You can't buy groceries with the money you didn't make from freeware, so de la Mancha takes a break from releasing free, fun plugins to release Impakter, which is still fun despite a meager price tag. Of course after all the free de la Mancha plugs you downloaded, don't you owe it to dlM to buy one?

Impakter is a vintage drum module plugin that loads on a heaping helping of 320 samples of original drum sounds taken from both analog synthesizers and drum machines. Though basic operation is simple, it still contains a peck of advanced features to mix up every loop.

The list of gear used to create Impakter is pretty impressive. Analog synths sampled include the Korg MS20, Roland Juno60 and Gakken SX-150. The drum machines include the Yamaha MR-10, Korg KPR-77, Antonelli Organ 2377 rhythm box and Mattel Synsonics. It was all processed with even more gear like the Electro-Harmonix Micro synth, Mam VSR3 spring reverb, Lexicon reverb, Boss GE-10 equalizer, a Tube compressor and an analogue VCA compressor. The cherry that takes the cake is the Yamaha TX81-Z FM Synth.

Fast Features:

• 320 original electronic drum samples generated on vintage hardware synths and drum machines
• Four modules for kick, snare, hats and percussion sounds
• Each module can host two samples and trigger either depending on user defined probability
• Two levels of randomising can be assigned to each modules’ volume, pan, decay and pitch for variation every loop
• Boomer module has resonant low pass filter and dirt control
• Smacker module has resonant band pass filter and dirt control
• Tweeter module has tempo-sync repeat function with hold
• Lazer module has tempo-sync delay function with damping
• Two MIDI triggers for Smacker for differently pitched sounds
• Three MIDI triggers for Lazer for differently pitched sounds
• Two MIDI triggers for Tweeter for different decay envelopes
• Two stereo outputs for separate post processing
• Global envelope decay control
• 52 presets covering a range of sounds and styles