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November 2024 - London, United Kingdom - Following an overwhelmingly positive response from the DAACI Open Beta Community, DAACI is proud to announce the full launch of Natural Drums, its first creator plugin. Natural Drums is an assistive AI co-pilot plugin that creates drum grooves in real time, as if a session drummer is right there with you in your studio, bringing your ideas to life.

Image: DAACI Natural Drums Interface

Whether you're a new beatmaker or a seasoned producer looking for the quickest way to get to the heart of your creativity, Natural Drums integrates seamlessly into your existing DAW workflow and gives you endless options for amazing beats, fast.

As part of the DAACI Natural Series, Natural Drums is created by expert drummers and draws on their many years of experience playing music in live settings. In line with DAACI's approach to generative AI and unlike other drum sequencers, Natural Drums doesn't pull from a list of static precomposed patterns or utilise pure randomness. DAACI’s generative tools are ‘taught, not trained’, so no existing music has been used to teach the plugin how to play, rather the system behind the plugin has been taught to combine, adapt and improvise around human input and ideas.

Rachel Lyske, DAACI CEO, comments,

The journey from beta to full launch has been incredibly exciting for DAACI. We've had the privilege of putting our tools into the hands of the people we value most - musicians, artists, and composers. Their feedback has been instrumental in shaping Natural Drums into a tool that truly serves the creative community. Music shapes us, it allows us to communicate, it creates community and collaboration. The DAACI team is no different; our solutions are built by musicians for musicians, and now we're thrilled to offer a product that has been refined and enhanced by our beta users. Keep watching for more exciting things to come.

Key Features and Enhancements

Natural Drums assists creativity; it doesn't replace it, and the genesis of every new beat always comes from you. Start with an idea and let the plugin enhance your initial input, generating new grooves in front of your eyes. Like working with a real drummer, you can jam along and make changes in real time, try things out, and create an end result that is entirely yours.

Based on valuable feedback from the DAACI Open Beta Community that launched in February 2024, Natural Drums now includes:

1. Expanded Sample Library: Users now have access to both electronic and acoustic drum samples, including two vintage drum kits from DAACI partner LABS by Spitfire Audio - a 1970s kit with a punchy 26" kick drum and a custom 1940s kit.

2. Compact Mode: A new streamlined interface allows quick experimentation with different drum beat styles, making it accessible for beginners while maintaining advanced capabilities for experienced users.

3. Enhanced Flexibility: Natural Drums now offers both VST/AU Instrument and MIDI FX versions, catering to various DAW workflows and user preferences.

4. Structural Variation: Create detailed rhythmic variety throughout your beats, saving you time on programming while reaching a richer final result.

5. Shuffle Every Loop: Watch as Natural Drums recalculates at the start of every pattern, the same way a real drummer would subtly improvise around a rhythmic idea.

6. Trapifier: Fill your pattern with trap-style hi-hats and adjust parameters for bespoke patterns with huge flexibility. Natural Drums is available at www.daaci.com/natural-drums for £99/$99/99 EUR with a 7 day free trial and an exclusive 30% off for Black Friday, valid from 25th November to 2nd December 2024.

The plugin supports all major DAWs and is compatible with both MacOS and Windows operating systems. For more information about Natural Drums and DAACI's innovative approach to AI in music creation, please visit www.daaci.com/natural-drums