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On my iMac it has a few bugs. 1. When I’m in “full screen” viewing mode, the top inch of the screen disappears. If I click out of full screen mode, then click back in it fixes the problem for about 15 min. 2. It stops playing audio, and when it stops it never comes back unless I reselect all the samples for each track. 3. It does not always keep my saved my work. I can save a song and reload it a few times, then suddenly it’s not there anymore. 4. I emailed the company via their website a week ago, still no answer. I’m using a 2012 iMAC 2.7 GHz quad core i5 with 10.12.2 DM1 came so highly recommended, so I’m feeling like I just blew $10. Aside from that I like it (when it works) the sampled drum sounds are really good and the effects/sequencer/mixer/ are too. so it gets 2 stars. The other three come when they respond to my email and help me get this thing working. :) Show more

If you are new to drum pattern programming, this is really hard to beat (pu-pu-pun not intended). If a rhythm pops into my head in the middle of work, this is that app I launch rather than Ableton Live or GarageBand. If I am in my living room, I launch the iPad version, out and about, the iPhone version. It’s intuitive with enough advanced features to tweak away for hours. I highly recommend it, but it really needs to have an AU version (on Mac and iOS) for it to play well with other apps and be integrated into my music making process. (I originally also wrote, "Project files should be transferable between the Mac and iOS versions.” However, I finally found that this feature also exists in the iPhone version where it is located hidden behind the Song Load button rather than with the other export options.) Show more

I’ve used a lot of different DAWsa (or should say, tried messing around on them) and this is definitely one of the most intuitive. Love it! Thanks for making it sound and look and function great. Show more

DM1 has an impressive collection of sounds. It is easy to make fun grooves in standard time-signatures. Though the app shows 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 as options, it does not treat the dotted quarter-note as a beat (which is standard). So it is basically just truncating the pattern length with no actual triplets. This is a considerable oversite since you might like to have a groove with actual triplets in it. It’s not a deal breaker, it is just a “fake” feature that requires you to do some work-arounds. All they would need to do is scale the step to beat/tempo ratio from 4:1 to 3:1. I’ve mentioned this to the developer but gotten no response about it. Would love to see this app evolve into a more rhythmically versatile machine. For example, would love to see beats be able to be divided (per track, per beat) a la iOS’s Molten. Show more

I really hope this developer continues to update this and grow it like FL Studio (Fruity Loops) did. Fruity loops started out as a much more simple product and emerged into a powerhouse that unfortunately only runs on Windows. This looks like a great start for a replacement. I do have an issue when midi syncing to my analog synth (MicroBrute) in that the syncing seems half a note off. I don't think it's a latency thing because if I have it serve as a master and drive notes on the synth, it syncs perfectly. Show more

the drums from the Linn9000 don’t sound exactly like the real thing… is a good app but is not AU nor is it VST… plus it brings sounds that are similar but not exact… I would wait till they make it an AU plug in.. otherwise is just for practice or play. Show more

Please fix, still creeps off the screen on fullscreen mode.

DM1 lets you export the beat as a wave file. This allows me to take the file and play over the beat in Studio One 3. Be on the lookout for Timothy Wind on Sound Cloud. Show more

DM1 for the Mac is a great, old school style drum machine that gives you a fantastic array of classic machines (most of the big names and some obscurities) as well as a surprising amount of contemporary sets covering pretty much every genre it could (I mean, they went as far as commissioning the psychedelic post-punk / Portishead connected band Beak> to make a kit). Will you make a record with it? By itself? No - while DM1 offers a some meldodic elements, it’s a drum machine and isn’t really pretending to be anything beyond that - it’s not a DAW. With that in mind, there’s no reason you couldn’t record some banging drum sequences, export a sound file and use it in a project in your DAW of choice. Well, beyond laziness. In my opinion, DM1 is fantastic as a sketchpad and an easy, no hassle app to just pull up and make some beats with that are absolutely usable in bigger production. That anyone could complain too much for something this user friendly, with this big a library and this cheap is just telling that we’ve become spoiled by the 99¢ price point (I’m sorry - ten bucks for what DM1 does is more than fair). Perspective: if this, in the same form, were a VSTi / AU / RTAS, you’d be paying anywhere from 60 to 200 bucks US. I mean, c’mon. Show more

I used this app on iPad, that was great! But now, I used this on Mac, I can’t see “Swing” in Song category Please update this problem!!

simple, fun to use drum machine. i have this on my iPad also. i wish it had garage band integration. easy to use, would be a great introductory drum machine for kids getting into music. Show more

I have this on my iPad and it’s a ton of fun. Why on earth is this not available as an Audio Unit plug in???? Seriously? I really really want to know why… Current version, FX DO NOT work on individual sounds. Only in MASTER mode. Weak sauce. Otherwise, fun app. Just seems buggy in the desktop version and it’s again, ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS that this isn’t available as a plug in for use in Logic. Will change my rating if the FX bug is fixed to a 4. I will change it to a 5 when I can use this as a plug in. Show more

Save for Logic Pro X. This is “Okay” for beginners, but I wouldn’t recommend it for making an album. Slightly (actually more than slightly) disappointed. I’m saving you $10 by saying this. Show more

I would at least think since its a EDITORS CHOICE , it would at least have some descent plug-ins … F NO !! These beats or whatever the hell you want to call them are low Quality and are basically bland/dull/boring whatever you want to call it ! Who ever these Mysterious editors are they have no taste … Im coming from a Logic pro x point of prospective so i guess you only get what you pay for…. Sh*t ! Dont waste your money .. Show more

A couple of minor screen issues. When switching to full-screen mode, the graphics are displayed a bit too far to the right, with a blank, black area on the left and the right side rolling off the monitor. After switching back to window, the window displays much larger than the graphic interface, leaving several cm of black space around the right and top. I have screen shots, but obviously I can’t post them here. I realize this may not be the best place to post this, but I clicked the support link and after navigating around the Fingerlabs site I can’t seem to find a link for tech support. There are “envelope” icons, but they simply open an email window with no address…more for sharing the page with a friend, not so good for contacting the developers unless I already have their address. So hopefully someone will see this. Otherwise, everything works well so far. I’ve used the iPad version for years. For reference, here’s some info on my machine: OS: OSX 10.11 Beta (15A234d) Model Name: MacBook Air Model Identifier: MacBookAir5,2 Processor Name: Intel Core i5 Processor Speed: 1.8 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 2 L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache: 3 MB Memory: 4 GB Boot ROM Version: MBA51.00EF.B03 SMC Version (system): 2.5f9 Chipset Model: Intel HD Graphics 4000 Type: GPU Bus: Built-In VRAM (Dynamic, Max): 1536 MB Vendor: Intel (0x8086) Device ID: 0x0166 Revision ID: 0x0009 Displays: Color LCD: Display Type: LCD Resolution: 1440 x 900 Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888) Show more

never opens, it crashes when started.

I purchased both the desktop and iPad v’s of DM1 … awhile ago. And its been awhile since i’ve even bothered to open either app. both have been plagued by crashes from day one, but the desktop v seems to be a guaranteed bomb every time I open the thing - getting back to its “possibilities”. Just as I’ve loaded in my own acoustic drum kit, one piece - one sound/sample at a time - before I can save the new kit, it crashes. I don’t ever use the word “crash” in re to apps and OSX/iOS, but I don’t know what else you call a perfect flight to a great destination that suddenly has you plummeting into the open ocean with all of your luggage and medication (files, samples, sequences, etc) lost to the depths of the Hadreatic Abyss. *However … I have not tried to use DM1 since this latest update. if its changed, which it seems that the issues have been ironed out - I will be re-vamping to 5 stars. its potentially a GREAT sequencer that can control (or be controlled by) all your midi apps … and the kicker is that you have only your own limits as far as what sounds you throw into the “drum kits”. It comes with enough to have hours of production with simple parameter changes – after my acoustic kit is in, next step is experimenting with words and phrases to see what will happen … sound fun? Show more

I really wanted this to be a great drum machine, but the desktop version is buggy. I could accept graphical bugs, but what I can’t accept are sound bugs. Each instrument should be independent, but I am getting weird interactions. Specifically, I find that adding a clap on a beat changes the level of output that comes from a high hat for the next few beats after the clap. These interactions are not musical. In addition, I ran into three visual bugs within 5 minutes of using the program, so quality control is just no happening. I wish I could get my $10 back. Show more

I’ve been looking for an app software Drum Machine I can just launch and put ideas down and this is very effective in doing that, just like vintage drum machines. Barely any mousing, menu-ing, just instant ideas. DM-1 won’t replace that kind of instantaneous inspirational drum pattern making (I hate the term “beatmaking”) you have in vintage machines but this is pretty darn good! You don’t even need to read the manual, it's that easy to use! The only issues I have with it is in the FX and STEPS pattern sections, I’d love to see individual FX AUX SENDS for each drum sound, and some gated reverb and other interesting FX. When using vintage drum machines and even new modern drum machine synths one doesn’t LOOK at a pattern, that was the great thing about drum machines. The “Fruity Loops” (careful not to go too kiddie fun with it.) steps sequencer is a common standard UI thing now, but it bothers me to no end LOOKING at beats, I’m listening. So The default screen that shows up should be a user choice and I’d like to see the pattern step part dissapear when creating drum patterns (I can’t stand it when certain people say “beats”…) and only bring it up as a tool to REMOVE or ADD or FIX small issues, NOT as a compositional starting point. I recommend this from actually using a few special vintage drum machines. And this step sequencer could be replaced by an expanded 2x8 PAD section as an option, to also mimic some of the other great vintage drum machines. And even a UI look for each drum machine would rock! Only three stars to encourage more development and once it has a few of these suggestsions, in my view, this is a 5 star app! Show more

wow, the controls on this thing are horrible. Good luck trying to scroll through the different kits, especialy if you are on a laptop.