RU-8

RU-8 is a drum machine made to be played. Every pad carries its own steps, so the beat lives in the pads you hit. Kits bring the character and sets bring the rhythm: any set plays on any kit, and a new set waits for the next bar while the old one keeps playing. Synthesized kits sit next to recorded ones, from close-miked real drums to slide 808s. Every pad takes your own WAV or AIFF files, up to eight on one pad, played by chance. EDIT shows each pad's sound and the picture of every knob you turn, and HUMAN plays like a drummer: the snare a little behind, lazy sixteenth hats, the time breathing. Two sections, A and B, a fill on the next bar, or auto to arrange itself. A channel for the pad you played last, SPACE (room, plate, hall), a tempo-synced ping-pong ECHO, swing and glue. Drag a clip into your DAW: one pad, or the full drum. On the back: tape, dust and crush, and the MIDI map.