IK Multimedia Uno Drum Ultra-Portable Analogue & PCM Drum Machine

You don’t have to go big to sound huge Native Instrument’s UNO Drum is the ultimate beat creation station for those starting out in their music production career, right through to the producers creating beats for dancefloors the world over. Designed in collaboration with Italian analogue specialist Soundmachines, UNO Drum follows after the widely acclaimed UNO Synth, bringing together gargantuan analogue tone and digital convenience.

UNO Drum brings a vast sonic palette, user friendly intuitiveness and convenience to enable you to create the biggest and best beats to add to your music.

The richest, most dynamic drum sounds possible UNO drum is loaded with 6 true analogue drum sounds for the richest, most dynamic, organic sounds possible, including 2 differing kick drums, snares, claps and hi-hats. On top of this, additional PCM elements, (with over 50 samples to choose from) are available for added sonic scope. Toms, rims, cowbells, rides and crash cymbals are on hand to help you create fuller sounding beats and rhythms. With UNO Drum you can use upto 12 drum elements between analogue and digital sounds. All of the aforementioned can be saved and called up on with 100 kit presets, all of which are pre-programmed and fully capable of being edited as much as you desire.

UNO Drum also has 3 master effects, analogue drive, compressor and a stutter effect. Crank the drive to make your beats have more punch and have a more aggressive, hard hitting effect. Adding compression will ensure your beats are tight and seamless. All of these effects can be saved to your chosen kit and recalled at the push of a button. Adding stutter will offers a choice of depth, from quaint tremolos, to choppy slices.

Fresh ideas = Unique Creation UNO Drum allows the user to switch between analogue and digital elements with ease, so you won’t ever feel caged in by presets. With the analogues engine designed by SoundMachines and the samples taken from IK’s acclaimed SampleTank sound and groove interface, such a wide and varied collection of sounds can only bring out more creativity to allow original ideas and creations to flow.

Whether you’re am engineer, producer, beat maker or a DJ, you can always rely on UNO Drum to create the freshest, crispest beats. Thanks to UNO’s editing capabilities, there’s an abundance of options always at hand to make fine adjustments. Tweak the kick drums for a clicky hip-hop sound, add more drive for an EDM flavour, however it sounds in your head, UNO Drum has the tools to make it a reality.

Add flair and expression to your beats 12 touch-sensitive pads line the center of UNO Drum, offering two velocity zones for more expressive live playing and easier programming. These can be used to play entire beats live with a pad-style feel, or to easily add your own live flare on top of pre-programmed rhythms. These pads are also used to select the individual elements of your drum patterns. Press each element to edit the parameters for that specific drum sound to tweak your sounds in real-time as your patterns play. Listen to your tracks evolve, build tension towards a drop, go lo-fi for a break, and more.

Switch up your performance every time you play with UNO’s 5 performance effects: Roll, Fill, Random, Swing and Humanize, and use the master stutter effect to chop up your entire groove.

'Stutter' offers adjustable depth, from subtle tremolos to full-on slices to create different feeling sounds and grooves. 'Roll' makes it easy to add tension in your tracks, letting one drum roll in 8th notes, 8-note triplets, 16th notes, and 32nd notes. Build towards an epic drop, or end with one of 4 different fills. 'Random' adds a fresh spark by creating a new pattern to the element selected, for unexpected surprises within every performance.

Let the grooving begin Whether you prefer 808s or MPCs, UNO Drum makes it easy to program the way you want. The step sequencer lines the bottom of UNO Drum, showing 16 steps and 4 pages. Tap a step and hit a pad to add a hit to that selected step, or use the Record button play within a pattern. The sequencer also allows you to automate up to 8 parameters per step, for radically different sounds on each beat.

Song mode allows you to chain up to 64 patterns together to create extended grooves. In this mode, each step is its own pattern, so you can trigger any of the stored sequences live, on the fly in any order you want. Song mode allows you to create full length beats in the palm of your hands. Let the grooving begin.

If you’re looking for a place to start, UNO Drum comes pre-loaded 100 drum patterns in addition to its 100 kits. Quickly search and find a pattern that suits your genre or experiment with styles you never imagined. Easily scroll through the included choices and add flavor, swap out the sounds, and adjust the vibe as you go - or feel free to create your own patterns. Either way you choose, you can always instantly save them to revisit later.

Super lightweight. Ultra Compact. Use UNO Drum at home, in the lab, in the DJ booth, and beyond. UNO offers USB and traditional MIDI via 2.5mm jacks (cables included) to integrate with both your Mac/PC and iOS device or traditional outboard MIDI gear, so no matter your rig UNO Drum will pair perfectly.

Say goodbye to compromising on sound quality or features due to size. UNO is lightweight, small in stature whilst remaining sturdy. Just toss it in your backpack and bring it out when inspiration strikes. As portable as a sketch pad, warm as your passion for music, you can create grooves and songs to save and recall whenever and wherever you need them. Furthermore, UNO Drum can be powered by USB, either from a computer or battery pack, or by 4 AA batteries for the ability to create music anywhere and everywhere. This means that the day for searching for an outlet are over. Wherever you find inspiration, UNO Drum will be right beside you to capture every second of it.

Click below for a brief visual overview of the vast capabilities and sonic power of the UNO Drum.