Full Bucket Music has released a software instrument which simulates the classic Sequential Circuits Drumtraks drum machine from 1983. DrumTraqs was developed after a request by Wolfgang Paulke, a former user of the original Six-Trak.
Wolfgang enjoyed the fact that he was now able to reproduce the sounds of his long-gone Six-Trak and asked me if I would do the same to the Drumtraks, his 80s workhorse drum computer. Of course I said “No way”! At least I think I said that. But soon I found myself studying the schematics of the Drumtraks which is very much in keeping with the typical design of Sequential Circuits instruments from this era: A Z80 micro computer system controlling some audio electronics. In one of our next calls I said to Wolfgang “Oh by the way, I am doing DrumTraqs, but you have to be my Beta tester!”, and Wolfgang agreed.
DrumTraqs features
- Simulation of the original Z80 system used in the hardware.
- Original factory and some additional ROM samples.
- Old-school Pattern and Song building.
- Built-in stereo mixing options.
- SysEx and MIDI import/export.
- Resizable user interface (not “N” version!).
- MIDI Learn – all parameters and buttons can be controlled by MIDI CC.
- Plug-in supports Windows and macOS.
The plugin is available to download in VST/VST3, AU, AAX and CLAP formats for Windows and Mac.
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