Erica Synths Sample Drum

The Sample Drum is composed of two identical parts and allows you to play back, record and slice up samples or loops directly in your modular system. For processing there are different play modes, tuning functions (including 1 V/Oct pitch tracking), virtual VCAs plus AD envelopes and realtime effects. Three freely assignable CV inputs per channel guarantee a lot of expression during performance. 16bit mono wav samples are loaded into RAM (32MB / ~ 5 minutes of sampling time) from SD card (16 GB SD card with factory preset samples comes with the module) for instantaneous playback response. All settings can be saved and recalled during live performance.

The Sample Drum comes with free factory preset sample pack developed by producers Pitch Black, Nero Bellum, T.Raumschmiere, Otto von Schirach, Raitis AG. If you use your own samples in the Sample Drum, you take all responsibility on complying with copyright laws. Please read the End User Agreement below!

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The Sample Drum has received a nomination for the 35th Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards in the category of Outstanding Technical Achievement within Musical Instrument Hardware section - NAMM TEC Awards

The sample drum is very engaging as a creative tool and makes it an absolute delight for techno, acid house, glitch and far out ambient excursions. I’m getting on with the workflow quite a bit, it’s a breeze. There are tons of performance features you wouldn’t expect: Effects, CV mapping, manual performance control, envelopes. The Sample Drum already seems an indispensable piece in my system. It’s a looping, slicing animal that rocks the block. - G Storm Electronica

Erica Synths

Erica Synths team of visionaries, engineers and musicians have been working hard to bring you modules and instruments that will set your modular system apart from mass in terms of how it sounds, looks and functions. Check them out and find what you are missing!

Modules

Black Series

Erica Black series are high-end modules with unique functionality. Only the highest quality components are used and all inputs and outputs are protected against undesired overvoltage. When designing the Black Series, we put design and usability first. Big knobs are assigned to functions that make difference in sound. The Erica Black series are a range of modules that together make an entire synthesizer.

Fusion Series

Erica Synths Fusion series modules are designed combining  vacuum tubes and semiconductors therefore they bring warm, powerful sound and crazy overdrive possibilities of vacuum tubes into your modular system. Erica Fusion series consist of whole range of modules used in sound generation and shaping circuit – Suboscillator, Mixer, Ringmodulator, VCF, VCA and Analogue Delay/Chorus.

Pico Series

With Pico Series we challenged ourselves – can we make ANY superior functionality synth module 3HP wide and affordable? Yes, we can!

DIY Series

DIY Polivoks-inspired system is skiff friendly and adapted for modular functionality great sounding 84HP two-VCO modular-system with 53 patch points that go well beyond classical monosynths. Key modules are Polivoks-inspired, but this is not just a Polivoks clone. We have introduced numerous innovative solutions in each module to make it more versatile and to expand the functionality of the entire system.

Graphic Series

Erica Synths Graphic series challenges the traditional way how modular synths are operated – using encoders you can literary draw audio waves, advanced envelopes and filter curves on the LCD screen and listen to the result straight away. All settings can be saved in the internal memory and instantly recalled during live performances or next morning after the night, you spent with designing that unique patch. All Graphic Series modules firmware is upgradable via USB cable, and we have designed a web interface to perform upgrades.

Basic Series

These are great, function rich modules to control your modular system, interface it with other musical instruments to release its full potential.

Drum Series

Since Pico Drums is one of bestsellers in Erica Synths range, we decided to inflate it to the Drum System – a set of 15 modules to put together one of the most advanced techno/dnb/industrial music performance system.