The sequencer itself is an old-school affair with 16 programming buttons shown on the GUI. You can set up multiple patterns for, say, kick, hi-hat and snare rhythms, then mash them up on the fly. Despite being more realistic than your average beatbox, the sounds have an unmistakably synthetic quality. MIDI notes can trigger individual drum pads or entire sequences in, with the exact notes for each being user-definable. In fact, sequences can be any length from one step to 64, with the Pattern Bar selector used to switch through the additional banks of steps. It won't take the place of a real drummer or a set of good drum samples for professional recordings requiring acoustic tubs, nor is it likely to be a main source of beats for use in club music. 
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Our Verdict It's not suitable for all occasions, but Drumaxx's decidedly different take on digital drums is a breath of fresh air.
Image-Line Drumaxx review
Any of these can then be modulated by MIDI velocity, enabling natural variations in timbre to be performed or programmed. As for Drumaxx's sound quality, things are clean and well defined, with an impressive low end on bass drums and a clear treble on hi-hats and cymbals.
Browsing the preset kits and patterns - which cover a fairly standard range of rock, hip-hop and dance drums - you may start to wonder where Drumaxx fits in, as none of the examples are authentic enough to carry tunes in their respective genres. The bass drums and snares produced by Drumaxx are fairly restrained and conservative - don't expect huge trance kicks or slammin' hard house plygin - while the hi-hats are somewhat more versatile and could slot into a broader range of music genres.
It's only when you start experimenting drumadx Drumaxx's hidden potential comes to light: Other niceties include swing and tiny velocity sliders next to each step. Drumaxx gives you 16 fully editable drum pads to work with - each of which can be routed to its plugi output for further mixing and effects processing.
Select a drum pad to edit its sequence by clicking the buttons: In fact, sequences can be any length from one step to 64, with the Pattern Bar selector used to switch through the additional banks of steps.
It's not suitable for all occasions, but Drumaxx's decidedly different take on digital drums is a breath of fresh air. Behind each drum model is the same synthesis architecture: These cover the full range of standard drum hits, from bass drums and snares to hi-hats and cymbals, to more exotic-sounding percussion instruments.
In use As for Drumaxx's sound quality, things are clean and well defined, with an impressive low end on bass drums and a clear treble on hi-hats and cymbals.
Fun and easy to program. Glitchy noise snares, 'thippy' hats and tuned percussion sounds are a breeze for Drumaxx, and along with the immediacy of the step sequencer, it doesn't take long at all before plygin coming up with Autechre- and Monolake-style beats and percussion loops. It could certainly produce more novel results than the usual and kits. But Drumaxx has no problem delivering everything from snares dgumaxx cymbals to glitchy special effects sounds and dance hits.
The level of realism is quite impressive for completely synthetic drums, although Drumaxx is no competition for decent sample libraries and drum ROMplers. You can set up multiple patterns for, say, kick, hi-hat and snare rhythms, then mash them up on the fly.
The sequencer itself is an old-school affair with 16 programming buttons shown on the GUI. Clicking frumaxx drum pad in the top half of the screen brings up the relevant settings for that sound in the Modelling Controls section, which occupies the midsection of the GUI.
It won't take the place of a real drummer or a set of good drum samples for professional recordings requiring acoustic tubs, nor is it likely to be a main source of beats for use in club music. The latest product to pad out Image-Line's ever-increasing range of virtual instruments is Drumaxx, a physical modelling-based drum synthesizer with built-in sequencing.
From here, the physical properties of the drum head, the mallet and the striking action can be modified, enabling you to control parameters such as druumaxx membrane material, its thickness, tension and shape. Listen to Drumaxx in action: Summary Drumaxx is a great-sounding drum machine with a nicely laid out GUI and a novel approach to drum synthesis.
Drumaxx's sequencer is well implemented and a neat bonus, although we wouldn't go so far as to say that it's a key selling point.
Drumaxx is a great-sounding drum machine with a nicely laid out GUI and a novel approach to drum synthesis.
Free patches and sound banks for Image-Line Drumaxx
The mid-range filter is also attached to an envelope pougin, enabling the cutoff point to be modulated when the drum is struck.
Cons Somewhat brief manual.
There are also high- mid- and low-frequency filters, enabling frequencies to be filtered out and resonances controlled or highlighted. Using this, you can edit the physical properties of the drum and the way it's struck, rather than being restricted to sample, filter and envelope settings. Not especially 'hard' or realistic. Drumaxx also features drumaxd simple style step sequencer.
Another useful application of this drum machine could be in creating beats to layer with and bolster existing drums in genres like DnB and dubstep. We tested Drumaxx on a Windows system and experienced no issues - however, many OS X users have reported serious problems getting Drumaxx to work dtumaxx their machines, so do give plugkn demo a good go first if you're on a Mac.
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