Drumlabooh: News

A synthesizer engine has been added alongside the sampler engine. Drum kits can now consist of "formula" sets for the built-in generator modules. This feature is utilized by the new drum kits: OM Kit (for old-school Goa Trance), RITM (for 1980s-style electro), and a true sound producer's secret weapon - the Golden Farthing kit.

As the new drum kits are getting heavier, I rewrote the kit loading routine (affecting all formats) to use multi-threaded reading, which significantly speeds things up. It utilizes exactly half of the CPU threads to avoid overheating.

Attention! This new version alters the mix sound if you previously used the built-in FX sections with filters and a saturator. The new DSP section processing order is: filters, Live control, Analog saturator.

An important new Live knob has been introduced. It works only when filters are enabled and turns any monotonous one-shot into a dynamic, live-sounding performance - simply tweak the Live knob and filter parameters.

A UI scaling option (zoom in/out) has been added to the interface.

Instrument slots can now display the preset/one-shot number. To quickly select a preset, simply click on the slot name and type a three-digit preset number.

A new "Info" button opens a window with a description of the current drum kit (its history, who used it, etc.).

The continuous development of Drumlabooh's capabilities has led to an expansion of its drum kit format, giving birth to the version 2 specification (https://github.com/psemiletov/drum_sklad).

Simultaneously with Drumlabooh 14, I am releasing the 7th drum kit update (bundled with Drumlabooh). One drum kit has been removed (it will remain on your local machine if installed previously); all other kits now feature standardized cover art, several drum kit definition files (which I forgot to update following engine changes) have been fixed, and building from source now properly pulls the freshest drum kit release.

Development is taking place amid ongoing blackouts in my city, which is why I sometimes forget or don't have time to finish everything I planned. For instance, out of the new synthesizer kits I envisioned, I've only managed to complete three so far. I also haven't had enough time to update the sound gallery on the website to the extent I would like.

Stay tuned, Peter Semiletov