No, this is not a recycled news item from the 1980s — it’s 2011, and MJ Mahon and eight Bit Weapon have just announced the discharge of the Apple II DMS Drummer, a wavetable-based drum sequencer for Apple II-era machines . The monophonic synth reproduces eight drum seems like bass, snare, rim shot, hand clap, tom, hat open, hat closed and “lazer,” including a sequencer that permits you to plug in as much as 16 drum patterns across 256 slots. Appears like just the article for chiptune composers hankering for the way to make authentic eight-bit drum tracks using vintage Apple hardware. System requirements demand an Apple IIe, IIc, IIc+ or IIgs with 80-column capability and a 5.25-inch floppy drive — you recognize, pretty modern stuff. A limited demo version is offered, but when that does not satisfy, that you would be able to either buy it on a floppy for $14.95 or download a .dsk disk image for $9.95. Oh, and neither require a time-traveling DeLorean to return to 1985.
[Thanks, Seth]
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