Vermona drumDING Hybrid Sampling Drum Machine Now Available To Pre-Order
Vermona is a brand with a long and storied history that reaches back to Soviet-era East Germany. The company’s latest release, drumDING, is an innovative hybrid drum machine, combining analog drum synthesis, sample manipulation, and deep sequencing for complex and performative control over your drums.
At the heart of the machine is a single analogue voice designed to generate a broad range of percussion sounds, from kicks, toms and snares through to hats and tuned percussion. It does so through a combination of a wide-range VCO, noise generator and ‘click’ impulse generator, all of which can be combined in the internal mixer and fed through a multi-mode filter. The synth voice also includes a variety of modulation tools including an LFO and snappy decay envelopes.
drumDING then lets users quickly capture sounds created with this voice and turn them into samples that can be sequenced and processed with digital effects.
“Press a button, and your analogue sound becomes a sample – ready to be shaped further and layered with effects on the digital side,” Vermona says. “From there, drumDING’s sequencer makes it easy to turn those sounds into driving, distinctive beats. Then the cycle begins again: a new sound, a new sample, a new idea.”
As well as sampling its own internal voice, drumDING is also designed to sample via its external input, which allows users to patch in a synth or modular system.
Once captured, samples can be turned into patterns using the versatile step sequencer. This features six tracks with up-to 64 steps per track. The sequencer tracks can be set to individual lengths in order to create polymetric patterns and also includes features such as ratchets, micro-timing, parameter locks and probability. There is also a per-track LFO and pitch, envelope and reverse playback capabilities for sample manipulation.
On the effect front, drumDING has two delay sends and one reverb send. It can also make use of per-track insert effects offering drive, bit reduction and amplitude modulation.
The hardware includes individual outputs for each of its six tracks along with a main output and separate output for the synth voice. It has MIDI, USB and CV connectivity for interfacing with other gear.
Features:
- Hybrid analog/digital resampling drum machine
- Sculpt analog drum sounds, then sample and sequence them
- Analog drum voice using Vermona’s analog drum architecture
- 64-step sequencer with two flavors of parameter locks
- Built-in FX including bitcrush, ring modulation, drive, reverb, and two delays
- Save up to 32 samples per project
- Aux input for sampling external sounds or resampling any internal sounds
- Four-channel mixer with dry or filtered routing
- Two noise modes and transient shaper
- Internal modulation routing
- Large OLED with corresponding parameter encoders
Preview Vermona drumDING from musician and YouTuber OoraMusic:
The drumDING allows you to sculpt your sounds from start to finish, perfect for use in the studio or for live improvisation. Suffice to say, the drumDING is just the thing for you.
All told, drumDING looks like a powerful and excitingly original drum machine. While the exact release date is still TBA, the instrument is now available for pre-order priced at $1,529.00 USD
Visit the Vermona site for more.
