There are only few percussion synthesizers available on the market. Most recognized freebies are MiniSpillage (Mac OSX only) and e-phonic Drumatic. How about commercial stuff ? There's a whole pallette of D16's products - recreations of classic Roland drum machines and there's Sonic Charge MicroTonic (89 $), which a lot of producers seem to love.
2010 year seems to be a Drum / Percussion synths year. First Audio Damage released their new toy - Tatoo (79 $) and now we have another entry - Image-Line Drumaxx. It's a percussion modelling instrument which gives you total control over 16 physically modelled drums that can be routed to independent outputs for external effects processing. I didn't have enough time to fully explore it but it sounds very good and I love the workflow - was able to create interesting drums section very quick.
Best thing about it ? It's a quality product which can compete with other percussion synths but until 31th March 2010 it also offers amazing pricing model. I know it's February but so far it's the biggest bargain of the year :) You can pay what you think Drumaxx is worth with a minimum price set to 9 EUR / 13 $.
Previously, I was wondering: why do I need a drum / percussion synth if there are tons of drum samples ? First Ableton Collision (uses physical modeling technology to reproduce real-world instruments such as xylophones, marimbas and glockenspiels - it turned out to be a great instrument for these short blips, plucks we hear in Minimal / Tech House for example) changed my mind. Just like all of these percussion synths, it gives a lot of flexibility - which means a lot of new ideas and ... fun :) Grab the Drumaxx before the "promotion" is over.
ps. There are some bugs with Mac OSX version and Logic DAW so download demo and test it. More info here.
PRICE: minimum 9 EUR / 13 $ (until 31th March 2010)
More info: Image-Line Drumaxx
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Synapse Audio also released their EKS 9 too. But I must admit that I am tempted by Image-Line Drumaxx.
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