2011 NAMM Show: Rob Papen Punch is a new full-featured drum synth.
With Rob Papen’s Punch, you can can use synthesis to build your own unique sounding drum-kit, but you can also load your own samples into Punch to complete your kit. Your sounds can then be shaped using the filters and synth features.
Rob Papen Punch should be available in Spring 2011.
Details & demo video below.
Drums Synthesis
- 2 Bass Drum with 4 different models and 18 built in samples
- 2 Snare Drum with 2 models and 33 built in samples
- 2 Open Hihat and 2 Closed Hihat, with 3 models and 12 built in samples
- 3 Toms with 2 models and 8 built in samples
- 2 Claps with 3 models, and 13 built in samples
- 3 User Drum , with 5 models and 37 samples
- 8 Dual Sample slot, each with there own amp / pitch envelopes & filter and filter envelope.
- Each drum has it’s own ‘easy controls’, distortion (20 different models) , output destination (to dry or any of the 4 fx / output channels) , and choke groups.
- Each drum can be preview and selected by clicking in the Drum Preview Pad.
Sequencer
Punch has it’s own internal sequencer which can play 8 different patterns of up to 16 steps long (4 Grooves & 4 Break patterns) , these having a swing and humanization controls.
Each pattern is composed of 4 tracks, each track having it’s own drum output.
Each step in each track can have different velocity, panning, pitch , envelope speed & flaming, and each pattern also has two free step values which can be used to modulate controls.
Modulators
Punch has 2 envelopes, 2 LFOs and 8 modulation slots , which allow you to use a wide variety of modulation sources to control Punch’s parameters.
Mixer
The Mixer screen shows the volume & panning of all the controls, plus the fx mix & panning, allows you to easily mix the drum sounds.
Easy Screen
Easy to use sliders let you alter the main controls on the fly during use.
FX 1 to 4
4 FXs, each with 25 different type of fx (delays, reverbs, chorus , distortions etc), which can arrange in 5 different ways. In the multi-channel version of Punch, these fx are output to the different output channels.
Manager Screen
Full Manager screen, which show you all the presets, banks & presets, allow you to load, save, copy & paste etc them, including the powerful find function.
While I'm not actually interested in this synth (I'm much more inclined to go with Arturia's Spark), what I /would/ mention here is that Rob Papen is really rounding out his set of synths and seems well-positioned for the next NI-Komplete-sized package. …Which I think is great.
I'll add that RP's Predator is /actually/ my favorite VA at the moment. I've owned it for… oh… four years, now, I think, and it's one that I always come back to. Easy to edit, sounds great, has a mix of "analogue-style" and digital sounds, and has *tons* of modulation routing (including effects), which is awesome. My third favorite synth (behind Omnisphere and Surge).
I assumed I'd hear something with punch in it.
BLUE was awesome… same with Predator…. SubBoomBass was O.K…. This looks crazy.
I don't know if you had a chance to hear it. But just in case you did not – this Punch is absolutely amazing. Great features and absolutely top notch quality of the sound, only comparable to Omnisphere by Spectrasonics.
Spark is very good too, and physical controller of course adds a big appeal, but in terms of sound – not in the same league. At least from what I heard at NAMM with noise and sounds around.
another meh sounding plugin i'd expect. Nice GUI , but i wouldn't buy it just for looks and judging by the description , it doesnt do anything that any other drum machine is doing. I'd prefer DSK minidrumz and applying the effects myself , and that is free.
another meh sounding plugin i'd expect. Nice GUI , but i wouldn't buy it just for looks and judging by the description , it doesnt do anything that any other drum machine isn't doing. I'd prefer DSK minidrumz and applying the effects myself , and that is free.