(broken) drum machine

Thanks to Anu for this one. NuSofting of Italy has a cool little VST beatbox called Broken Drum Machine (BDM). Here's how they describe it:

"Inspired by a combination of several old school beat boxes and the circuit-bending culture that revolves around cheap, and old, hardware musical instruments (such as the “toy” Casio and Yamaha keyboards of the 80s), Broken Drum Machine brings the lively, "ever changing", circuit-bent drum machine sounds to your DAW."

A lot of pluses here for this thing: sounds cool, minimal interface, easily tweakable, easily breakable with the "chance" and "chaos" sliders/knobs, they have available Mods, and it's got a great price point ($49.). My only complaint is that I paid for the non-demo version on Friday night and have not yet received my reg key. The demo version has an evil tone sequence that plays every 45 seconds or so, so it's really not usable for long, as it'll drive you cuckoo. I NEED that reg key.

I'm a big fan of affordable software. I've purchased a few items from Audio Damage (I love Replicant), and I like giving my money to the little guy. At $49, there's really no barrier to entry if you like something enough to buy it. I have no idea if NuSofting is a little guy, but judging from their site, they are. Viva La Little Guy, especially when they're emulating circuit bending!

As soon as i get my regkey, I'll post a piece which uses BDM.