DM1 – The Drum Machine
Build beats with DM1
Visually craft dynamic drum loops with this powerful standalone app
The music making potential for Mac was always important to the late Steve Jobs. His legacy is a platform of Apple devices offering incredible music apps, headed by GarageBand. However the democratisation of Apple development has yielded amazing independent audio apps, like Fingerlab’s DM1. This enduring standalone drum machine boasts 154 electronic kits, six instruments and a plethora of effects. However its real defining quality is the accessibility it brings for designing loops visually with the Step Sequencer Effectively a grid for toggling beat strikes on or off, users of any level can start composing immediately this way or use drum pads to tap ideas out. Here we’ll focus on building a beat from scratch using the Step Sequencer before exporting the loop.