Devine Machine is a "Loop Workstation" VSTi for Windows, using loops as input. It allows you to create interesting manipulations and textures from drum loops, offering innovative control over loop manipulation and performance for the stage or studio.
DM is available in two versions, the DM Pro VSTi costs $249 and includes lifetime upgrades, it's little brother DM EZ VSTi costs considerably less at $79, with much reduced functionality, you can view a feature comparison chart here.
Demo versions are available for download.
Features (Full version):
- 24 synchronized Live Tracks triggered from MIDI notes which offer flexible play and trigger modes.
- 12 Realtime MIDI-Triggered Effects (including Ringmod, 16th and 8th Sync-Gate, LPF, quantize-buffer repeats, crossfade, realtime random remixer).
- 20 unique edit sliders, which allow for powerful permutations of the graphic edit effects.
- Drum Colour Mapping, which allows for slice definition and autoremapping (to easily make different drum loops play the same pattern, and get effortless musical variations).
- Pre-Quantize of Loops, which prevents having to look at notes offset visually on the graph.
- Jog Wheel.
- Region/Slice Editor.
- 3 LiveLoop Triggering modes (including the ability to load 1-shot WAVs with input quantize on deployment).
- Loop Recorder.
- Innovative Wave Database (remembers slice info even if you move and rename your WAV loops).
- Multiple Outputs (Auxiliary).
- 8 Stereo 32-bit tracks.
- 7 graphic edit effects, including a Fat Resonant LPF and Distortion panel, sync-delay effect, Pitch Editor with 35 scales.
- 400 loop-variation presets (allowing for manipulations with a single mouse click).
- Groove Editor, which also contains presets and allows you to easily extract the groove from any drum loop.
- DJ type cross fader (MIDI controllable).
- Sample Editor.
- MIDI or QWERTY for Live Loop triggering.
- Automated Crossfades on up to 24 loops together.
- Preset Bank Manager.
- MIDI BeatClock Sync.
- VSTi 28 outs , with live routing of up to 32 loops via MIDI.
