DrumX
The deal
$199 at EastWest (down from $299), 33% off. Part of EastWest's Cyber Month Sale. No confirmed end date - check the store page before it sells out at this price.
What it is
DrumX is a groove machine plugin built with hip-hop producer and songwriter Jimmy Jam, emulating 10 classic drum machines including the TR-808, TR-909, TR-606, LinnDrum, LM-1, DR-55, DR-110, DMX, DrumTraks, and SP-12. Each machine is faithfully sampled with room microphone captures and adjustable tape saturation, so you can dial in anything from clean vintage tones to heavily driven, distorted hits.
Who it's for
Hip-hop, pop, R&B, and dance/EDM producers who want authentic classic drum machine character with a modern sequencing workflow, especially anyone who leans on 80s and 90s drum programming as a core part of their sound.
Key features
- Includes 214 exclusive grooves programmed by Jimmy Jam across five genres - Ballad, Dance Industrial, Hip Hop, Pop, and R&B Funk
- A 16-pad layout with a step sequencer supporting up to 64-step patterns, swing, and quantization
- A built-in effects chain with SSL-style compression, reverb, delay, bitcrusher, and transient shaping
- Per-pad, machine-specific controls like tone, decay, pitch, and snap sampled at every hardware position
