Manufacturer's Description for LinPlug RMIV Drum Sampler Software (Macintosh and Windows)
The RM IV is a flexible and easy-to-use drum machine that combines analog-style percussion synthesis with a fully featured, intelligent percussion sampler. Its available for PC VST and Mac OSX (both VST and AU).
LinPlug just released version 4.1 of their award-winning RM IV drum synth and sample module. This new release includes over 2850 MIDI beats and 100 new drum kits.
Chicago-based Groove Monkee, a developer of professional MIDI products, has licensed parts of their MIDI beats collection to LinPlug. This collection of more than 2200 beats covers 24 different styles of music including Rock, Blues, Funk, Hip Hop, and R&B. As well as this, UK-based Groove Criminals have added a further 450 House, Techno, Urban and Breakbeat beats. Finally, Kohlekeller Studio from Germany handcrafted a collection of Rock beats specially designed for the Kohlekeller Kits which are included with the RM IV.
Whats New in 4.1
More than 2850 MIDI grooves
Dedicated MIDI-browser with drag/drop to the host
100 new drum kits
Support for Mac OSX 10.3.5
Single Pads can be saved, loaded, copied and pasted
Output configuration can be changed on the fly with
Built using LinPlug's enhanced high-quality audio engine, the RM IV features 18 velocity-sensitive Drum Pads that can be used to trigger any of many different Audio Generator Modules. The instrument features a modular design that currently includes 10 percussion synthesis algorithms, as well as a fully featured percussion sampler. The 10 Synthesis modules offer enormous creative potential and are able to create anything from classic analog drum sounds to the cutting edge sounds of contemporary music. The Sampler module provides single-sample, multi-sample, velocity-layer and velocity-crossfade support, at up to 32-bit resolution. The instrument also includes an AHDSR-controlled multimode filter, a fully featured compressor designed specifically for percussion sounds, a flexible "Humanizer" and a 6 x 6 Modulation Matrix. With so many new and innovative features the RM IV takes LinPlug's highly successful RM product line to the next level.
Musicians need tools that deliver; tools that enhance the creative process, not tools that turn them into software operators. The fourth-generation RM IV drum machine is focused on being "musician-friendly", having been designed after an intensive consultation process with many professional musicians. The RM IV has numerous innovative ergonomic features that set it apart from its competitors. These include an all-in-one edit screen that enables operation with the least possible number of mouse clicks making the user experience fast and intuitive. The RM IV also features an "intelligent" sample module that automatically switches off unused modules (envelopes, effects, etc.) thus ensuring optimal usage of CPU resources. In addition, the RM IV has a timesaving "preview in context" feature that enables individual samples and even whole kits to be browsed as the instrument plays back a sequence.
The RM IV comes bundled with more than 170 sample-based and synthesized drum kits ranging from Trash kits to high-quality multisampled acoustic drums. This means you can use the RM IV to start making music immediately. What's more, the RM IV is fully compatible with RM2, RM III, LM4(tm) and CM-505 kit formats, and can load samples in both WAV and AIFF format.
The RM IV is suited to a wide range of users, including everyone from amateurs right up to professional musicians. The unique combination of synthesis and sampling in one instrument means that the RM IV is likely to be the only software drum machine you'll ever need. Along with this, the instrument's intuitive user interface, high quality audio engine, and wide selection of drum synthesis methods give the RM IV user limitless creative possibilities. All these features make the RM IV the tool for producing drum and percussion tracks on your PC or Mac. So, whether you want to recreate the classic analog sounds of the drum machines of yesteryear, or you want to forge the drum sounds of tomorrow, you need look no further than the LinPlug RM IV.
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System Requirements
VST2.0 or AU capable host software, a screen resolution of 1024x768 or higher, 1100 Mb free space on your harddrive
For Macintosh: Mac OSX® 10.2.6 or higher, 400 MHz CPU, 512 Mb RAM recommended
For PC: Windows 95 or higher, 400 Mhz CPU, 512 Mb RAM recommended
