UJAM Beatmaker Vice

Full Description

Future Nostalgia

Futuristic or retro? Vice gives you both. A resurgence of classic '80s sounds has spread across modern productions, giving new life to tired drum sounds for a new audience. What was once restricted to the sounds of '80s pop and ballads has now been reinvented and transformed into a futuristic landscape in genres such as Synthwave, Retrowave or Futuresynth. Beatmaker Vice takes commonplace drum tones from a bygone era and brings them to new life, jam-packed with the punchy, digital sound behind a wall of gated reverbs to take your productions on a trip through time. Inspired by some of the most classic and well-remembered drum machines of the day, Vice turns your drum programming into a retro-futuristic adventure.

Found and heard in all corners of modern media from film soundtracks, video games and TV, contemporary Futuresynth sounds are here to stay. Inspired by classic composers from Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, and Trevor Horn, Beatmaker Vice takes existing sounds and makes them bigger and better than before.

Dynamic and customised performances

Gone are the days of static loops and cut-and-paste samples from traditional drum machines and synthesizers for contemporary beats. A new wave of modern genres and styles has pushed the envelope on what the beat can do for a song, adding dynamism and movement to stale and lifeless tracks. Animated and automated, Beatmaker Vice supplies a plethora of different grooves and beats to craft your song with, each of which is entirely customisable to the requirements of your composition. 30 unique performance styles enable you to freely compose without limitation. Divided into song-specific sections, you can craft beats from start to finish in a matter of minutes by grabbing everything from intros, verses, choruses, breakbeats and outros to complete your composition. For experienced beat producers and engineers, further editing is employed with intuitive drag-and-drop MIDI, allowing you to go into the finer details of your beat and customise it to your exact needs inside of your DAW.

Traditional methods of beat creating can be uninspiring and challenging, hindering your creative process with endless parameter tweaking and deep menu diving. UJAM Beatmaker Vice evolves beyond these traditional norms and offers a new way to quickly and easily create classic, steady beats for retro-modern genres. A straightforward interface helps supercharge your workflow to maintain your creative spark, letting you get production-ready results instantly.

Always sound your best

Each sound within Vice has been professionally designed to deliver era-appropriate tones instantly without the need for endless tweaking. Understanding the needs of modern engineers and producers, UJAM Beatmaker Vice includes a myriad of flexible tonal shaping options to create a unique sonic signature whilst maintaining the core sound of the virtual instrument. 10 distinctive drum kits have been carefully chosen from vintage drum machines to encompass the sound of classic pop along with modern interpretations from Futuresynth, Retrowave and Synthwave. Each of these kits can be mixed and matched to create a customised, hybrid setup to find the perfect sound for your project, no matter the style.

Preserving the ethos of optimised workflow, Beatmaker Vice features 12 onboard mixing presets to reshape and enhance the sound of your kit. Each mix preset has been professionally created to add extra punch, weight and sheen to your drums with one click. Vice is every producer's dream regardless of skill level, with a suite of one-knob master FX for global tonal changes without ever needing to open any other plug-ins. Saturation, maximise, ambience and filter sweeps are provided to explore your sonic creativity, helping to add the final touches to your customised sound design.

Key to the sound of modern-retro genres, Beatmaker Vice includes a proprietary Time Machine control that lets you send your drums through time. On one simple control, you can either turn back the clock to the early days of drum machine sampling of the early '80s, imprinting the artefacts and distinctive character to your sound. Alternatively, push the boundaries on what is possible with classic sounds by jumping into the future to unlock a heavily compressed, pumping and hyper-modern sound that's perfect for the next generation of Synthwave.

What is Beatmaker?

Built to follow the same ethos as the Virtual instrument series, Beatmaker expands into the realm of electronic music production. Hyper-focused on a specific style, each Beatmaker product gives you the quintessential sounds and grooves that make up the DNA of some of the most electronic dance music genres. Going far beyond what is possible with conventional loops and samples, Beatmaker provides comprehensive flexibility - just like you were in the producer's chair with a musician in your studio.

Crafted with professionally-created drum sounds, each title in the Beatmaker series has been hand-selected to offer production-ready sounds instantly. For users of all abilities, UJAM Beatmaker includes a plethora of sound customisation options, from pre-made mix presets to drum-kit customisation. All of this is presented whilst maintaining a sleek workflow to ensure you can make decisions quickly to focus on the creative aspects of your project.

The plug-in experts

Trusted by some of the world's biggest brands across a wide range of industries including BMW, Warner Bros, Sony, Universal, Ubisoft and many more, you're in the hands of professionals when choosing a UJAM product. Following a mission statement to make music more accessible, offering industry-leading sounds in a simple to use format, UJAM plug-ins are on hand to help you create music faster, better and easier. Originally starting with the landmark Virtual Guitarist release back in 2002, UJAM's vision was realised following years of development in all areas of music production products that you know today. Built for musicians by musicians, UJAM has products for all abilities, from bedroom producers to Hollywood composers. Each plug-in delivers authenticity, sound quality and ease of use to ensure that every time you open it, you will be inspired to create.

Features

• Punchy, retro drums with distinctive and authentic tone
• Encompasses the signature sounds of the '80s from big synths, punchy digital drums and gated reverbs
• Discover era-appropriate drumkits assembled from the most legendary vintage drum machines
• Ideal for classic '80s pop along with modern, Synthwave, Retrowave and Futuresynth genres
• Designed to enable veteran producers and beatmakers and modern Insta-producers create authentic and production-ready tones instantly
• Dynamic, evolving grooves add movement to your beats
• Break away from traditional cut-and-paste samples and static loops
• Frustration-free and intuitive interface lets you focus on your creativity without getting tied down by endless parameter tweaking or menu-diving
• Create a customised drum kit through 10 interchangeable kits, each with 16 instruments
• Covering a wide range of performance styles and genres, 30 unique playing styles each contain a plethora of ready-made patterns
• Explore the full range of drum beat possibilities with 50 professionally crafted presets onboard
• Enhance your sound with a huge range of onboard mixing tools
• Instant tempo-sync to your DAW or host for beats that always land on time
• Manual refinement of your grooves through MIDI drag-and-drop for fine-tuning in your DAW
• Micro-timing controls add realistic ebb and flow to your patterns
• 12 mix presets offer various multi-effect profiles to reshape or enhance your sound with blendable mix control
• Dynamically adjust the intensity of your Mix preset with the Beat Intensity dial
• Master FX section comprised of filter sweep, saturation, maximising and ambience for one-knob, global tonal adjustments
• Process individual tracks within your DAW with multi-output routing
• Individually edit and adjust volume, decay, pitch and filter of each instrument per kit
• Specialised Time Machine control lets you transport your drums through time from the early days of '80s sampling to hyper-modern, heavily compressed and pumping sounds of the future
• Resizable user interface fits all monitor sizes

Specifications

System requirements

• Operating Systems:
  • Mac: macOS X 10.11 or later - 64-bit
  • Windows: Windows 8 or later - 64-bit
• Format:
  • Mac: VST, AU2, AAX
  • Windows: VST, AAX
• RAM: 4GB
• Disk space: 0.09GB
• Display: 1280 x 768px

General

• Authorisation: Internet connection required
• Product code: BM-VICE