Virtual analog and multisynthesizing drum machine with next generation XoX sequencer:
StiX offers an incredible variety of drum sounds from different eras: vintage analog drum machines, early digital and the rarest devices.
It also includes many hybrid sounds from future eras.
Combine this with the most powerful and expressive XoX sequencer ever created and you have the most advanced and unique drum machine on the market today.
With StiX you enter an exciting, lush, colorful and expandable ecosystem in the world of electronic drums.
Each drum sound is a drum model:
combine virtual analog morph generators, FM @ audio rate, Sine + Waveshaping, Samples, AM, RM and CroSS Synthesis for each drum. Experience 4th generation ZDF multi-mode analog filters, customizable macro controls, customizable P.Lock step modulations, 2 LFOs, 3 unique ADSR or R-Clap envelopes, exclusive PolyStep automodulator: an entire synth to create each of the 10 drum sounds and a single drum a machine that allows you to recreate many drums from the past with a specific topology and create new ones with complete freedom: it is only limited by your imagination!
Next Level XoX Sequencer:
variable number of steps per beat, beats per beat. 4 to 64 steps per beat. Asymmetric and triple rhythms. Per step: P.Lock user parameters, step division, gating time, micro position, speed. Song mode for organizing patterns, step parameters, modulating synthesis parameters.
Workflow:
fast and intuitive. XoX Sequencer Multiline and SingleLine views, Synthesis Easy and Advanced view. You are always one click away from your task. Exclusive Stretch & Modal Pitch macro controls, global custom macro controls for easy customization of each sound. The mixer is always visible, as well as one of the synthesis panels, one of the sequencer views, the pattern bank, and all drum pads.
Live playback:
run the sequencer and pattern chain live or use the song mode by adding single drum hits using the midi keyboard, mute sounds on the fly to create an intro or outro, and automate every synthesis parameter of each drum pad by sending Midi CC messages.
Presets:
2500 presets: 175 global presets, 100 drum kits, 800 drum sounds, 1000 patterns, 390 exclusive samples. Covers all styles, from Bossa Nova and Funk to 4 on the floor, without forgetting the most adventurous ambient or creative electronic beats. And it’s still growing!
Preset Manager:
With so many presets and being able to easily import your own samples, it would be tedious to use without a single window. in seconds. Create custom tags, custom banks, favorite/hide unwanted presets, etc. Export/import all types of presets (global, drums, drum kits, patterns, songs, samples) or entire combined banks.
MORE FEATURES:
From the unique to the exceptional:
Midi Output: control your virtual instruments and hardware drum machines live, or record midi data in a DAW and edit it. Drag and drop the Midi pattern into your DAW.
Midi Learn: Complete automation of all synthesis parameters of all drum pads, mixer, effects, etc.
Drums of the Past: 15 Wave Alchemy Drum Machines (Roland TR-XoX, EMU, Drumtracks, LinnDrum)
Creative Boosters: Automated AI drum kit generation. Randomize sequencer strings, full patterns.
Swing: Complex swing motor. Step and Sequence Sweep (with MicroPosition function)
Multi Output version and Choke function: with preservation of volume, groups and panning.
Effects: natural reverb, analog delay and phaser, grinder and distortion. Compressor on a stereo bus.
Sample Accurate synchro and audio engine: the tightest beats for your tracks.
Ultra-flexible: envelope segment modulations, hundreds of modulation targets… Simultaneously!
Fast workflow: group mode for editing sequencer tracks, mixer levels, effect sends.