Venusian Snails releases Tatapoum v4.0.2 Drum Sampler / Sequencer

Venusian Snails has announced the release of a new free Windows VSTi, Tatapoum 4, a combined drum sampler and pattern sequencer. It can be used in three ways:

• The Tatapoum Drum Sampler.
• The Tatapoum Pattern Sequencer.
• The Tatapoum Sampler and Sequencer together.

The Tatapoum Drum Sampler features 10 drums, each with:

• Solo, mute, load and preview controls.
• Pan, sample playback length, normal/reverse playback direction, full/fade playback envelope.
• Playback levels for high and low velocity, pitch control.
  • Velocity to pitch bend (warp) feature, with pitch bend, rate and velocity sensitivity controls.
  • Velocity to tone (filter) feature, with tone and velocity sensitivity controls.
  • Velocity to sample start feature, with start positions for high and low velocity.
• 2 pairs of drums (2,3 and 7,8) with the "link" feature.
  • In ( ) mode, the drums in the pair are independent.
  • In [ALT] mode, triggering either drum plays the 2 drums alternately.
  • In [RND] mode, triggering either drum plays one of the 2 drums at random.
• 2 pairs of drums (4,5 and 9,10) with the "exclusive" feature, triggering one drum stops the other.

The Tatapoum Pattern Sequencer features:

• 16 pads, add/remove triggers, set velocity, add/remove FX.
• 5 flexible effects (2 flam rolls + 2 feedback rolls + 1 reverse).
• 4 banks of 8 patterns = 32 patterns in all.
• Saveable and loadable pattern sets.
• Shuffle.
• Pulse divide.
• Up to 16 steps in each pattern, and pattern chaining, for longer sequences.
• Forward or reverse pattern play direction.

Tatapoum 4 is available for Windows as a VST instrument and as a SynthEdit project source file (GPL licensed).