The RM IV is a flexible and easy-to-use drum machine that combines analog-style percussion synthesis with a fully featured intelligent percussion sampler. Its available for PC VST and Mac OSX (both VST and AU).
Built using LinPlugs enhanced high-quality audio engine the RM IV features 18 velocity-sensitive Drum Pads that can be used to trigger any of many different Audio Generator odules.
The RM IV includes 10 percussion synthesis algorithms as well as a fully featured percussion sampler.

The 10 Synthesis modules offer enormous creative potential and are able to create anything from classic analog drum sounds to the cutting edge sounds of contemporary music. The Sampler module provides single-sample multi-sample velocity-layer and velocity-crossfade support. The instrument also includes an AHDSR-controlled multimode filter a compressor designed specifically for percussion sounds a flexible Humanizer and a 6 x 6 Modulation Matrix.

Musicians need tools that deliver; tools that enhance the creative process not tools that turn them into software operators. The fourth-generation RM IV drum machine is focused on being musician-friendly having been designed after an intensive consultation process with many professional musicians. The RM IV has numerous innovative ergonomic features that set it apart from its competitors. These include an all-in-one edit screen that enables operation with the least possible number of mouse clicks making the user experience fast and intuitive. The RM IV also features an intelligent sample module that automatically switches off unused modules (envelopes effects etc.) thus ensuring optimal usage of CPU resources. In addition the RM IV has a timesaving preview in context feature that enables individual samples and even whole kits to be browsed as the instrument plays back a sequence.

The RM IV comes bundled with more than 270 sample-based and synthesized drum kits ranging from Trash kits to high-quality multisampled acoustic drums and more than 2600 grooves which can be browsed right in RM IV and dragged to the host*). This means you can use the RM IV to start making music immediately. Whats more the RM IV is fully compatible with RM2 RM III LM4(tm) and CM-505 kit formats and can load samples in both WAV and AIFF format.

The RM IV is suited to a wide range of users including everyone from amateurs right up to professional musicians. The unique combination of synthesis and sampling in one instrument
means that the RM IV is likely to be the only software drum machine youll ever need. Along with this the instruments intuitive user interface high quality audio engine and wide selection of drum synthesis methods give the RM IV user limitless creative possibilities. All these features make the RM IV the tool for producing drum and percussion tracks on your PC or Mac. So whether you want to recreate the classic analog sounds of the drum machines of yesteryear or you want to forge the drum sounds of tomorrow you need look no further
than the LinPlug RM IV.

*) MIDI Dragn Drop Currently supported in Cubase SX2 and higher, Cubase SL2 and higher, FL Studio, Logic on Mac, Ableton Live 5 , Garage Band 2 and Sonar 3 and higher.

Requirements a VST2.0 or AU capable host software a screen resolution of 1024x768 or higher 1.5 Gb free space on your harddrive
[for PC] Windows 95 or higher 400 Mhz CPU 512 Mb RAM recommended

New in this version

- Fixed incompatibilities regarding output changes
- Reduced memory requirements
- Possibility to locate the kit library on a different harddrive