de la Mancha Impakter

de la Mancha has announced Impakter, a vintage drum module plug-in in collaboration with Sink, containing 320 samples of original drum sounds generated on analogue synths and drum machines.

It’s simple and fun to use with a few advanced features to give some variation and randomisation on every loop.

Gear used to generate and process the samples:
Analogue synths: Korg MS20, Roland Juno60, Gakken SX-150
Analogue drum machines: Yamaha MR-10, Korg KPR-77, Antonelli Organ 2377 rhythm box, Mattel Synsonics
Analogue processing: Electro Harmonix Micro synth, Mam VSR3 spring reverb, Lexicon reverb, Boss GE-10 equalizer, Tube compressor, analogue VCA compressor
Vintage synths: Yamaha TX81-Z FM synth

Impakter features

  • 320 original electronic drum samples generated on vintage hardware synths and drum machines.
  • 4 modules for kick, snare, hats and percussion sounds.
  • Each module can host 2 samples and trigger either depending on user defined probability.
  • 2 levels of randomising can be assigned to each modules’ volume, pan, decay and pitch for variation every loop.
  • Boomer module has resonant low pass filter and dirt control.
  • Smacker module has resonant band pass filter and dirt control.
  • Tweeter module has tempo-sync repeat function with hold.
  • Lazer module has tempo-sync delay function with damping.
  • 2 midi triggers for Smacker for differently pitched sounds.
  • 3 midi triggers for Lazer for differently pitched sounds.
  • 2 midi triggers for Tweeter for different decay envelopes.
  • 2 stereo outputs for separate post processing.
  • Global envelope decay control.
  • 52 presets covering a range of sounds and styles.

Impakter will be available as a VST instrument for Windows PC for $24 USD.

More information soon at de la Mancha.