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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