LinPlug Announces RM IV VST Drum Machine

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LinPlug Virtual Instruments has announced the upcoming release of the RM IV VSTi Drum Machine, highly flexible, PC / Macintosh VST drum machine that combines analog-style percussion synthesis with a fully-featured percussion sampler.

The RM IV features 18 velocity-sensitive Drum Pads that can be used to trigger any of 11 different Audio Generator Modules. The instrument features a modular design that currently includes 10 percussion synthesis algorithms, as well as a fully-featured percussion sampler. The 10 Synthesis modules are able to create sounds ranging from classic analog drum sounds to the cutting edge sounds of contemporary music. The Sampler module provides single sample, multi-sample, velocity-layer and velocity-crossfade support, at up to 32- bit resolution. The instrument also includes an AHDSR-controlled multi-mode filter, a fully-featured compressor designed specifically for percussion sounds, a flexible "Humanizer" and a 6 x 6 Modulation Matrix.

The RM IV has numerous ergonomic features as well. These include an all-in-one edit screen that enables operation with the least possible number of mouse clicks making the user experience fast and intuitive. The RM IV also features an "intelligent" sample module that automatically switches off unused modules (envelopes, effects, etc) thus ensuring optimal usage of CPU resources. In addition, the RM IV has a timesaving "preview in context" feature that enables individual samples and even whole kits to be browsed as the instrument plays back a sequence.

The RM IV comes bundled with more than 120 sample-based and synthesized drum kits ranging from Trash kits to high-quality multisampled acoustic drums. This means you can use the RM IV to start making music immediately. What's more, the RM IV is fully compatible with RM2, RM III, LM4 and CM-505 kit formats, and can load samples in both WAV and AIFF format.

The RM IV will be available in July 2003. Price is yet to be announced.

System Requirements:

• VST2.0 capable host software
• Macintosh, Mac OSX, 400 MHz or higher CPU
• PC, Windows 95 or higher, 400 Mhz or higher CPU.