Xils-Lab StiX The ultimate XoX Drum Machine v1.5 Released

StiX by Xils

Virtual Analog & MultiSynthesis Drum Machine with next gen XoX Sequencer

StiX offers an incredible variety of drums sounds of different eras: Vintage analog drum machines, early digital ones, and the rarest units. And embraces many hybrid sounds of the next eras.

Combined with the most powerful and expressive XoX Sequencer ever created.

With StiX, you're entering an exciting, lush, colorful and expandable World of Electronic Drums ecosystem

V1.5 Intro price offer: 99€ instead of 179€ Msrp

FEATURES

Each Drum sound is a Drum Model: Combine, for each drum, Virtual Analog morphing oscillators, FM @ audio rate, Sine + Waveshaping, Samples, AM, RM, & CroSS Synthesis. Experience 4th Gen ZDF multimode analog Filters, Custom Macros Knobs, Custom P.Lock Step Modulations, 2 LFOs, 3 Unique ADSR or R-Clap Envelopes, exclusive PolyStep auto-modulator: A whole synthesiser to sclupt each of the 10 drum sounds, and the only drum machine that allows you to recreate many drums of the past with specific topologies, and create new ones with total freedom: It's only limited by your imagination.

Next level Xox Sequencer: Variable number of steps per beat, beats per bar. 4 to 64 steps per bar. Asymmetric & ternary rhythms. Per Step: Custom P.Lock parameters, Divisi, Gate Time, Micro Position, Velocity. Song Mode to organise patterns, steps parameters modulating Synthesis parameters.

The Workflow: Fast and intuitive. XoX Sequencer Multiline and SingleLine views, Synthesis Easy And Advanced view. You're never more than a click away from your task. Exclusive Stretch & Modal Pitch Macro Controls, Global user defined Macros controls to tailor each sound easily. The Mixer is always visible, as well as one of the Synthesis panels, one of the Sequencer views, the Pattern bank, and all drumpads.

Live Playing: Start the sequencer and chain patterns live, or use the Song Mode, while adding single drum hits with your midi keyboard, mute sounds on the fly to create intros or outros, and automate each synthesis parameter of each drumpad by sending Midi Cc messages.

The Presets: 2500 presets: 175 Global Presets, 100 Drumkits, 800 Drums, 1000 patterns, 390 exclusive samples. Covering all styles, from Bossa Nova and Funk to 4 on the floor, without forgetting the most adventurous ambient or creative electronics beats. And still growing

The Preset Manager: Having so many presets, and still being able to mass import your own samples easily, would be tedious to use without the one window Preset Manager: Multi criteria Database engine: Find the right Drum Sound, or the right Break Pattern, in seconds. Create custom tags, custom banks, favorites/hide unwanted presets etc. Export/Import all types of presets (Global, Drums, Drumkits, Patterns, Songs, Samples) or entire consolidated banks.

MORE FEATURES:

Midi Output: Control your virtual instruments and hardware drum machines Live, or record the midi data in your Daw and edit it. Drag'n'Drop Midi Pattern to Daw
Midi Learn: Full automation of all synthesis parameters of all drumpads, mixer, effect etc
Drums of the Past: Roland TR-xox, EMU, Drumtracks, LinnDrum etc (15 kits from WA)
Creative Boosters: AI Assisted automatic Drumkit creation. Randomize sequencer lines, full patterns.
Swing: Sophisticated swing engine. Per Step & Sequence line Swing (with MicroPosition Feature)
Multi Output version and Choke function: With volume, groups and pan preservation
Effects: Natural Reverb, Analog Delay & Phaser, per drum crusher & distorsion. Compressor on Stereo Bus.
Sample Accurate synchro and audio engines: The tightest beats for your tracks
Ultra Flexible: Envelope segments modulations, hundreds of modulation targets. Simultaneously.
Fast workflow: Gang Mode to edit Sequencer Lanes, mixer levels, effects sends

Free for all StiX v1.0 users

Full installers and demo version installers here (Demos versions: You can choose between full featured time limited version, and perpetual but feature limited version)