
Every drum synthesized from scratch.
A drum machine with 23 themed kits and no samples inside: each hit is built by the plug-in when the kit loads. Bring your own samples whenever you want them.
Free. Version 0.4.0. Mac only: macOS 12 or later, Apple Silicon or Intel. Audio Unit and VST3.
- 23 kits: Synthwave, Italo Disco, Eurodance, Percussion and Classics
- Every sound synthesized, with velocity layers and round robins
- Kit builder: any sound of any kit on any pad
- Drag your own samples onto the pads, or map a whole folder in one click
- 16 stereo outputs with one-click routing
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Sound packs
Free, and not included in the installer: each one is a separate download. Install from Spuma: menu … > Install pack.
Installing on your Mac
- Double-click the downloaded .pkg file.
- macOS may say it can’t verify the developer: these plug-ins aren’t notarized by Apple. Open System Settings > Privacy & Security, scroll down, click "Open Anyway" and confirm.
- Follow the installer. It asks for your Mac password.
- Open your music app: the plug-in is listed under VS Studio. If Logic doesn’t show it, go to Logic Pro > Settings > Plug-in Manager > Reset & Rescan Selection. In other apps, rescan the plug-ins.
The .zip is for installing by hand: the instructions are inside.
Technical specifications
COMPATIBILITY
- Formats: Audio Unit, VST3 (instrument)
- Architecture: Universal binary, native on Apple Silicon and Intel
- Operating system: macOS 12 Monterey or later
- Audio: stereo main output plus 15 additional stereo outputs (16 in total)
- Audio Unit hosts: Logic Pro, GarageBand, MainStage, Ableton Live, Studio One, Reaper, FL Studio, Digital Performer
- VST3 hosts: Cubase, Nuendo, Bitwig Studio, Ableton Live, Studio One, Reaper, FL Studio
- Multi-output: Logic Pro "Multi Output (16xStereo)"; in VST3 hosts, activate the additional outputs of the instrument
- Not available for: Pro Tools (AAX), Windows, Linux, iOS/iPadOS.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Mac with Apple Silicon or 64-bit Intel processor
macOS 12 Monterey or later
- RAM: 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended
- Disk space: 30 MB (expansion packs: 34-44 MB each)
- Display: 1280 × 800 or higher (plug-in window 1120 × 720)
No internet connection, account or activation required
PERFORMANCE
CPU load per instance, percentage of one core (Apple M3, dense 140 BPM groove: sixteenth notes across the kit, shared reverb on):
Style Kit 48 kHz 96 kHz 48 kHz, 64-sample buffer Synthwave Neon Boulevard 0.29 % 0.59 % 0.31 % Italo Disco Riviera 84 0.25 % 0.53 % 0.26 % Eurodance Europa 95 0.26 % 0.57 % 0.29 % Percussion Percussioni Latine 0.27 % 0.54 % 0.28 % Classics Analog Boom 0.29 % 0.60 % 0.30 %
- Memory: 5 MB per instance, plus the loaded kit
- Kit memory: Classics 8-42 MB · Percussion 27-32 MB · Eurodance 40-46 MB · Italo Disco 40-90 MB · Synthwave 48-82 MB
Instances using the same kit share its sounds.
- Kit loading: sounds are synthesized in the background when a kit is loaded, on all cores but one, without interrupting playback: 0.1-0.7 seconds (Classics, Percussion), 1.6-2.8 seconds (other kits). A kit already loaded in another instance opens in 3 ms.
At sample rates above 48 kHz, kits are synthesized at 48 kHz and resampled during playback: memory and loading time do not increase.
SOUND ENGINE
- Polyphony: 64 voices, up to 6 per pad, choke groups
- Sample rates: 44.1 to 96 kHz
- Sound generation: offline synthesis with 2× oversampling and half-band anti-aliasing filter; 3-4 velocity layers and 2-3 round robins per pad
- Classics: analog drum circuits modelled from their structure (bridged-T resonators struck by the trigger pulse, square-wave oscillator banks, filtered noise)
- Latency: zero reported latency
- Per pad: level, pan, tune, decay, tone, drive, velocity sensitivity, start offset, reverb send, choke group, output
- Master: shared plate reverb, glue compressor, tape saturation
- User samples: WAV, AIFF, FLAC, CAF, MP3, M4A, on any pad; whole sample folders are mapped to the pads by file name
- Kit builder: any pad of any kit, including installed packs, on any pad of the current kit
MIDI AND HOST INTEGRATION
- MIDI: General MIDI drum map (kick on C1, note 36), GM percussion notes for the percussion kits, per-pad note learn, velocity
- Outputs: one-click routing (all on Main, one output per pad, or grouped: kicks, snares, claps and rim, hats, toms, cymbals, percussion and FX)
- Automation: 181 automatable parameters, full state recall with the project (kit, notes, user samples)
- Sounds: 23 factory kits and an empty kit; user kits; 2 free expansion packs (Horror 80s, New Age Rituals) with 6 additional kits; kits can be exported and shared as .spumapack files
LICENCE
Free. All sounds synthesized by VS Studio: no third-party samples.
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