Iconic Instruments has introduced Levine’s Machines – Drum Machine, a new virtual instrument for Mac & Windows, made in collaboration with UK Producer/Engineer Steve Levine.
Levine’s Machines – Drum Machine is an emulation of Levine’s drum machine and signal path. It also features a full-featured sequencer, and a full mixing environment, with channel and mix bus effects chains, which include Drive, Compressor/Limiter, Transient Control and 4-band British-style EQ, all modeled from gear that Levine used in the 1980’s.
There are channel and mix bus send effects, which are emulations of Steve’s most-used 80’s-era digital delay and reverb units. Each channel and effect can be bused within your DAW to a unique output, so that you have the option of printing or mixing in your DAW, rather than within the Levine’s Machines – Drum Machine. And finally, the Levine’s Machines – Drum Machine comes with 20 Mix and Pattern presets to use as a starting point for your tracks.
Here’s the official tutorial:
Pricing and Availability:
Levine’s Machines – Drum Machine is available now with an intro price of $79 USD (normally $99).
oh, it’s a VST that has a graphic that looks like a real physical product
yeah, gets me everytime.
you’d think software guys wouldn’t care about how hardware might have looked if it wasn’t software?
Perhaps ok as a yet another $3.99 iOS app… Not a $79 plugin.
Why do I need this when I have the G-Force LinnDrum and the AlyJamesLab V-PROM3?
Brandt; you don’t! If you happen to like Levine’s production approach, then its a signature boutique piece. Otherwise, its hard to see a real use for multiple drum machines in a rig, unless you take a liking to some creative fringe experiment.
I find it interesting that several plug-ins with a Linn look & flavor have popped up at a similar time. Same with Yamaha CS-80s. I know what its like to be tempted, but I learned that I got more done by focusing on just one of each creature.