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"This is an extrmemly rare ddrum AT drum module (brain) by the Swedish company Clavia. There were only a couple hundred of these units made. The AT stood for Acoustic Trigger. It is the first Clavia module to allow for triggering via acoustic sources - acting as a drum brain for acoustic drums, playable pads, etc. Of course it can also be triggered, or sequenced, via MIDI, or via gate/trigger signals to its inputs.
This module comes with the even rarer sound packs. Including: Drumkit 1, Drumkit 2, Tom 2, Assorted Perc. 3, and Churchbell/Gong 1. The ddrum AT also has internal kits ranging from rock to electronic and lofi. This module is one of the best I have ever heard and the control and sensitivity are awesome. Cosmetically the unit is in excellent shape for its age and functions 100%."
I have one of these and it is indeed very special. I'm a novice and I've yet to really fully exploit it, but when I do occasionally jam with it I am reminded of the kind of UK Bass/House sounds popular with Hessle Audio and their peers. I've never played with actual Linn Drums or DMX units, but using the samples in a DAW this module kind of feels like a sleeper version of those machines except rather than buttons or pads for input one has to use there sequencer/drum pads/midi controller of choice. If anyone has a manual, please share! For some reason when I first bought mine 5 or 6 years ago there was one easily accessible on some forum and it has since vanished. Not realizing how rare it was I failed to download and save that PDF!! One thing I remember from the manual is there description about how they were attempting to humanize the samples on board. Minor pitch and tone and amplitude shifts, yet very precise timing/velocity on the trigs. I appreciated how they talked about the intentional lack of cymbal sounds because they found that our ears were too sensitive to acoustic cymbals and they just never sounded good. So as this write up here is saying... it was a very special box. Hopefully I can learn how to use more soon!
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