The Commodore 64 as a Drum machine
Now that I've made a little review about Alpha Drummer I want to collect a list of all the programs that allow you to use the Commodore 64 as a standard drum machine, note that I discount any SID tracker app... I don't want it to be able to create tunes, just beat sequences, and anyone without SID programming experience should be able to lay down some basic rhythms.
The winner should be Alpha Drummer because of it's sampling features, but because the idea is to start making beat patterns as quick as possible, Pro-Drum wins for me, released originally in 1988 by the Dutch USA Team and later improved by Antifan, it wins because of it's rock-solid timing and easy interface. Load it up and you will be able to instantly create 2 track sequences with it's preassigned electro era digi-samples. If it only had MIDI sync it would be a killer.
so, my first list of drum-machine like programs for the Commodore 64:
Update: I guess I forgot about Prophet64 that has the TR edition ? I will keep updating the list because I have to say that I found a couple more anyways...
The winner should be Alpha Drummer because of it's sampling features, but because the idea is to start making beat patterns as quick as possible, Pro-Drum wins for me, released originally in 1988 by the Dutch USA Team and later improved by Antifan, it wins because of it's rock-solid timing and easy interface. Load it up and you will be able to instantly create 2 track sequences with it's preassigned electro era digi-samples. If it only had MIDI sync it would be a killer.
so, my first list of drum-machine like programs for the Commodore 64:
- -19??- Pro-Drum V2.0
- -1988- Alpha Drummer
- -1986- MicroRhythm Set
- -1986- Rhythm Construction Set
- -1985- Funky Drummer
Update: I guess I forgot about Prophet64 that has the TR edition ? I will keep updating the list because I have to say that I found a couple more anyways...
12 Comments:
At Sunday, November 13, 2005 10:57:00 am,
Anonymous said…
There's also DRUM STUDIO released on budget by Players. Featured some great samples, and a "digiboost" if you use a Commodore Sound Sampler.
At Sunday, November 13, 2005 12:29:00 pm,
Ed said…
I have a disk with "Com - Drum Digital Drum System" on it. Unfortunately I don't have a disk drive! It was made by Datel and came with my "sampler 64". Would anyone be willing to transfer this to D64 format for me? I haven't been able to find this software anywhere else.
At Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:11:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
Prophet64 drummer rocks!
Should be number one on your list, man!!
At Thursday, July 13, 2006 5:55:00 pm,
AxiMaxi said…
The DATEL64 sampler came with drumming software too.
I have a copy, if you like. But you need the extra hardware (the sampler) to hear the samples.
At Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:44:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
Pro-Drum is so easy to use. Love it.
At Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:46:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
oops, forgot to ask:
how do you use pro-drum version 3 ?
Great blog you have, thanks for all the info.
At Tuesday, January 20, 2009 2:48:00 am,
Anonymous said…
Drum Maker 2+ !!!
The sounds in the demo song is cool !!!
At Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:02:00 pm,
c64 said…
You forgot to add the really good RHYTHM KING drum machine.
At Thursday, April 15, 2010 8:26:00 am,
Tommy vespatron said…
Microrhythm + has four sets of drums (great stuff) and is much better than microrhythm
At Monday, August 02, 2010 9:55:00 am,
Unknown said…
I love the drum, i think this instrument is very notable, i usually feel too much energy when i listen or i touch a drum although be a short time. Is absolutely wonderful.
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