IK Multimedia Unveils Modo Drum Virtual Instrument For Mac & PC

IK Multimedia has unveiled Modo Drum, their first attempt at a physically-modeled virtual drum. It was developed as a companion to IK’s Modo Bass. Using a combination of modal synthesis and advanced sampling, Modo Drum offers 10 customizable, virtual drum kits with real-time access to every parameter of each drum (kick, snares and toms) – from size and tension, to shell profile and playing style, and more. Cymbals can also be tuned and damping adjusted to ensure realistic music tracks.
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To further shape their sound, users can place their kit in different acoustic environments and take advantage of a full mixer with sends and buses, as well as 19 studio processors and effects from IK’s T-RackS and AmpliTube software titles. An integrated Groove manager featuring more than 1,400 patterns allows users to create beats right out of the box.

Unlike traditional sample-based virtual instruments, Modo Drum employs IK’s modal synthesis technology and an optimized sound engine to bring drums to life. The result of 11 years of research and development with one of the oldest universities in Europe, each drum’s acoustic behavior is determined by its physical parameters: dimensions, materials, skin, and more, as well as by the playing style, the interaction of the drum head with the body, the effect of sympathetic vibrations and the acoustic interaction with the room. MODO DRUM creates incredibly authentic sound in real time, recreating those ever-changing interactions between the player, drums, and room on the fly in a new way that no current sample-based software can do.

Modo Drum offers 10 iconic drum kits to cover every style and genre of music. From jazz to grunge kits and maple shells to exotic bubinga, each kit has been chosen to represent a particular style, genre or time period, for the widest possible range of timbres and tones. Three complete cymbal sets are also included, as well as tambourine, cowbell and claps for full General MIDI compatibility. The Customize section allows users to add, remove, swap and rearrange drums from starter kits. For each drum in the kit, users can then adjust a wide selection of elements on the fly, including the skins, tuning, damping, diameter, height and the shell profile of the drum itself. For added realism, Modo Drum’s infinite round robin feature ensures that no two hits sound identical. As with a real drummer, it offers a subtly different performance every time.
 

 
The built-in mixer provides total control over the recorded sound. Users can adjust levels and panning per element as well as mute, solo, and flip phase. Elements can be grouped in buses, and each element has two sends to process multiple elements with the same global FX, for a more cohesive feel. For music-making inspiration, Modo Drum provides an integrated Groove manager with more than 1,400 grooves in a wide array of styles and moods. The Groove section contains MIDI patterns and variations to easily build song sections with just few clicks. Smart filters help users pinpoint specific loops by categories such as genre, length, and time signature.

IK Multimedia’s Modo Drum is now available from the IK Multimedia online store and from IK authorized dealers worldwide for a special introductory price of $/€299.99 for digital download or $/€329.99 for a boxed USB version through August 31st.

 
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Author: FutureMusic

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