Drum Machine is a Windows

Microsoft Windows

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 application developed by Andrew Rudson that lets users play a virtual drumset on their computer using a drum controller from the Rock Band video games.

The program allows the user to set a different sound for each virtual drum, and a collection of default samples

Sampling (music)

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 are included. Users can add additional samples in .WAV format and can also record their drum performances.

As of version 1.33 Beta, the program supports controllers from the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3 and Playstation 2 versions of Rock Band with dual drum set support. The in-game virtual drums can be heard by keyboard buttons representing different drum pads. This program is mostly incompatible with Windows Vista

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