DM1 - The Drum Machine App Reviews

And the icon looks much better rounded. And a tip to everyone: use it in fullscreen.

okay, so i bought this app with zero expectations given that it was only 5 bucks but after having played with it for a while, i am really glad i bought it. There are a bunch of different options, drum voices and it works with MIDI. You can make a drum track for just about any kind of music and im using it on some synth pop projects that im working on in Logic Pro 9. I highly recommend it!!

Please consider advancing this nice app from good to great by including updates with midi import, midi export and rewire. Other than that, nice job guys!

After I did the update, most of the words on the buttons are upside down.

Imagine buying a Malibu beach House for one thousand dollars. A new BMW for 100 bucks. Or a new iPhone for 10. Thats the kind of value youre getting when you buy the DM1 app for ~2 dollars. *This decision requires no brain whatsoever.

I have this for iPad and iPhone and really like it. I just got it for my Mac because of Two Dollar Tuesday. Love the sounds. Really wish every function could have a MIDI learn capability to work with my new Launch key 61. Otherwise, nice job This one gets it done! You cant go wrong for $2.

I payed 10 dollars for this app just for it to start up and get stuck on a black screen. I’m highly disappointed and would like a refund.

This could be a great app but not for anyone over 30 years of age. The sound library is 90% junk unless you are into hip hop, rap & crap. It has a few classic drum kits but they are badly recorded and sound distorted. If you are into blues, rock or country dont buy this app. If you need a shuffle the only way get anything close is to use 6/8 time. The app only breaks down to 16th notes. I am very disappointed and wish I could get my money back.

Really good! And inexpensive.

Just purchased this app and it wont even open! Only thing i see is a big BLACK window with nothing in it!!! I WANT MY $10 BACK-This is BS WOW

This program runs properly for about three minutes then all the animations stop functioning, the dropdowns become very laggy, and all other components become unresponsive. The beat keeps playing, but you are essentially left in total darkness to work on it. I truely do not understand how this program is permitted to be sold on the app store. I have just had ten dollars stolen from my pocket.

If youre into producing hip hop or something similar, this is a great app. The interface is probably as good as it could be, and although it cant replace your DAW (obviously), its still a solid tool. That being said, the built-in kits are just terrible. Some with the right mix would be fine for live, but never on a record. The good news is, you can import your own samples which totally negates that.

Drum machine for the Mac done very well. Super clean and easy to understand interface, really simple to learn. You can create your custom kits so you can mix and match sounds however you want. Working with the buttons and nobs are alot of fun because it feels like a real drum machine, even the Efx pad is really cool and I find it be very responsive. The app itself feels stable, I’m skeptical about another review I found where they said it didn’t work — the app feels solid and doing things like saving your songs and making any custom changes doesn’t seem to do anything to the performance of the app — I’m sure the other user is running an old unsupported version of OS X. In any case, this app is really awesome and if you want to have fun building songs and beat patters, have a crack at it, definitely recommended.

I can see owning this on an iPad, but I am really sad I spent $10 for the Mac version. Then again, for $10, what did I expect when I am used to fully featured software. On my Early 2011 MacBook Pro (8GB RAM, Core I5, Mountain Lion V10.8.5) DM1 runs sluggishly, hangs occassionally and cant control it with my keyboard - seems that should be easy to implement. Sound is OK. Again, fun for sure, but only on an iPad when you are out of things to do.

Regardless of what settings I used, the app would only export a few seconds of a song then stop mid-bar. And if I tried to export each bar individually only export 1-2 seconds. I contacted the developers who asked me to send them my song file, which I did, then they stopped responding to any of my emails.

If you are looking to do any type of up beat work, forget it. Yes it is easy to use because, IT DOESNT DO ANYTHING!!!! Simple simple simple beats!!! Thats all folks. There are not enough steps available to assign a sound. Do not use for recording, sounds are not professional. This is a professional review.

This app works fine for me in OS7, but unfortunately, does not behave with Maverics. Multiple hangs, stops responding, won’t export, frozen controls, etc. Needs work. It is what it is for a $10 step-imput drum machine. This is a standalone app, not an Audio Unit or VST, so it will not open in Logic or other DAWs. What I would like to see that as an improvment, as well as the addition of swing, as exported patterns (if you could export them) would have some groove, and be more real world useful. (Mav’s 10.9.4, late 2012 iMac 2.9 ghz, 8 GB ram).

For the cost, this is a great little app. I’m a bedroom DJ and I just wanted to make drum loops & interludes to use in my mixes and mixtapes. This program is simple to use, easy to understand, basic—but with a good deal to do. I’ve tried other apps in this price range and none of them are as flexible and easy to use as this one. I’ve used tracks I’ve made here in mixes already with no problems.

wow, the controls on this thing are horrible. Good luck trying to scroll through the different kits, especialy if you are on a laptop.

I’ve been looking for an app software Drum Machine I can just launch and put ideas down and this is very effective in doing that, just like vintage drum machines. Barely any mousing, menu-ing, just instant ideas. DM-1 won’t replace that kind of instantaneous inspirational drum pattern making (I hate the term “beatmaking”) you have in vintage machines but this is pretty darn good! You don’t even need to read the manual, its that easy to use! The only issues I have with it is in the FX and STEPS pattern sections, I’d love to see individual FX AUX SENDS for each drum sound, and some gated reverb and other interesting FX. When using vintage drum machines and even new modern drum machine synths one doesn’t LOOK at a pattern, that was the great thing about drum machines. The “Fruity Loops” (careful not to go too kiddie fun with it.) steps sequencer is a common standard UI thing now, but it bothers me to no end LOOKING at beats, I’m listening. So The default screen that shows up should be a user choice and I’d like to see the pattern step part dissapear when creating drum patterns (I can’t stand it when certain people say “beats”…) and only bring it up as a tool to REMOVE or ADD or FIX small issues, NOT as a compositional starting point. I recommend this from actually using a few special vintage drum machines. And this step sequencer could be replaced by an expanded 2x8 PAD section as an option, to also mimic some of the other great vintage drum machines. And even a UI look for each drum machine would rock! Only three stars to encourage more development and once it has a few of these suggestsions, in my view, this is a 5 star app!