| For many years now, the drum synth market has | | | | includes a total of three separate slots for different |
| been hotting up. More and more vendors are choosing | | | | attack samples that can be selected by the user. The |
| to release their own drum synth virtual instruments, and | | | | modular nature of this drum module is outstanding, and |
| this leaves the consumer perplexed and very | | | | with the sound quality to boot, this is sure to be one of |
| confused. What to choose? There are so many | | | | 2010's premier VST offerings. |
| models indeed. | | | | As well as the separate loading slots, different amp |
| Step 1 is asking yourself exactly what your budget is. | | | | and pitch envelopes are made available for further |
| Once you've figured this out, some of the pieces will | | | | twisting and tweaking. As far as effects go, a |
| sort themselves out; you may have 2 or 3 of the | | | | comprehensive FX suite with plenty of modulation |
| dearer ones ruled out by default. But the price of a | | | | options is there, so you can easily create tailored |
| drum synth is not going to automatically increase your | | | | sounds for your own music. We all like our own |
| music production quality. Sure, some of the base drum | | | | signature sounds, right? |
| samples used for synthesis and sequencing can be a | | | | One of the most impressive functions is one that has |
| little more clear and defined in some of the higher-end | | | | been implemented in a lot of virtual instruments, albeit |
| models, but in general price is not an indicator of quality, | | | | poorly. Not so in Metrum. What am I talking about? The |
| especially when choosing between the ultra-high-priced | | | | random button, of course. That's right; if you haven't |
| synths and the mid-range editions. | | | | got the time to tweak the knobs and dials to your |
| Recently, Vengeance Audio has released their | | | | heart's content, why not let the random generator |
| Multiband Sidechain drum synth in their Producer Suite | | | | serve up a hot batch of unexpected for you? There |
| product. This is simply a superb synth that exceeds | | | | must be some advanced rules in the Metrum |
| expectations in most departments. Sound quality is just | | | | randomness generator as I could not find a |
| top notch! | | | | combination that was unlistenable! Every sound was |
| Going up alongside the first Vengeance offering is | | | | palatable and ready for use in tracks right away. My |
| Metrum, a kick drum synthesizer that features a | | | | only complaint is the interface which I did find to be |
| dedicated sine wave generator with a few special | | | | very confusing at times. |
| features that set it apart from its competition. It even | | | | |