https://beatsurfing.com/audio-plugins/vrac
Free drum synthesis instrument.
Saw that someone has mentioned this in another post, but no dedicated thread about it yet.
"VRAC is a sample-based drum machine designed to turn any sound into a drum kit. Drop a sample, set the sample start and shape each hit by morphing between kick, snare, hat and clap models. VRAC turns raw audio into punchy, original beats built for the stage, the studio or both."
Not quite as deep as Forever 89 Visco. But (and I'm echoing the thoughts of John Lehmkuhl from a video he did), I agree with him that this is most likely a scaled down version to later be released as a full paid one. I really hope so anyway.
The sound examples on the webpage don't do a great job at showing off the capabilities. So, definitely recommended to download it and try it out.
Beatsurfing VRAC
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- KVRian
- 1322 posts since 26 Mar, 2004 from UK
Had some fun with this last week. It has 8 separate outputs for the 8 pads but looks like they're not being fed in this 1.0 version - could be that's gonna be in a paid version?
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- KVRist
- 286 posts since 21 May, 2014 from USA
I watched that video, and I felt like there was a 'sameness' to the sounds it was putting out. I haven't tried it myself though, so that may not always be the case.Choikdoi wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 8:57 amI'm echoing the thoughts of John Lehmkuhl from a video he did
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Maxwell Houser Maxwell Houser https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=326835
- KVRer
- 22 posts since 13 Apr, 2014 from Minneapolis
I tried VRAC last night and think its great. Random Metal has been awesome so far too. I’ve been using it for a few weeks.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1382 posts since 11 Jun, 2020 from Woop Woop
I guess you could say it's intentional, as it is morphing / "drumifying" your sounds into a point somewhere between just four categories - kick, snare, hat & clap. But, it was a very brief video and the main way to get different sounds is to experiment with different source material. So, as long as you've got a large collection of samples to test out, you can easily get some interesting stuff.cake builder wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 4:29 pmI watched that video, and I felt like there was a 'sameness' to the sounds it was putting out. I haven't tried it myself though, so that may not always be the case.Choikdoi wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 8:57 amI'm echoing the thoughts of John Lehmkuhl from a video he did
Until forever fades away.
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- KVRAF
- 20858 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
Works well with plonks. Gives you 3 more plonks, plus 4 glitchy tick-tack sounds.
