatically ( who hasnt experienced the situation 'oh I have a good closed HH, I have browsed hundreds of open HH to match it, and I still can't find one that gels with my closed hh sound ...... )

But the choke feature could be interesting also to adress some particular cases.

I asked for this in the early stages of development but Lotuzia is convinced this design is the right way.
It may well be the right way for the initial stages of this amazing drum sequencer, and I can understand why he feels this is superior to having a simple choke function for hats (aside form the fact that it may well introduce complexities to his framework).

However, I will still push for the introduction of a Choke feature - it's not only useful for hats but many other sound design processes. I think we should stress that the Choke isn't just for hats, and that it is a fundamental feature of pretty much every drum machine I've ever used, both soft and hard.

So please Lotuzia, make it a higher priority than it's current position on your task list!

[Lotuzia]

so is stix good for both e drums AND acoustic? maybe it could be something to satiate me whilst i save for a hardware box.

Is ti good for edm bass drums, what's cpu usage like?

Theo, to be clear :

1/ StiX is good for acoustic drums in the sense it can emulates earlier digital drum machines like LinnDrums, EmuSP12, SCI Drumtracks, Roland TR-727 and the likes ( all these kits are included in StiX with Wave Alchemy samples btw). It goes even further than that, because besides the 12bits/8bits etc features, you can do much much more with StiX than you could with the original Drum machines. And it can of course load any samples you will throw in it. ( Like Congas, Bongoes, toms, acoustic snares etc)

2/ It CAN'T however reach the degree of realism provided by multisampled drum elements like BFD, NI Drummers etc. So if you need this kind of details, StiX is probably not the unit you should get.

3/ It can do all sorts of electronic analog, FM etc drums and percussions. And even more with Cross Synthesis. A full synthesizer for each drum sound, with macros controls, and deep synthesis options.

All in all, I'd suggest that you watch the videos and tutorials, and try the demo version. You'll know rather quickly if StiX is for you I think.

i absolutely don't need bfd 3 level of acoustic.. i rarely use acoustic drums anyway, and the type i would need would be the synthesis type for pop.

In any case, i already have superior/addictive 2, so i am well covered for realistic acoustic. it's just i liked the idea of the step sequencer which besides BFD, the other acoustics don't really have.

This sounds like it might be right up my early, as edm is my primary focus with light pop duties.

Yes i'll watch the videos. To save reading the whole topic, when does the intro price end? Thanks Laurent

Intro price ends somewhere between May 5th and end of April iirc. ( Not sure I'll ask to Xils to be certain) Also I forgot to answer for the CPU : Very light considering there's a whole synth behind each drum. Should not be a problem for any modern processors imo.

[zlatan]

Thanks. Wich techno kits (names) ?

Do you mean showing values in notes/herz in the info mouseover toolkit ?

I was talking about the Generation Acid and Khemestry banks or are they called Berlin Underground and mnml X ? ... I'm still a bit confused regarding the names / presets.

And yes , I mean hz/notes in the mouse over. Especially for kicks this is handy like in Tremor , Microtonic and Kick for example .

[ObsoleteAcc99]

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[zlatan]

no choke feature? on a drum machine? ok that's just plain weird.. sorry Xils but it is.

Yea agreed here !
It's an essential and super basic feature that can't be missed.

[Lotuzia]

Well like I said above you can do exactly the same things like the standard choke ( like open and closed hh) with a simple sound, and a single sequencer line in StiX, using the per step sequencer parameters. Actually you can even do more, and more precise and sophisticated things. With theguaranty the two sounds will gel together (because actually it's only one sound )

The things you can't do however is a choke between two completely different HHcl and HHop sounds. So that it could make sense in these cases to add a choke function for the HHs.

Else, even if you can do exactly the same things in a different way ( maybe I should do a tutorial about that) people might prefer the traditional and somewhat limited way to do it. especially if it takes just one button/switch to engage. Innovations take time to be seen by people.

So .... we'll see (and see if it doesnt conflict too much with existing features, but that should be doable, with a control between the two HH lines )