The Drumaxx percussion modeling instrument gives you total control over 16
physically modeled drum pads that can be routed to independent outputs for
external effects processing.

Great, but why should you care when the internet is awash with drum
samples? In two words, expressive control. Once a drum sound is recorded, the
performance and modulation options are limited to filtering, volume, or
similar 1-dimensional effects. When a single drum sample is triggered in a
roll, you get the familiar 'machine-gun' effect and it just sounds
mechanical. Multi-sampled, multi-layered drums can overcome this limitation
but need multi-megabyte or even Gigabyte! drum libraries. Even then, you are
still limited to the sounds originally recorded.

Drumaxx is not based on samples or even commonly used 'synthesis'
techniques, where oscillators are mixed and the result is always
'electronic'. Drumaxx uses modeling algorithms to create bass drums, hi-hats,
snares, realistic and electronic sounds too. But what about the traditional
'Achilles' heel' of synthesis, cymbals? Drumaxx creates cymbals and metallic
percussion also.

At the core of Drumaxx is a model where the vibrating membrane is
represented as a mesh of interconnected points. Each point is given physical
properties including mass, inertia, stiffness, damping, and all that good
physics stuff. For the musician, this means Drumaxx gives you control over
multiple parameters such as material, thickness, tension and shape. More
importantly, the parameters can be modulated in real-time as a function of
velocity or external controls. The drum body is also under user control too,
including body material, size, vibration damping, and shape. All this gives
you multi-dimensional performance options, a Matrix of variables providing
nearly infinite possibilities.

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