Built for DJs, drummers, producers, and soundtrack composers, Ujam Beatmaker 2 VICE is a software instrument doubling as your personal real-time drum-track creator for producing retro-futurist grooves with the feel of classic analog drum machines. Beatmaker 2 VICE offers 10 professionally created kits, each layered, compiled, and mixed to create the instantly recognizable sonic identity associated with the genre. Choose from 30 Styles with ready-made patterns for a total of 690 different rhythmical patterns with instant song intros, fills, verses, choruses, breakdowns, and endings—all waiting to be fired off and arranged using your MIDI controller in real time.
With VICE, you can create outstanding beats for your music, fast and easy. It instantly syncs to your DAW's tempo, and you can play a near-infinite variety of loops just like you would an instrument. Choose from 12 Mix settings and boost the intensity of your beat using the Amount knob. The Time Machine function lets you shape your drum with sonics ranging from retro to futuristic. Optimized for live arrangement and mixing, Beatmaker VICE takes advantage of Ujam's simple yet powerful macro controls, allowing for dynamic and tonal tweaking on the fly.
- VICE comes with everything you need to create drum tracks for anything from authentic '80s to synthwave.
- Inspired by some of the most legendary classic drum machines from companies like Linn, Roland, Simmons, and Korg, VICE turns your drum programming into a retrofuturistic adventure of epic proportions.
- You can now drag phrases like intros, verses, or choruses straight from the interactive UI keyboard to the Beatmaker instrument track of your DAW. This opens up a slew of creative options.
- The Mix section features a set of 12 Mix Presets, optimized for classic drum machines and grooves.
- Use the Amount knob for thumping lows, smooth stereo widening, slap delay, EQ carving, and many other processing methods rolled into 12 Mix presets, allowing you to transform the sound of your beats in moments.
- Use the Beat Intensity control to make quick changes—e.g., to adjust energy levels between your verse and chorus.
- The Time Machine slider lets you travel through time. Pulling the slider down sends the beat to the '80s and thins the sound, while pulling the slider up to 2080 makes the sound thick. Everything above 80% of the Time Machine knob creates futuristic sounds.
- The Master Section processes the stereo output of Beatmaker, excluding the Instruments you’ve sent through Individual Outputs.
- It offers one-knob saturation, a loudness maximizer, an ambience selector, a sweep control for the dual filter, and more.
- With individual outputs, you can route any instrument or channel from Beatmaker to separate channels on your DAWs mixer.
- Exclusive Studio One (v4.6.2 and later) piano-roll integration: The names of styles and drum elements are displayed on the keys of your piano roll to help you find the right styles and drums quickly and easily for your track.
- The scale range of the styles and instruments is highlighted with a red line on the left side of your piano roll.
- 30 styles and 690 patterns with intro, verse, chorus, fill, and ending
- 10 drum kits based on legendary analog drum machines—including Linn, Roland, Simmons, Korg
- 12 mix presets with Beat Intensity
- Special control: Time Machine
- Master section for sound processing phrase drag-and-drop into DAW
- Controllable via integrated virtual keyboard, MIDI controller, MIDI sequencer, or MIDI notes
- Interface is resizable to fit on small screens
- Player Sync quantizes the Beatmaker player to match the playback of your DAW
- Supported on Intel Macs and Apple silicon Macs (Rosetta and native)