DR-008 is an extremely powerful tool for generating and arranging drum and percussion sounds, one shot samples and rhythm patterns in your DAW or sequencer. The intuitive and streamlined user interface makes creating your own sound palettes incredibly quick. A huge choice of different sampling and synthesis algorithms gives you unprecedented control over your drum sounds; with 96 instrument slots DR-008 far surpasses the competition in every respect.

Modular Architecture
Key to DR-008's capabilities is its unique modular architecture. If you're new to software synths and drums, don't be put off by this:- although DR-008 is complex under-the-hood, it's been carefully designed to remain incredibly easy to use. Basically, DR-008 has a large (and extensible) library of modules built for a variety of tasks - sampling, analog-modelled or other forms of synthesis, MIDI event processing for performance features, pattern sequencing, and import filters. When loading ready-made kits or samples, however, it automatically knows the right ones to use... the power is always there when you need it, but never gets in the way when you don't.

Sampling
Sample playback is key to many peoples' drum sound - whether it be realistic velocity-layered acoustic kits, warped and mangled waveforms, or simple and quick playback of a large palette of one-shot hits and fx. DR-008 comes with four different sample playback algorithms each optimized for a different task: high-fidelity acoustic sample playback, ultra-CPU-light one-shot playback, or intense wave twisting.

Synthesis
Equally important for many modern and electronic music styles, from contemporary pop and R+B through to experimental IDM, is programmable drum synthesis. DR-008's modular architecture really comes in to its own here:- it comes with over ten different algorithms, each geared to producing a particular class of sound. Want an analog hi-hat? Just pick one of the analog hi-hat models and tweak the five or six parameters until you get the sound you want. All parameters are, of course, fully automatable.

MIDI Processing
Making music on a computer should be fun and intuitive, and that's where DR-008's MIDI processing modules come in. These easy-to-use modules let you easily create layers, rolls and flams that you can trigger with a single key.

Sequencing
An integral part of DR-008 is the built-in pattern sequencing. Unlike other virtual drum modules, DR-008 has pattern sequencing you can trigger from MIDI keys, to quickly build groove menus and variations.

Sound Library
When you just want to get composing, having the right sounds available at your fingertips is vitally important. That's why DR-008 comes with a huge (800+MB) and comprehensive (100+ kits, from rock and jazz acoustic kits to abstract IDM electronics and pretty much every vintage drum box ever built) library of ready-made kits. FXPansion also have an online file exchange area where users can share kits they've made themselves with the rest of the DR-008 user community.

» Download the DR-008 Kit Library here!