Vinylistik is a drum sampler plugin by BeatSkillz with 47 drum kits and 40 beat patterns, built around a 90s boom bap and old school sampler sound for hip hop, RnB and boogie production.
Vinylistik is aimed at producers who want the feel of 90s crate digging and old school sampling. The kits are built around crunchy, hard-hitting boom bap drums and drum slices, and the library includes cymbals, percussion slices and vinyl effects. Each sample is processed with hardware vintage samplers and analog preamps and EQs, and a built-in 32-step sequencer lets you program beats quickly.
The factory library is organized into Bank A through Bank D, with single-category hits for cymbals, percussion slices and VinylFX. BeatSkillz says the samples were processed on hardware vintage samplers and high-end analog preamps and EQs, and with the company's own SampleX plugin.
The included EQ, compressor and reverb are designed for the same old school character. The controls are kept simple, so you can shape a kit without digging through menus.
Each of the eight pads has volume, pan, pitch and release controls, plus a side panel with waveform display, start and end trim, reverse, and high-pass and low-pass filters. You can drag your own WAV, AIFF, FLAC or MP3 files onto a pad or pick from the built-in browser. Sample length is limited to 5000 ms.
The 32-step sequencer works in sync with your DAW or internally. Each track can be muted, soloed or cleared, and per-step pitch, note length, velocity, swing, reverb and pan can be edited. Multi-output routing sends each pad to its own DAW channel, and MIDI notes can be assigned to pads with a right-click. Kits and patterns can be saved, and sequences can be exported as MIDI.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | BeatSkillz |
|---|---|
| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Drum Machine |
| Formats | VST3, AU, AAX |
| Operating systems | Windows, macOS |
| Architecture | 64-bit |
Vinylistik is available in VST3, AU and AAX formats. It runs on Windows and macOS.
On Mac, you need macOS 10.14 Mojave or later (64-bit only) and an Intel i5 or later or Apple Silicon M1 processor. On PC, you need Windows 10 or later (64-bit only) and an Intel i5 or later or AMD Athlon 64 or equivalent. Both platforms require 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended? not listed) and 300 MB of hard drive space.
The developer lists testing with Logic 7.2, Ableton Live 11, Pro Tools 12 and FL Studio 20 on Mac, and with Ableton Live 11, Pro Tools 12, FL Studio 20, Bitwig, Reaper and Cubase on Windows.
BeatSkillz recommends the M1 native installer (Vinylistik_M1.pkg) for Logic Pro, Ableton and other native M1 DAWs. Pro Tools users should use the Intel OSX installer (Vinylistik_intel.pkg).
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