Bloom Drum Machine: Vintage-Inspired Drum Instrument by Excite Audio Free Download

The samples come from a mix of sources: analog drum synthesizers from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, early digital rhythm units, percussive tones from electronic keyboards, and modern drum synthesizers. Excite Audio also created textured loops and one-shots through sound design. The developer says it recorded live drums through analog hardware and digital mixing to capture the tones of sample-based grooveboxes.

The library includes punchy analog-style drums as well as experimental textures and off-kilter loops, which gives you a range from straightforward kits to unusual rhythmic material.

Bloom's sequencer is designed for triggering and layering one-shots and loops rather than working like a traditional step sequencer. You can automate pitch, volume and filter settings, as well as three effects, to add movement to patterns. Step controls include rate, sync, swing, steps, latch and beat retrigger.

Four macros (Drive, ModDelay, Static and Lo-Fi) give quick control over the sound. The effects section offers Bitcrush, Dynamics and Reverb, with Reverb modes in Plate, Hall and Spring. Sample edit tools include playback direction, pitch, formant, choke groups and start and end markers with snap to transient.

You can import up to 112 of your own samples by dragging audio files into the waveform view on the edit page or into an empty slot on the banks page. Imported samples can be swapped at any time. Set the key and BPM of your samples so they fit the Bloom engine, which keeps the instrument useful as a foundation for your own sound library.