Drumsynth 500

When you’re producing electronic music, you never really stop experimenting with drum tools. The drums are probably the most important part of your songs and usually the first thing one learns to make. Even if your DAW offers countless possibilities when it comes to shaping your drums, you may quickly find various dedicated plugins that can help you obtain the sounds you want with less effort. With this in mind, we’ll be taking a look at a synth that not only sounds amazing but is surprisingly fun to use.

As its name suggests, Drumsynth 500 is a virtual drum synthesizer, and as soon as you start playing it you realize that it was made with contemporary electronic dance music in mind. If you’re looking for realistic or classic analog drums you need to look somewhere else, because this piece of software offers the best only when it comes to powerful digitalized drum sounds.

In my book, this is a good thing, because it allows you to get right into making beats for electronic styles like techno, trance, hardcore, etc. The interface is also extremely intuitive and, given the right MIDI controller, it won’t be long before you have a proper drum pattern.

In Drumsynth 500 you control a kick, a snare, a clap, hats, toms, percussion, and two samplers which can be anything from bass to synth sounds, from weird effects to more drums. You also have clearly defined parameters for each channel, as well as four send effects (two reverbs and two delays) and a master section with its own compressor.

You can go directly for one of the 50 presets, or you can start making your own drum rack and explore countless phonic possibilities. What’s more is that each channel has its own randomize button, which can be very useful if you ever start feeling a lack of inspiration while twisting and turning all those knobs. Drumsynth 500 really is the kind of virtual instrument that delivers quality sounds but also lets you have a lot of fun with producing music.