Ravity (R) is a *proper* drum machine. It's not going to replace your copy of Battery or BFD for big multi-sampled kits. Oh no. It's a drum machine - and it's a bloody good one! This little fella has a couple of extra special tricks that make it stand out a mile. But more on that later.
UI Really nice to look at - well laid out and easy to understand.
Sound Great, crunchy - tough-as-nails drum machine samples. That's the primary function, although there are some acoustic kits and some weirder ones, it's the synthetic-and-proud-of-it drum kits that are great here.
Features ...and here's where the special features come in. (1) In-place-preview. Start your sequencer playing, then go to the preset browser in Ravity(R) and start clicking on kits. You'll hear your track played by each kit as you select them - but you don't have to commit to the change. Only when you decide on a kit and double-click is it actually loaded. Simply fantastic!
(2) Drag-n-drop kit building From windows explorer onto the drum pad buttons. champion!!
(3) 6 outputs each with a full LFX1310!! OK , you could set this up in a modular host, but it's just so damn convenient here. wahay!!
Documentation Comprehensive-ish. Could do with a bit more on the middi assignment features and the short-cut knobs at the top of the GUI, but more or less complete
Presets The kits provided are, as I said, great drum machine kits. Think Dr.Rex and you'll be in the same ballpark. But , of course, that's only half the story. You can build all your own kits, too, natch!
Customer Support Haven't had to use it, don't think I will. Yeap is fairly regular on KvR, so I'd imagine it's fine.
VFM If you're doing electronic music and you long for a good drum sampler that doesn't confuse you with velocity layering and midi-note assignemnt, this is perfect. The in-place-preview alone is worth the asking price.
Stability. Rock solid. Never budges.
Not long after I tried the demo of Ravity(R) , I knew I had to have it. Try the demo yourself - you'll probably get hooked, too :-)Read Review
