DDU-1 Digital Drum Unit.A drum machine on its own track.
A 16-row step sequencer built into Array Studio. Eight patterns of up to 64 steps with velocity, probability and rolls, a NEW BEAT generator across eight genres, and FM synth or sample kits you can build from your own one-shots. Arrange patterns as blocks on the timeline, then export .mid or PRINT to audio.
One-time purchase · Adds to Array Studio Standard · Included with Pro · Mac + Windows
What DDU-1 does
Write the part. Without leaving the studio.
DDU-1 lives on its own Array Studio track, with its own fader, pan, automation and effect inserts. It follows tempo changes and renders sample-for-sample identical every time.
Step, velocity, probability, roll, hold
Four grid modes on one 16-row grid. Drag a step to the right to hold it, or right-click for roll, probability or pitch. Swing and humanize are seeded, so every play and every bounce match.
STEP · VEL · PROB · ROLL
NEW BEAT in eight genres
Hip Hop, House, Lo-Fi, DnB, Techno, Pop, Country and Jazz, each at its own tempo. Start from a groove, then VARY it until it is yours.
Never a blank grid
Shape every hit
SOUND turns each row into an FM synth, a sample, or both layered, with tune, tone, drive, filter, crush, level, pan, pitch and choke.
SYN · SMP · LAY
Build and keep your own kits
Drop your own one-shots or whole folders onto any row. SAVE KIT stores all 16 sounds with the samples embedded, ready to load in any session.
SAVE KIT · LOAD
Patterns as blocks
Each block on the timeline plays one pattern. Move, copy, resize, split or duplicate them like any clip, and the song is arranged.
Arrange on the timeline
Out as MIDI or audio
Export GM drums as .mid on channel 10, or PRINT to audio. Bounces and stems come out identical, sample for sample, every time.
.mid · PRINT
Screenshots
DDU-1 Digital Drum Unit up close.
Captured straight from Array Studio.
Pattern + padsA Hip Hop groove on the 16-row grid, with the 16 pads beside it.
SoundEvery row is an FM synth, a sample or both: oscillator, pitch envelope, FM, filter, drive, crush and choke.
VelocityVEL view: set the strength of every hit by dragging its bar.
Hold + rollDrag a step to hold it. Right-click any step for roll, probability or pitch.
The other instruments
Better together. Add the rest anytime.
Every Array Studio instrument is $10 on Standard, or all four come with Pro.
Instrument
Chord Spire
Chords + melody writer
One chord per bar, as blocks on the timeline. 32 chord types, a 42-progression library across 9 genres, and a melody writer, played by ten instruments from grand piano to guitar.
- Piano or guitar voicings, inversions, strum, arp, swing
- SONG writes a key, progression and melody in one click
- Drag chords onto any MIDI track and export .mid
Pro: includedStandard: $10
Instrument
Double Scoop
Two-voice sample synth · 119 presets
Our Double Scoop plug-in on its own track: two sampled voices from 50 sounds recorded from vintage analog synths and a 76-key Rhodes, with FM, filters, freeze reverb and tempo delay.
- Same panel and the same 119 presets as the plug-in
- Play it live, or let it follow a Chord Spire track
- Already own the plug-in? The add-on is included
Pro: includedStandard: $10
New instrument
Tension
Cinematic hits, drones + textures
A granular instrument on its own track. Scatter any sound into grains, or start from Air, Metal, Choir, Strings, Sub or Glass, then drive the whole build from one big Tension dial.
- Load your own sample, or grab one straight from a clip on the timeline
- Grain size, density, position, scan, spray, pitch, reverse and spread
- Presets for hits, drones, textures and pulses: Braam, Abyss Drone, Metal Swarm
Pro: includedStandard: $10
Want all four? They are included with Array Studio Pro.
Requirements
What you need.
DDU-1 is an add-on for Array Studio, not a separate app or a plug-in.
Requirements
- Array Studio Standard (Mac or Windows). Already included with Array Studio Pro.
- Unlocks offline with its own serial: paste it under Options ▸ Add-ons & plugins ▸ Unlock
- Add as many DDU-1 tracks as you like, each with its own patterns and kit
Talk to a real human.
Bug, feature request, install question, hardware target you want added: write to us. We read every email and reply personally, usually within a business day.
Add it to your studio
DDU-1 for Array Studio.Yours for life.
A one-time $10 add-on for Array Studio Standard. On Pro it is already included, along with the other three instruments.
One-time purchase · Free updates · Mac + Windows · Included with Array Studio Pro