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“drumatom2” is a novel drum processing tool that offers a fresh perspective on leakage suppression. At its heart lies an advanced patent-pending algorithm that will scan your drum tracks, detect bleed and help you dial in as little (or as much) as you want.

Reduce or completely eliminate drum bleed. Not only during pauses, but on exact drum hits as well. Control Hi-Hat bleed on your Snare track, tighten up your close mics and free up headroom for the rest of your tracks. Fix poorly recorded drums and experiment with your mixing tools (EQs, Compressors, etc) without drum bleed!

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Sophisticated Drum Mixing, Simply.

“drumatom2” is a novel drum processing tool that can reduce or completely eliminate drum bleed on live recorded drum tracks, allowing you to:

  • Fix poorly recorded drums
  • Create headroom for the rest of your mix
  • Preserve low-level signals, such as ghost notes in a Snare
  • Polish your sound with isolated drum processing
  • Achieve authentic mix results
  • Build your unique sound signature

With every purchase, you also get drumatom² Player, a companion Virtual Instrument PlugIn that allows playback and drum bleed adjustment of drumatom² processed groups (.dls) inside DAWs, for free!

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So What’s The Idea Behind drumatom2?

A modern production often involves the drummer performing through multiple microphones, specifically set to capture the sound of each individual component of the drum kit.

Ideally, each microphone should only pick up the sound of the intended percussion element (i.e. a snare microphone should only record the sound of the snare drum). In practical everyday applications though, things are not so simple. Each drum is bound to interact – more or less – with all microphones. In other words, the hi-hat’s sound will find its way (“leak”) to the snare drum’s microphone.

“Drum spill” is known to sound engineers since the dawn of recording technology, but the audio DSP research community seemed oblivious to it for a long time. To this day, recording and mixing professionals use a number of simple and empirical methods to address it.

By designing “drumatom2”, Accusonus sought out to utilize the latest advances in DSP, in order to provide a dedicated solution to the leakage issue. Their software is based on their proprietary ‘Advanced Audio Analysis – A3’ technology and is the outcome of many years of research and development.

The origins of their technology can be broadly placed in the general family of Blind Source Separation (BSS) techniques, using notions of artificial intelligence. However, A3 is far more than that. Advanced principles of acoustics, signal processing, psychoacoustics and music theory are combined in one novel technology.

Running an extremely sophisticated algorithm under a simple and intuitive user interface, “drumatom2” lets you adjust, reduce or eliminate leakage in a way that was previously not possible with conventional tools!

For more detailed information read the Manual HERE.

The drumatom2 Interface & Controls

The “drumatom2” GUI consists of four areas:

  • The track/group selection list.
  • The lower bar, where you will find the transport and group control buttons.
  • The top bar displaying a waveform of the current processed audio file.
  • The main control section.

drumatom2 works by loading all the files from your multitrack drum session and allowing you to switch between them and process each individual track to your liking.

Track/Group Selection

The first time you run drumatom, you’ll be greeted with an empty user interface. Your first step is to load up a multitrack session into drumatom. You can do this by dragging and dropping your audio files on the GUI, or by using the SELECT FILES button.

Transport / Process / Export

On the lower part of drumatom’s interface, you’ll see the transport controls, a volume slider and two buttons labeled ANALYZE GROUP and EXPORT GROUP. The transport controls should be self explanatory. Let’s just note that the “play” button also works as “stop” and “pause”. The “next” and “previous” arrow buttons change the track being played.

Waveform Display

“drumatom2” features a clean and crisp waveform display, allowing you to visualize the effect of the processing and easily select audio sections for preview.

You can zoom in or out of the timeline, by using the vertical slider on the left. Press and hold the left mouse button to highlight a selection. Once a portion of the audio is highlighted, the cursor will loop through it.

When a loop is active, you can extend/reduce its length by pressing and holding the right mouse button and dragging the cursor.

Main Section

  • Focus – The FOCUS knob is the single most important control in drumatom. When the FOCUS knob is at its minimum value, no processing is taking place. By turning it clockwise, you can reduce the selected track’s leakage and let the original sound shine through. By turning it fully clockwise, you get the maximum possible leakage suppression.
  • Fine Tune – The FINE TUNE knob works alongside FOCUS, giving you the freedom to do detailed adjustments. FINE TUNE works in a reverse fashion. By turning it clockwise, some of the dry signal is added back (to be more precise, the signal added is the difference between the original and the current FOCUS output). In essence, it’s something akin to a Dry/Wet implementation.
  • Bypass – Use this button to do quick comparisons between the original and the processed audio signal.
  • A/B Switch – You can compare different FOCUS and FINE TUNE settings, by using the A/B switch.
  • Suppression Meter – The suppression meter is an extremely helpful tool that lets you visualize the extent to which processing happens. Think of it as the equivalent to a compressor’s GR meter. It’s designed to mimic traditional LED metering tools and give you a precise indication of how many dBs of suppression are applied.

Summary

When processing your drum channels, the FOCUS knob is your starting point. By turning it fully clockwise, you’ll achieve the maximum possible suppression.

Depending on the situation at hand and the nature of the recorded files, the MAX setting will usually completely remove leakage. In some cases (especially if the leakage is too prominent), resorting to extreme settings might also make your drums sound unnatural. This is currently unavoidable.

For more detailed information on these functions read the Manual HERE.

The drumatom2 Dropdown Menu Options & The drumatom2 Player

The File Menu

  • New Group (Command+N / Ctrl+N) – Creates a new group to load channels.
  • Open Group(s) (Command+O / Ctrl+O) – Opens an existing saved group.
  • Save Group (Command+S / Ctrl+S) – Saves the currently selected group.
  • Save Group as… (Shift+Command+S / Shift+Ctrl+S) – Saves the currently selected group as a new file.
  • Save All Groups – Use this to save all of your groups in one go.

The Settings Window

The Settings window consists of three tabs: Audio Setup, Abbreviations Setup and Folder Setup.

  • The Audio Setup  – allows you to choose audio driver type, audio interface and virtual outputs.
  • The Abbreviations Setup – allows you to control the way drumatom “recognizes” file names.
  • The Folder Setup –  lets you specify a custom location for drumatom temp files. Also it allows you to save the processed group in the original group folder by default.

The Import Menu

Keep in mind that these operations can also be accomplished quickly via dragging and dropping files or folders.

  • Import Track(s) (Command+I / Ctrl+I) – Import a number of audio tracks into the currently selected group.
  • Import Folder(s) (Command+F / Ctrl+F) – When using this option, a folder of drum tracks will be imported as a new group.
  • Import Track(s) from DLS – This is a very useful new feature. It allows you to combine tracks from saved sessions into a new session.

The Analyze Menu

  • Analyze Group (Command+P / Ctrl+P) – Analyzes the currently selected group.
  • Analyze Group(s) (Shift+Command+P / Shift+Ctrl+P) – Analyzes all of the imported groups sequentially.

The Export Menu

  • Export Track (Command+E / Ctrl+E) – Exports the currently selected track.
  • Export Group (Command+X / Ctrl+X) – Export the currently selected group.
  • Export All Groups (Shift+Command+X / Shift+Ctrl+X) – Exports all groups sequentially.

The drumatom2 Player

This is the companion DAW plugin which allows you to adjust the bleed reduction from inside your DAW!

It imports .dls files, which have been created by the drumatom2 application’s analysis process, so you can control the bleed of each track, as well as the overall bleed, while listening to the rest of your mix!

  • Allows for in-mix monitoring of drumatom processing inside the DAW session
  • Supports 16 mono outputs with individual controls for Focus, Fine Tune, Bypass, Output
  • Global Focus and Fine tune controls
  • Global bypass
  • Track solo
  • All parameters fully automatable
  • Formats: VST, AU, AAX 64-bit

The player plugin gives you the ability to dial in the amount of bleed for each track while listening to the rest of your mix. For some projects you might want more bleed than others to preserve the vibe so being able to adjust bleed in context is quite helpful!

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So What Can I Do With “drumatom2”?

“drumatom2” is a novel drum processing tool that can reduce or completely eliminate drum bleed on recorded drum tracks, allowing you to:

  • Fix poorly recorded drums
  • Create headroom for the rest of your mix
  • Preserve low-level signals, such as ghost notes in a Snare
  • Polish your sound with isolated drum processing
  • Achieve authentic mix results
  • Build your unique sound signature

Control Hi-Hat bleed on your Snare track, tighten up your close mics and free up headroom for the rest of your tracks. Fix poorly recorded drums and experiment with your mixing tools without drum bleed!

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"drumatom2" by Accusonus

74% off "drumatom2" by Accusonus

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Normally €270 – get it at 74% off before it’s gone!

  • 74% off the normal price (normally €270)!
  • A novel drum processing tool that offers a fresh perspective on live drum mic leakage suppression!
  • Fix poorly recorded drums
  • Create headroom for the rest of your mix
  • Preserve low-level signals, such as ghost notes in a Snare
  • Polish your sound with isolated drum processing
  • Achieve authentic mix results
  • Build your unique sound signature
  • Organize drum tracks into groups
  • Automatic name-identification of drum tracks
  • Drum group analysis using Machine Learning
  • Multiple groups batch analysis
  • Drum tracks waveform display and audio preview
  • Adjust drum bleed using the “Focus” knob
  • Make fine adjustments with the “Fine Tune” knob
  • Export processed tracks to WAV / AIFF files
  • Save / Open drumatom² processed groups (.dls) files
  • Get drumatom² Player free with every purchase! this companion Virtual Instrument Plugin allows playback and drum bleed adjustment of drumatom² processed groups (.dls) inside your DAW!
  • Fix poorly recorded drums and experiment with your mixing tools without drum bleed!

What People Think About 74% off “drumatom2” by Accusonus

  • "drumatom² is a truly magical tool! It enables me to process drums in ways I've never been able to before. It is an essential tool for me now."

    Emre Ramazanoglu

    Emre Ramazanoglu

    (Composer/Producer/Engineer) Sia, Shakira, Alex Clare

  • "With drumatom², the impossible is now possible. It's a total game changer. Thank you, Accusonus!"

    Kurt Ballou

    Kurt Ballou

    (Producer/Mixing Engineer/Guitarist) -Converge, High On Fire, Beastmilk, Skeletonwitch, Doomriders, Kvelertak

  • "I love drumatom². Just being able to get rid of cymbal and hi-hat bleed from the snare drum is worth the price of admission alone. Now that many of my mix projects are coming from self produced bands, drumatom² is pretty essential for getting drum sounds quickly."

    Chris Shaw

    Chris Shaw

    Producer/Engineer) Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Goo Goo Dolls, Super Furry Animals, Wilco

  • "I remember the days when we were joking about 'could someone please invent some sort of sound isolated laser, so we can get rid off that bloody hi-hat'. Looks like we're there, but without the laser-hassles... Finally!"

    Daniel Bergstrand

    Daniel Bergstrand

    (Producer/Mixing Engineer) Meshuggah, In Flames, Soilwork, Strapping Young Lad

  • "This is a very interesting piece of software that can really change the way mix engineers can work acoustic drum tracks."

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  • "drumatom² is an innovative product that does represent a genuine advance over existing technology. Ιt can make a significant difference to the ‘mixability’ of most multi-miked drum recordings."

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    Sound On Sound

    Sound On Sound

    Music Industry Blog

  • "drumatom really does successfully isolate direct signal from bleed with very little in the way of side effects. drumatom is an incredible problem-solver for anyone working with real drums... for seriously alleviating bleed issues on dodgy drum recordings and creatively controlling spill on good ones, this is the only game in town."

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    Music Radar

    Music Radar

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  • "Wow! Unreal! 1.000.000 thumbs up!!!"

    Fredrik Thordendal

    Fredrik Thordendal

    (Musician/Producer) Meshuggah, Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects

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