ParamDrum
ParamDrum TR Edition from Peter Dines on Vimeo.
ParamDrum is a Reaktor drum sequencer for people who want a fast, easy way to create unique sounding electronic beat sequences with a MIDI controller. It puts the fun back into creating rhythmic variations that can be saved, recalled and tweaked in live performance or recorded and arranged into the backbone of a track.
It doesn’t have a compressor or reverb – surely you already have these things yourself, right? – what it has is a fast workflow, and the ability to produce sequences that will surprise you as you create them. It’s not a one-button “tada, here’s your beat” randomizer, nor is it a traditional sequencer that expects you to painstakingly determine every detail. It’s a nice balance between the two. I put a lot of effort into the usability and workflow and I hope you’ll find it as much fun as I do to work with.
The most important features:
- Note velocity represents probability a step will trigger
- Enter and delete notes with a MIDI keyboard
- Record per-step automation with MIDI CCs
- Independent sequence length for each of the three sequencers
- Extremely low CPU usage – 1 to 3 percent CPU on my four year old laptop
- fun beat sequences practically fall out of it
Here’s a quick peek at the previous version, which uses some generic samples from the Reaktor factory library and has a different GUI.
Reaktor drum machine with parameter locks from Peter Dines on Vimeo.
Both versions are available for the comically low price of $12.50. Once you have purchased a password, you can open the RAR files on the official ParamDrum drop. A non password protected PDF on the drop has more details on usage and features.
Remember: you need Reaktor 5 in order to use ParamDrum, and you need to enter a valid email address in order to receive the password.

13 Comments
Leave a CommentJoe Syndrome
Hell yes.. That totally looks fun and seems like a go to tool everytime i need some crazy beats. Looking for download link now : ) Expect to be thanked in the album. THanks peter !
July 30th, 2009 @ 8:36 am
amarillo114
Thanks Peter for spreading you knowledge!
August 5th, 2009 @ 5:17 pm
Albertito
Does it run outside reaktor?
August 13th, 2009 @ 3:56 am
Peter Dines
Nope, it’s a Reaktor patch. So it runs in Reaktor, either standalone or as a plugin in a host.
August 13th, 2009 @ 4:00 am
Veiss
Hello, i just purchased Paramdrum, and recieved the paypal confirmation email. I didn’t recieve a password by mail. Maybe it’s too soon and you just haven’t sent the password yet or something. When i do get it where do i put the password. I tried downloading it on the drop, and it didn’t ask for one and just downloaded a file called downloaded file.
August 24th, 2009 @ 12:14 am
Peter Dines
The way it works at the moment is, I get notified by Paypal and then I send the pass. I know, it’s positively stone age doing it manually, but I haven’t had time to look into automating it. I know there’s some sort of Paypal API but I have to set up something on my own server, blah blah etc.
The other option is to redirect the user to a page with the password but I don’t want to leave it hanging out there and have to rely on a robots.txt file to keep from getting indexed by a search engine.
August 24th, 2009 @ 12:29 am
Albertito
Hi, it’s me again.
Do I need a specific version of Reaktor to run this patch?
August 28th, 2009 @ 6:21 am
amarillo114
Peter… you ensemble its awesome! Keep up the good work!
October 7th, 2009 @ 8:16 am
William
Really nice stuff!!!
October 7th, 2009 @ 5:04 pm
тимур
Хорошая затея, мне по нраву. Главное чтобы все понятно было, как для новичков, которые еще даже не все термины знают в этом деле.
January 10th, 2010 @ 12:46 pm
Søren ‘Toneklang’ Nielsen
This is brilliant. I am really enjoying playing around with it! Thank you.
February 7th, 2010 @ 12:40 pm
Peter Dines
Thanks Soren, glad to hear you like it!
February 9th, 2010 @ 5:10 am
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